food and meals

 I know that bubble tea isn't exactly a meal, but I'm going to talk about this because I love it. Bubble tea is basically tea with tapioca pearls. It was invented in Taiwan, and it’s quite popular in Asian countries such as China, Japan, Taiwan, among others.

How is it made? Well, the most complex part of making bubble tea are tapiocas pearls. Although here in Santiago you can find bags of tapioca in Patronato and Asian food stores. The tapioca has to be poured for 30 minutes, until the pearls are soft. Then you can add them to tea with milk. As a curious fact, the tea can be of several varieties, such as matcha tea, green tea, red tea, oolong tea etc.

I really like bubble tea because it is addictive, sweet and fresh. Also, I love going with friends to buy bubble tea, because in Santiago it is not so expensive to buy bubble tea.  Lastly, the buble tea doesn’t affect my health so much, because I don’t drink regularly. This is because I have read news that drinking too much bubble tea can be harmful to health, since it has potentially carcinogenic chemicals. Therefore, it is important not to drink bubble tea so often.