BBC 6分钟英语 泡泡茶是如何产生气泡的

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I'm Neil, and I'm Beth. Are you a tea or coffee drinker

meal? Well, I usually drink a cup of coffee

in the morning. How about you, beth?

I'm definitely a tea drinker. There's

nothing like a good cupper to start the day.

Yes, a cupper. It's a word in British English, meaning a cup of tea, right?

But there are many different types of tea.

Which tea do you like? Well, I usually drink English breakfast tea in the morning, and then a match at tea at lunch, and then maybe a calming, herbal tea before bed.

Wow, it sounds like you're a real tea addict, beth, so you'll love this program, because we're discussing an exciting drink called bubble tea, and as usual, we'll be learning some useful new vocabulary as well.

Great. But 1st, I have a question for you, neil.

Today, british supermarkets sell almost twice as much coffee as tea, and consumer surveys have found that a majority of bricks prefer drinking coffee.

So what proportion of bricks do you think still regularly drink tea?

Is it A 39 %? B 49% or C 59?

Well, let me think about that.

I am going to say B 49 %.

OK, now I will reveal the answer at the end of the program.

People have been drinking tea for centuries, but that doesn't mean tea drinking hasn't changed over the years.

Here in Britain, new trends such as ice tea and green matcheity have become as popular as the traditional English cupper, which, as everyone knows, is black tea with a splash of milk.

One of the latest tea trends is pearl milk tea, also called bubble tea.

But if you've never heard of it, don't worry.

His presenter Ben Henderson, explaining more for BBC World Service program Witness History.

For those who don't know, pearl milk tea or bubble tea, is tea usually mixed with milk, crushed ice and filled with its signature chewy tapioca balls.

But customers can then add whatever flavors they want.

It's innovative and exciting. Pearl milk tea, or bubble tea, as it's often called, was invented in 1987 by Taiwanese teashop owner Lou Hanchier.

The bubbles in a glass of bubble tea are made from balls of a chewy starch called tapioca food, which is chewy, needs to be chewed a lot before it becomes soft enough to swallow.

It's these tapioca balls which give bubble tea its name.

You might say their bubble teas signature ingredient.

There a special feature for which something is particularly known, e.g.

piaya is the signature dish of Spain.

What's more, because tapioca doesn't have a strong taste, different flavors can be added, making bubble tea and innovative, meaning new and original drink.

Liu hanchier's invention was inspired by a trip to Japan, where he saw people enjoying iced milk tea on a hot summer's day, When he added tapioca balls, which he found in a local market on his return to Taiwan, the bubbly new beverage was born.

But it was only when famous international celebrities, including basketball player Michael Jordan and movie star Jackie Chan started visiting his tea shop that Liu Han cheers Bubble tea began a revolution in the tea drinking world.

Here is Liu Hanchia telling more to BBC World Service program.

Witness History pro Muti got huge media coverage, and it spread like wildfire.

But I always say, we have many other products, and the reason prom milk tea became so popular was pure luck.

It was a miracle. Thanks to its celebrity fans.

Leo Hunches, bubble tea became an international bethseller, and news of his exciting new drink spread like wildfire and idiom, meaning it became quickly known by many people as more and more people tried it and fell in love with its smooth, chewy taste.

Bubble Tea spread to neighboring countries like South Korea and China, and then to the rest of the world.

For Louis Hanch here, it was a miracle, a very lucky event that is surprising and unexpected.

It's great to hear about something that gives a modern twist to a drink that's part of a country's traditional culture.

Maybe that's what we need here in Britain too.

Yes. Your question was about the fact that nowadays more people in Britain prefer coffee than tea.

I think it's time you revealed

the answer, right? I asked you what percent

of Brits still regularly prefer drinking tea over coffee?

And you said 49 %,

which was the wrong answer, I'm afraid, neal.

In fact, around 59% of Brits still irgularly drink tea.

Maybe it's time for a bubble tea revolution over here.

OK, let's recap the

vocabulary we've learned in this program, starting with copper, an informal word in British English, for a cup of tea.

The word signature describes a special feature for which something is particularly known.

Food is chewy. It needs to be chewed a lot before it's soft enough to swallow.

The adjective innovative means new and original.

If something spreads like wildfire, it becomes quickly known by more and more people.

And finally, a miracle is a very lucky event that is a surprising and unexpected.

Once again, our minutes are up, but remember to join us again next time for more tropical discussion and useful vocabulary.

Here at Six Minute English. Goodbye for now.

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