# Bubble tea might actually be really bad for you **URL:** \ **Category:** Food & Drink\ **Created:** [August 18, 2017, 10:17am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/bubble-tea-might-actually-be-really-bad-for-you/162876 "2017-08-18T10:17:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chocolatier](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/chocolatier/32/1277_2.png) [@Chocolatier](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Chocolatier)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 10:17am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/bubble-tea-might-actually-be-really-bad-for-you/162876/1 "2017-08-18T10:17:33Z")
The main components of bubble tea are tea, milk, and tapioca pearls — as well as alarmingly high levels of sugar. > **[Bubble Tea Is Really Bad for You](https://www.insider.com/bubble-tea-might-actually-be-really-bad-for-you-2017-6?utm_content=buffer9fb68&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer-dessert)** > > In recent years, bubble tea’s popularity has sky rocketed. Once a relatively obscure drink only found in Chinatown, now you can find a bubble tea store on practically every street corner in New York City. Bubble tea chains are springing up left and... ---
**Author:** ![BHL4life](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/bhl4life/32/90885_2.png) [@BHL4life](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/BHL4life)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 10:29am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/bubble-tea-might-actually-be-really-bad-for-you/162876/2 "2017-08-18T10:29:35Z")
no shit, everything here(drinkwise… and foodwise isn’t far off either) is loaded with sugar, thats why there is an option to choose your sugar level. genius stuff this article. ---
**Author:** ![epicphony](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/90ced4/32.png) [@epicphony](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/epicphony)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 10:39am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/bubble-tea-might-actually-be-really-bad-for-you/162876/3 "2017-08-18T10:39:13Z")
Disgusting stuff. And why do you always get half a litre? My wife likes it and it’s half her body-weight. Yuck! ---
**Author:** ![tango42](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@tango42](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tango42)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 10:39am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/bubble-tea-might-actually-be-really-bad-for-you/162876/4 "2017-08-18T10:39:34Z")
Well it’s taking over New York City. One bubble tea can contain as much as 50 grams of sugar and close to 500 calories. > **[Bubble Tea Purveyors Continue to Grow Along With Drink’s Popularity](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/16/business/smallbusiness/bubble-tea.html?referer=https%3A%2F%2Fmobile.nytimes.com%2F2017%2F08%2F17%2Freader-center%2Four-readers-call-us-out-over-bubble-tea-they-are-right.html)** > > Entrepreneurs marketing the beverage hope to ride tea’s rising popularity to expand their businesses and steal more of coffee’s market share. ---
**Author:** ![epicphony](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/90ced4/32.png) [@epicphony](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/epicphony)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 10:42am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/bubble-tea-might-actually-be-really-bad-for-you/162876/5 "2017-08-18T10:42:23Z")
New York is famous for pretentious. Anything unusual or foreign is exciting because it distracts their boring and alienated existence. ---
**Author:** ![rooftopclown](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/rooftopclown/32/58063_2.png) [@rooftopclown](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/rooftopclown)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 10:49am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/bubble-tea-might-actually-be-really-bad-for-you/162876/6 "2017-08-18T10:49:54Z")
Really? I’ve been drinking it as a healthy alternative to Long Island Ice Tea. Pity that the article doesn’t offer any better suggestions… ---
**Author:** ![Andrew0409](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/andrew0409/32/69821_2.png) [@Andrew0409](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Andrew0409)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 11:59am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/bubble-tea-might-actually-be-really-bad-for-you/162876/7 "2017-08-18T11:59:38Z")
I know. That’s why I like it. Like the hard working sweat of a Taiwanese food stand worker in a night market. It adds flavor to it. ---
**Author:** ![JB\_IN\_TW](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/jb_in_tw/32/8763_2.png) [@JB\_IN\_TW](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/JB_IN_TW)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 12:01pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/bubble-tea-might-actually-be-really-bad-for-you/162876/8 "2017-08-18T12:01:03Z")
Long Island Bubble Tea…now we are on to something! ---
**Author:** ![Andrew0409](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/andrew0409/32/69821_2.png) [@Andrew0409](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Andrew0409)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 12:02pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/bubble-tea-might-actually-be-really-bad-for-you/162876/9 "2017-08-18T12:02:50Z")
Have you guys ever put vodka in it? I call it a white asian. ---
**Author:** ![JB\_IN\_TW](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/jb_in_tw/32/8763_2.png) [@JB\_IN\_TW](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/JB_IN_TW)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 12:02pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/bubble-tea-might-actually-be-really-bad-for-you/162876/10 "2017-08-18T12:02:55Z")
Like chocolate cake, stroopwafels, burek, cookies (ok, not cookies) it is not something that is supposed to be indulged on multiple times every day, or even week. ---
**Author:** ![hansioux](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/hansioux/32/253648_2.png) [@hansioux](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/hansioux)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 12:15pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/bubble-tea-might-actually-be-really-bad-for-you/162876/11 "2017-08-18T12:15:22Z")
It’s not like American cuisine is known for its health value either… ---
**Author:** ![junoreactor](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@junoreactor](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/junoreactor)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 12:27pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/bubble-tea-might-actually-be-really-bad-for-you/162876/12 "2017-08-18T12:27:00Z")
I don’t think it is that bad if you ask 不要加糖 . But like said in the article, just don’t drink it every day, it’s common sense. ---
**Author:** ![Gain](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/b487fb/32.png) [@Gain](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Gain)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 12:27pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/bubble-tea-might-actually-be-really-bad-for-you/162876/13 "2017-08-18T12:27:17Z")
While coca-cola makes you live till 115 years old. ---
**Author:** ![BHL4life](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/bhl4life/32/90885_2.png) [@BHL4life](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/BHL4life)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 12:38pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/bubble-tea-might-actually-be-really-bad-for-you/162876/14 "2017-08-18T12:38:43Z")
there is one shop that does a beer green tea. tried it last week. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Lin](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/mr.lin/32/9397_2.png) [@Mr.Lin](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Mr.Lin)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 12:44pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/bubble-tea-might-actually-be-really-bad-for-you/162876/15 "2017-08-18T12:44:55Z")
The only drink that isn’t bad for your body is water and water only. ---
**Author:** ![dan2006](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@dan2006](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/dan2006)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 1:25pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/bubble-tea-might-actually-be-really-bad-for-you/162876/16 "2017-08-18T13:25:21Z")
I take a fatalistic view to life I guess. I dont really care if certain foods aren’t healthy; if I want it, I buy it. Coca cola by the litre daily, sweet drinks at 70% sugar, fried foods daily, sugary snacks etc. The Chinese doctor has been trying to get me to eat healthy for years but I find junk food much more tasty and actually when I tried eating healthy before, I would physically shake and felt depressed and angry all week. I’ll take a few years less life for eating what I want. @Andrew0409 I’m going to try that vodka bubble tea, sounds good. ---
**Author:** ![tango42](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@tango42](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tango42)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 1:39pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/bubble-tea-might-actually-be-really-bad-for-you/162876/17 "2017-08-18T13:39:36Z")
> [@Andrew0409](#): > > Have you guys ever put vodka in it? I call it a white asian. That is fargin funny good idea. But for me I just want half of the bubbles. Buy one, gets an extra cup, mix up the vodka with the Bubble Tea in 2 cups, share with a friend and enjoy. ---
**Author:** ![kitkatkuo](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/f0a364/32.png) [@kitkatkuo](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/kitkatkuo)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 1:41pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/bubble-tea-might-actually-be-really-bad-for-you/162876/18 "2017-08-18T13:41:03Z")
That is why i stick with water. I used To drink one bubble tea per day but thank God the novelty wore off. My husband has at least 1 per day and he used to drink bubble tea and bottled drinks instead of water … until i convinced him water is so much healthier. ---
**Author:** ![tango42](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@tango42](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tango42)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 1:47pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/bubble-tea-might-actually-be-really-bad-for-you/162876/19 "2017-08-18T13:47:23Z")
Don’t forget the news publish last couple weeks a couple of times stating that over 60% of bubble tea shops have excessive levels of bacteria. ---
**Author:** ![tempogain](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/tempogain/32/264650_2.png) [@tempogain](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tempogain)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 1:53pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/bubble-tea-might-actually-be-really-bad-for-you/162876/20 "2017-08-18T13:53:39Z")
Would it be possible to soak the pearls in vodka or something [Next page](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/bubble-tea-might-actually-be-really-bad-for-you/162876.md?page=2)