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Bubble/boba tea?

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  • 16-03-2013 2:04pm
    #1
    superglue
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    Want to give this a try. I know there's a place that does it in Dublin, but does anyone know of anywhere that does it in Galway?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubble_tea


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    Ficheall
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    It's fecking awful.


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    Seaneh
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    Ficheall wrote: »
    It's fecking awful.

    Maybe the flavour you has was awful...


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    The Pheasant
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    I had it in Frankfurt last Summer randomly, it's a bit of a novelty, was nice enough


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    dmcg90
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    I'm still waiting on a frozen yoghurt vendor never mind a Bubble Tea place!


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    Ficheall
    Registered Users Posts: 9,034 ✭✭✭Ficheall


    Seaneh wrote: »
    Maybe the flavour you has was awful...
    I tried a couple of them while I was in Hong Kong. Did anyone ever have those "Aloe Vera" drinks that appeared on the market about a year and a half ago? They didn't taste bad, but they had little globules of tasteless jelly floating in them.
    Bubble tea is a little like that, but their little globules taste horrible.


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    jkforde
    Registered Users Posts: 2,005 ✭✭✭jkforde


    maybe the girls in the Secret Garden tea shop/café on William St would know, they're into their teas anyhow

    🌦️ 6.7kwp, 45°, SSW, mid-Galway 🌦️



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    superglue
    Closed Accounts Posts: 163 ✭✭superglue


    Just an update on this. Was in Waterford at the weekend and spotted a place doing Bubble Tea. My girlfriend was mad to try some, so that we did.

    My verdict? It's fecking awful.


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    -Vega-
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    You should be able to die happy with just Lyons and Barrys :/ It's in your DNA.


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    Seaneh
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    superglue wrote: »
    Just an update on this. Was in Waterford at the weekend and spotted a place doing Bubble Tea. My girlfriend was mad to try some, so that we did.

    My verdict? It's fecking awful.

    It comes in hundreds of flavours, maybe the one you had was disgusting?

    Boba is nice when it's done properly.


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    superglue
    Closed Accounts Posts: 163 ✭✭superglue


    Seaneh wrote: »
    It comes in hundreds of flavours, maybe the one you had was disgusting?

    Boba is nice when it's done properly.

    Ah, there was a certain amount of jest to my last post. I tried the strawberry flavour while my girlfriend tried banana. We both had ours with tapioca.

    I just wasn't sold on the texture and after taste of the tapioca, and the flavourings of both tasted cheap and sickly sweet. Wasn't impressed with the set up of the place we got them from in general, so in fairness, I'd definitely give it another try from somewhere else.

    On this occasion however, it's a 3/10.


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    _Whimsical_
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    Just what tea has been missing all these years.... "chewy tapioca balls" suspended in it. :(


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