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The invention of bubble tea
Chun Shui Tang tea house in Taiwan began selling bubble tea in 1987. The drink would revolutionise the tea-drinking world. Liu Han-Chieh and Lin Xiuhu created it.
In 1987, a tea shop in Taiwan named Chun Shui Tang began selling pearl milk tea, or bubble tea, as it’s often called.
It would revolutionise the tea-drinking world.
Ben Henderson speaks to Liu Han-Chieh, the shop owner, and Lin Xiuhu, who first added the drink’s signature tapioca balls.
(Photo: Bubble tea. Credit: Chun Shui Tang)
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Liu Han-Chieh: 'How we invented bubble tea'
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