The same goes for any other type of tea and most herbal teas.Įvery tea has its own genetic makeup and nutritional value of course but this small list is meant to give you a basic idea of some well-known benefits: In contrast to bubble tea, normal tea like Earl Gray (a black tea), or any green tea boast real health benefits. In fact, there is a well known case of a Chinese girl who fell into a diabetic coma after routinely drinking bubble tea, which you can read about here.
The pearls in the drink (which give it its name) are starchy carbs which are not good for you and can be hard to digest. Just a single large bubble tea can easily contain 55 grams of sugar and a whopping 550 calories. Most of them are empty carbs, like refined sugar. Just keep in mind that sweet drinks can be addictive, leading to you drinking many of them in a short amount of time!Ībsolutely not. There seems to be no real concern about the caffeine content of bubble tea being super high compared to most common drinks out there which you probably already consume. Many factors come into play in the case of the Boba drink, like how big the drink is and what kind of tea was used, whereas the soda is calculated per can, so it is a static value. If you are concerned about your child (or yourself) getting too much caffeine from bubble tea, let us take a look at some other popular garbage drinks for some context.Īs you can see there is not an astronomical difference between the caffeine content of popular soda drinks and bubble tea. That said, green tea with milk just doesn’t taste as good. The numbers vary a little bit depending on the specific type of green or black tea, but overall, you can expect less of a boost with a green boba tea vs a black. When you get it with green tea it generally has about half as much caffeine as when you get it made with black tea. You can get Boba with green tea or black tea. Green Tea Boba Vs Black Tea Boba Caffeine Content The caffeine content is not nearly as high as a normal cup of coffee, but the caffeine and the sugar combined have a compound effect on kids, especially pre-teens.
Most have a lot less though and they are generally under 100 for regular sized cups.īut it is still a significant amount of stimulant and can really get kids riled up and going a bit batty. If you do not like tapioca, you are not going to like Boba tea.ĭepending on what tea is used to make it and how large a cup you order, it may have up to 170 mg of caffeine. That said, it is this exact texture that some people simply find disgusting. They don’t have any particular flavor, but it is the texture that is appealing. The soft and chewy balls do become somewhat addictive. I find no need to make tea taste better by using a sweetener, and using as much as is in bubble tea (similar to sweet tea from the southern US) is extreme overkill.Īs for the tapioca pearls, I guess I can understand the appeal. Personally, I have had it a few times, but it is not for me. As a result we have many kids here in the USA clamoring to get their bubble tea fix at shopping malls and juice shops. The sweet unique looking tea drink is a caffeine boost and sugar rush all in one, much like any Starbucks drink would be. This drink has been around since the 1980s and it is so popular that there are specific bubble tea shops all over the place in many Asian countries, especially Hong Kong and Taiwan.īoba has become so popular now that kids and adults in the UK, Australia, the USA, and almost every other country know it by name. It looks a lot like iced coffee or a nice chai, but with a bunch of little balls in the bottom of it.
It usually contains sugar, or some type of sweetener. It is a sweet drink made from tea, fruit juices and / or fruit chunks, and little balls of tapioca which are referred to as pearls. Some places may have decaf bubble tea, but it is not very common.īubble tea, also called Boba, comes from Taiwan where it is extremely popular, especially among the young people. Most bubble tea has caffeine, because it is made with tea that contains caffeine, like black or green tea.
1.5 Why Is It Sometimes Called Boba Tea And Sometimes Bubble Tea?.1.4 Is Bubble Tea Healthier That Normal Tea?.1.3.2 Boba Tea Caffeine Vs Soda Caffeine.1.3.1 Green Tea Boba Vs Black Tea Boba Caffeine Content.1.3 How Much Caffeine Is In Bubble Tea?.
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