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| | The Austin Chronicle Food: The New Cold Concoction: Iced tea gets a makeover |
 | | The most interesting variation of iced tea around, however, must be Asian bubble tea, aka fl pearl tea, boba, milk tea, zhen zhu nai cha, pearl shake, jelly tea, and QQ (Chinese slang for chewy). |
 | | With folk roots in Taiwan, bubble tea drinks spread to Hong Kong a couple of decades ago, and from there to Japan, the Philippines, and the Asian communities on the west coast of the United States and Canada. |
 | | The variations of bubble tea combinations are vast -- they can be composed of fl or green teas, crushed ice, and fruit, flower, or vegetable infusions, such as strawberry, pineapple, fl cherry, ginger, lavender, rose, hibiscus, or green bean. |
| www.austinchronicle.com /issues/dispatch/2001-08-17/food_feature.html (772 words) |
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