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Bartender Who Created the Iconic ‘Blue Hawaii’ Cocktail Turns 102
Harry Yee, the man behind the iconic Blue Hawaii cocktail, celebrated his 102nd birthday over the weekend at his home amid the COVID-19 pand...
Bryan Ke
Food
Boba Milk Tea Apparently Has Over 2x More Sugar Than a Coca Cola and I’m in Denial
The widely praised, milky goodness we all love to drink any time of the day, popularly known as boba tea or bubble tea or milk tea, apparent...
8 Childhood Asian Drinks That Aren’t Boba
When you first think of Asian drinks, your mind automatically jumps to milk tea. But what many may not have realized is that there are tons ...
Stephanie Ngo
Asia
‘Self-Pouring’ Beer Machine at All-You-Can-Drink Restaurant in Japan Wows the Internet
A video of a robotic beer dispenser that tilts one glass back before pouring the perfect pint is amusing netizens on social media. Reddit us...
Carl Samson
Uncategorized
Hippie Woman Makes $35 Million Selling Indian Tea, Gets MAJOR Side Eye on Twitter
It is easy to see that Brook Eddy is not your typical chaiwala. Being a White female hippie from Boulder, Colorado, she is far from what one...
Ryan General
Vietnamese People Have a Drink That’s WAY Better Than Eggnog
It’s the holiday season! Exciting! And while all our friends are making gingerbread cookies and drinking egg nog, we’re over her...
Editorial Staff
Popular Chinese Herbal Tea Claims It Can Increase Life Expectancy By 10%
A popular herbal tea drink in China is said to have certain medicinal attributes that can increase a person’s life expectancy by 10%, but so...
Taiwan Goes Crazy For Crystal Clear Milk Tea From Japan
A crystal clear, transparent milk tea is causing an uproar in the Taiwanese market. The beverage, created by Japanese company Suntory, has b...
How Thailand Created One of Asia’s Most Delicious Ice Teas
Unlike ma-po tofu, a Chinese dish which traces back to one “acne-pocked-faced woman” the tofu dish is named after, the invention of Thai ice...
Joy Hui Lin
Business
Taiwan’s ‘Cheese Tea’ is Now Taking Over the World
If there’s one drink that’s winning lines of thirsty city dwellers across the globe at this moment, it’s probably a thing called cheese tea....
Chinese Tourist Tricked Into Buying Fake $10,000 Whiskey Shot in Switzerland
Getting drinks at bars can really take a toll on your wallet, but one Chinese tourist took it to the next level by taking a single shot of w...
Khier Casino
The Most Valuable Liquor Company in the World is Now in China
Chinese firm Kweichow Moutai is now the largest liquor company in the world, surpassing Johnnie Walker-brand owner Diageo with a market valu...
Japan Just Created the Most American Frappuccino Of All Time
Who needs a fork to dig into a piece of pie when you can drink it out of a Starbucks cup? Starbucks Japan is taking its Frappuccino lineup t...
Lifestyle
New Study Reveals 30 Percent of Americans are Alcoholics
About 30% of Americans — over 96 million — have a drinking problem, according to a new study. The study’s analyses were based on...
Max Chang
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