drinks
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 pandemic.
The Hilton Hawaiian Village typically throws a special celebration for Yee’s birthday on Sept. 26, but the hotel and resort held a small event at his home instead, according to Hawaii News Now.
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, apparently contains more sugar than a regular serving of soda, according to latest study conducted in Singapore.
In the experiment, which was commissioned by Channel NewsAsia, students in the Applied Food Science and Nutrition diploma course at the Temasek Polytechnic in Singapore tested out six popular brands of bubble tea to check out their sugar content.
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 of different drinks available right at your fingertips. All you have to do is visit your local Asian supermarket, or even hunt around your regular supermarket! You might be surprised. Here are nine asian drinks that you should get your hands on:
‘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 user Scramble187 shared his video of the “self-pouring beer” from a restaurant in Tokyo, Japan during a recent visit.
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 would assume to be an actual merchant of the traditional beverage chai from the Indian subcontinent, like these guys:
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 here enjoying the real holiday beverage — soda sua hot ga.
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 some Chinese netizens find the recent claims a bit hard to swallow.
Li Chuyuan, chairman of the Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Group, the state-owned parent company of the firm behind Wanglaoji, also known by its Cantonese name Wong Lo Kat, cited a government-funded research led by the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to back up the claim.
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 become quite a big hit in the country that some regular consumers even buy large bulk orders – around 20 to 100 bottles of the drink at a time.
According to UDN via Taiwan News, Suntory’s milk tea flavor, part of its Premium Morning Tea line, first hit the shelves of Hong Kong-owned supermarket Wellcome. The competition then became fierce when its rival, A.mart, began selling the same item, even offering a special sales promotion to entice customers.
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 tea or “cha yen” as most of us know it, is a mystery lost to the ages.
But the unmistakable orange-hued drink — creamy, icy, and sweet — has won over the taste buds of people the world over. Not only can you get it in the classic form anywhere Thai food is served, bright orange, highly spiced, with a generous pour of evaporated milk over ice, you can find treats like Thai ice tea French macarons and Thai ice tea flavored ice cream as well.
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.
This rather unexpected concoction of tea with cheese on top emerged from the streets of Taiwan before making its way to China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, the U.K. and the U.S., to name a few.
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 whiskey worth $10,000, which turned out to be fake.
Zhang Wei, who is reported to be China’s highest-paid online novelist, traveled to Switzerland with his 82-year-old grandmother to down a shot of Macallan at the Devil’s Place Whisky Bar at Hotel Waldhaus in St. Moritz.
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 value of $71.5 billion Friday in Shanghai.
Based in the southwestern province of Guizhou, the firm’s Moutai signature drink, a high-end type of baijiu, has an alcohol content of 53% and is distilled from sorghum and rice.
