🧋 Bubble Tea Calorie Calculator
Calculate calories in any boba drink — milk tea, fruit tea, taro, matcha, and more
| Drink (16 oz) | Calories | Sugar (g) | Fat (g) | Carbs (g) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classic Milk Tea (100%) | 310 kcal | 38 g | 8 g | 50 g |
| Taro Milk Tea (100%) | 360 kcal | 42 g | 9 g | 58 g |
| Matcha Milk Tea (100%) | 290 kcal | 36 g | 7 g | 46 g |
| Brown Sugar Milk Tea | 460 kcal | 58 g | 10 g | 72 g |
| Thai Milk Tea (100%) | 390 kcal | 46 g | 10 g | 61 g |
| Mango Fruit Tea (no milk) | 220 kcal | 48 g | 0 g | 52 g |
| Jasmine Green Tea (50%) | 150 kcal | 30 g | 0 g | 38 g |
| Passion Fruit Tea (100%) | 195 kcal | 44 g | 0 g | 49 g |
| Topping | Calories | Carbs (g) | Sugar (g) | Fat (g) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tapioca Pearls | 120 kcal | 30 g | 8 g | 0 g |
| Popping Boba | 70 kcal | 17 g | 14 g | 0 g |
| Coconut Jelly | 55 kcal | 14 g | 10 g | 0 g |
| Egg Pudding | 90 kcal | 12 g | 10 g | 4 g |
| Aloe Vera | 30 kcal | 7 g | 6 g | 0 g |
| Cheese Foam | 110 kcal | 5 g | 4 g | 9 g |
bubble tea is a drink based on tea that commonly carries wet tapioca balls, milk and various tastes mixed together. The problem is that it has so many different names that it can become really confusing. Folks commonly call it pearl milk tea, boba milk tea, tapioca milk tea or simply boba.
All those terms relate to the same drink. Actually, it originally appeared in Taichung, Taiwan, during the 1980s.
What Is Bubble Tea?
The origin of the name “bubble tea” is quite new. Some think that it comes from the bubbles that one creates frothing the milk with the tea. Others believe that the name relates to those wet tapioca pearls that float inside and look like little bubbles in the drink.
Interestingly, the Chniese word for tapioca pearls translates directly to bōbà.
The main recipe is pretty easy. One mixes tea with milk, fruits and their juices, later adds the tapioca pearls and shakes everything well. Black tea commonly serves as base, but honest, any kind of tea works well.
In a broader sense, bubble tea includes all kinds of tea drinks with toppings. They can come with or without milk and have various add-ons. Tapioca balls, jelly, fruits, cheese foam, whatever you want.
Versions with fruit tea usually use fruit purees or syrup to strengthen the sweetness. Some versions do not use tea at all, swapping it for shaved ice or alcohol-based mixes. Honestly, boba can turn almost every cold drink into a fun mix too eat and drink at the same time.
Taiwan is the place where bubble tea started, and it became a global hit recently. Bubble tea stores appear everywhere in United Kingdom, and those pretty photos of boba cover social media. Today in Asia you find lots of stores and articles about bubble tea scattered everywhere.
If you make bubble tea at home, you have full control. You can set the sweetness to your taste, try different fruit juices and flavors, and choose any toppings that please you. Moreover, it costs much less than buying one in a store.
Actually, most bubble tea stores use premade focused tea in cans (they only pour it), add milk or mix with milk powder, that is already ready.
The usual serving of bubble tea globally is around 500 ml. Many places offer 16-ounce or 22-ounce cups as main sizes. For something bigger, one usually has 700 ml cups.
A 16-ounce serving normally holds between 150 and 500 calories, depending on the ingredients, most come from carbs and fat. Bubble tea commonly is high in added sugar, calories and saturatedfat. Even so, stores with fresh bubble tea stress craft and prime ingredients, what separates them from places that depend on premade syrups, powdered cream and mass-produced toppings.
