Bubble Tea 珍珠奶茶
tapioca pearl 木薯珍珠
starch 淀粉
珍珠奶茶在不同地区的说法会不一样，在美国，加州地区一般是Boba，纽约、温哥华一般是Bubble Tea
《珍珠奶茶从何而来》翻译中英字幕原稿：
Boba
珍珠奶茶
it's taken the world by storm
它在全世界掀起了一场风暴
two men on a mission to make better boba which is milk tea with tapioca pearls
让两个男人兴奋起来，去做更好的波霸，这是一种木薯珍珠奶茶
But what exactly is boba
但是波霸到底是什么呢？
and what's with all hype？
所有炒作是怎么回事？
Invented,boba is a popular beverage that originates from Taiwan
波霸是一种受欢迎的饮料，原产于台湾
Still the west is just beginning to understand it
尽管如此，西方才刚刚开始理解这一点
The new York times famously called it the blobs in your tea
“纽约时报”称它为“茶中的斑点”
and promptly issued an apology after all the backlash
并立即发表了道歉声明在所有的反对声之后
both of these tea shots in Taiwan claimed they were the first to invent boba in the 80s
在所有的反弹之后，台湾的这两个发球台都声称他们是80年代第一个发明波霸的人
as the story goes someone working at the shop decided to put tapioca pearls into tea on a whim and liked it
因为故事是这样的，店里的一个人一时兴起，决定把木薯珍珠放进茶里，并喜欢上了它
But tapioca isn't indigenous to Asia
但是木薯并不是亚洲原产的
it's a starch derived from cassava,a tuber native to south America
这是一种从木薯中提取的淀粉,一种原产于南美洲的块茎
It came to Asia in the nineteenth century via Portuguese traders and it thrived in Taiwan
它在19世纪通过葡萄牙商人传入亚洲，并在台湾蓬勃发展
because Taiwan has a similar subtropical climate to parts of south America
因为台湾与南美洲部分地区的亚热带气候相似
Modern boba pearls are made by combining tapioca starch with brown sugar water
现代的波霸珍珠是将木薯淀粉与红糖水混合
there then submerged in a mix of tea and non dairy milk creamer
然后浸泡在茶和非乳制品奶油的混合物中制成的
But where did the word "boba" come from?
但是boba这个词从何而来呢？
It's actually slang in Chinese for "big boobs"
它实际上是汉语中的俚语，意为“大胸”
and came to be associated with a drink in 1988
并在1988年与一种饮料联系在一起
when a southern Taiwanese tea shop
当时一家在台湾南部的茶店
named their tapioca drinks after Hong Kong sexy girl Amy Yip，her nickname “boba”
以香港艳星叶子楣命名他们的木薯饮料，而叶子楣的外号就是波霸
Today the drink is all over Asia and has quite a following in the state
这种饮料遍布亚洲，在该州有相当多的追随者
the starchy gooey pearls have become an important symbol of Asian American culture
那些黏糊糊的珍珠已经成为亚裔美国人文化的象征
Google search trends over the last five years shows a huge increase in searches for the drink across the United States
谷歌在过去五年的搜索趋势显示，美国各地对这种饮料的搜索量有了巨大的增长
and the global market is expected to balloon to 3 billion dollars by 2023
预计到2023年，全球珍珠奶茶市场降飙升至30亿美元
and three decades since its invention，it doesn't seem to be going away anytime soon
自发明以来的三十年，它似乎不会很快消失
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