Google Celebrates Popularity Of Bubble Tea With This Interactive Google Doodle

The Google Doodle features Taiwan’s indigenous Formosan Mountain Dog runing a boba cart in a rainy forest. Boba Tea was a local treat in Taiwan and in the last few decades its popularity has exploded.

The Google Doodle features Taiwan’s indigenous Formosan Mountain Dog who runs a boba cart.

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New Delhi: Celebrating Boba Tea's popularity, Google's interactive Doodle on Sunday is dedicated to Bubble Tea. The Taiwanese drink had gained such popularity globally, especially among the Gen Z and millennials, that it was officially announced as a new emoji on Janaury 29, 2020. The most common form of Bubble Tea is a non-alcoholic, non-carbonated cold tea that comprises tapioca pearls cooked in brown sugar syrup, milk tea, and ice. The name comes from the tapioca pearls that look like bubbles in the drink. 

The Google Doodle features Taiwan’s indigenous Formosan Mountain Dog running a boba cart in a rainy forest and selling the beverage to different customers. The user can play as the mountain dog and makes the drink based on the customers' preferences. The user has to make sure they match the fill line for each addition perfectly for extra stars. 

Users will need to fill five orders before closing shop for the day, each progressively harder than the last. After which the customer will poke the lid with their special boba straw.

''Satisfy your craving and make a yummy cup of bubble tea in today's interactive Doodle, which features Taiwan's indigenous Formosan Mountain Dog as well as a crew of familiar Doodle characters!'' the doodle page reads. 

The drink was as a local treat in Taiwan and in the last few decades, its popularity has exploded.

Bubble tea has its roots in traditional Taiwanese tea culture which dates back as early as the 17th century. However, the bubble tea known today wasn't introduced until the 1980s, and Taiwanese immigrants brought the drink overseas. Soon, shops started experimenting with different mixtures, flavours, and additions, the doodle page explains.

"Traditional tearooms across Asia have also joined in on the boba craze, and the trend has reached countries like Singapore, Japan, South Korea, and more!", the page reads.