Do you know butterfly pea drinks are very popular now in Taiwan bubble tea shop?

Do you know butterfly pea drinks are very popular now in Taiwan bubble tea shop?

Do you know butterfly pea? The drinks made from it is so hot now in many bubble tea shops in Taiwan.

Butterfly pea is not a kind of "beancurd jelly", which is the leguminous plants grown in tropical regions, often used for dyeing in Thai cuisine.

Butterfly pea soaked in water will release the sky blue color, it is a natural food dye; another feature of butterfly pea, the encounter acidic substances will gradually shift from sky blue to pink. Thus put the butterfly pea water into the drink, then add an acidic substance such as lemon juice, the drink become to be brilliant color, full of gimmicks effect.

But don't think such bright color is added with any pigment. Butterfly pea has not taste itself, and flower is a natural pigment itself, like cherry and mulberry, it can not be washed clean if the cloths are stained with the juice.

Under normal brewing，butterfly pea exhibit weak acid PH value of 4.5 is blue; but if it met lemon PH value down to 2.5, acidic turn purple; if added alkaline substance PH value rose to 10, then it turned into blue-green.

If you like this new kind of special drinks, you have to try the below hot bubble tea drink items in Taiwan.

Butterfly pea sprite iced tea

Butterfly pea lemon iced tea

Butterfly pea au lait

Butterfly pea soda

Butterfly pea pineapple shake

Butterfly pea milk

Blue aiyu

Photos of bubble tea butterfly pea drinks by consumers