The Eternal Fight

Once upon a time, let's just say at the brink of civilization, man (I use this to include both genders rather than reap importance on just the species of men) travelled the earth and found to its delight tea leaves. These they brewed in hot water and found the perfect drink to unwind to each evening. The world did become more civilised because of it I am sure and the many varieties added to the spice of life as it is. It was a simpler time and it was an envious time.

At some point man lost its way. Because even if there is caffeine in tea, it did not dominate or invites the "dark passenger" in all of us to come out and play, simply because it did not contain too much of the good thing. BUT, somehow someway, man continued to evolved even if the evolution itself did not mean the betterment of man. It discovered coffee and from those damned beans, a new culture was born and sidelined the very much more mild tea faction of society.

Ok maybe it didn't happened as dramatically as I put it above. But you get my drift. Coffee has dominated the landscape we now live in ......much to my annoyance. It's aroma (if you can call it that) drifts somewhat acceptably into boardrooms and offices without it being taboo whilst us poor tea drinkers are relegated like last season's stock. Rubbish.

Then when hope seemed lost, a spark of light came down a few years back in the form of a franchise and gave us reason to live...and to drink. Bubble Tea. Oh it was clever. It is tea like any other tea and in many forms but laced with these pearls (figuratively) or so they named it, which captured tea and coffee drinkers alike. (Personally I adore the Pearl Milk Tea and the rest is just rubbish but for the purposes of this post I shall speak as a defender of all bubble teas...) Oh it felt like heaven and the joy in tasting the squeeze of each pearl....only an experience can define. And like many others I was content to enjoy these little pleasure in life and refrained with every ounce of me from sticking my tongue out at every patron I see in Starbucks. The TEA is Back!

Then being neurotic and just plain ol curious I sought knowledge of this Chatime franchise to ease my vanity. The deadly calorie count. That was when I found out (depending on which site you go to as the information varies)...a normal Pearl Milk Tea at Chatime is a whopping 540 in calories.... OH MY GOD. That's more than a can of coke, a cone of ice cream and probably eating a small seal.

WHY GOD WHY???? Why do you create these pearls and make them for tapioca???? I cannot fathom this trickery. Curses!!! There does not just seem a point to all this now... I think I might revert to wine now.... sniff.