Tedama ni Toritai Kurokiya-san - Vol. 1 Ch. 5 - I want to get Tapioka

[walterium]

@Rodvus
I'm not quite sure why Brazil has some sort of monopoly on "Tapioca" but the drink they are referring to is a Taiwanese export.
Alt Names: Boba Milk Tea, Bubble Tea (East Coast), Pearl Milk Tea (Yayy areaaa what up what uuuup)
The origin has (sorry to say) nothing to do with Brazil. Tapioca balls (flour of the cassava root, brown sugar, water) have been a common dessert item in Taiwan for a long time but the creation of the drink in Taipei, Taiwan happened around the 80's.
Boba is a big part of Asian American culture, part of it having to do with identity and cultural influence.
As for Brazil and tapioca flour, pan de queso is mighty delicious but that's the only association I have of Brazil and tapioca.

DatOneGuy​

Sorry dude but you're quite wrong

On Wikipedia

Tapioca (/ˌtæpiˈoʊkə/; Portuguese: [tapiˈɔkɐ]) is a starch extracted from the storage roots of the cassava plant (Manihot esculenta, also known as manioc), a species native to the North and Northeast regions of Brazil

Tapioca is derived from the word tipi'óka, its name in the Tupi language spoken by natives when the Portuguese first arrived in the Northeast Region of Brazil around 1500

Manioc (which is what Tapioca is made from) is a native south american plant

The guy is wrong in saying "it's ours" since it's something that uses other elements besides the tapioca. But you're wrong too by saying it has nothing to do with the country

 

[DatOneGuy]

DatOneGuy​

Sorry dude but you're quite wrong

On Wikipedia

Tapioca (/ˌtæpiˈoʊkə/; Portuguese: [tapiˈɔkɐ]) is a starch extracted from the storage roots of the cassava plant (Manihot esculenta, also known as manioc), a species native to the North and Northeast regions of Brazil

Tapioca is derived from the word tipi'óka, its name in the Tupi language spoken by natives when the Portuguese first arrived in the Northeast Region of Brazil around 1500

Manioc (which is what Tapioca is made from) is a native south american plant

The guy is wrong in saying "it's ours" since it's something that uses other elements besides the tapioca. But you're wrong too by saying it has nothing to do with the country

Dang dog, that was like 3 years ago.

I stand corrected, though I'm not sure I'm "quite" wrong.
I did intend to mean that the creation of the flavors of the trendy drink are fairly uniquely Taiwanese (tbh with no real research on that). Didn't know the core ingredient of the primary topping came from Brazil though.

 

[Ally04]

The Bael joke was too much for me, never laughed so much in the last few days

 

[Juggernautbob]

"Careful Kurokiya-san, what you say is heresy"

 

[EirikrInnMyrkr]

I'm kinda impressed her camera still recognized her face as a face in that last photo.