angliholic
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- Feb 14, 2007
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Pearl milk tea has become one of the most popular drinks in Taiwan. The innovative drink which is called red bubble tea, with its tapioca pearls and milk, was invented by Han-jie Liu in the 1980s. Liu owned a teashop in Taichung which sold tea leaves and tea-drinking equipment. Once, on a trip to Japan, Liu saw a tea master using a shaker to make a cup of cold coffee, and that gave him an inspiration. After he returned to Taiwan, he started experimenting with new tea recipes.
For a start, I presume that "red bubble tea" sounds better than "bubble red tea" to you, but the latter sounds better to us in our language. So, I wonder if there is a reason that the former sounds better to you.
Second, does the second bolded part sound right to you? Does it make more sense to reword it as "he started experimenting with different ingredients mixed with tea?" Thanks.
For a start, I presume that "red bubble tea" sounds better than "bubble red tea" to you, but the latter sounds better to us in our language. So, I wonder if there is a reason that the former sounds better to you.
Second, does the second bolded part sound right to you? Does it make more sense to reword it as "he started experimenting with different ingredients mixed with tea?" Thanks.
Red bubble tea sounds better than bubble red tea. In English we usually put the modifiers ahead of and in order of the word or words being modified. In this case you are modifying the words "tea" and "bubble". Therefore, if the bubbles in the tea are red we would say "red bubble tea" ;-)