Have you ever seen a glass of milk tea with a unique black color, not the familiar sweet brown color? This new drink is bamboo charcoal milk tea – made from pure bamboo charcoal combined with familiar ingredients such as tea, milk, sugar, and of course tapioca pearls. Making this delicious and unique milk tea is not difficult. Let’s find out in the article below.

The mysterious black color of bamboo charcoal milk tea is thanks to the pure bamboo charcoal starch ingredient. Bamboo charcoal starch is also known as takesumi, originating from Japan. To create this type of powder requires an extremely elaborate processing process.

First, the bamboo stalks of the Mosochiku variety are collected, dried for at least three months and dried for at least a week. The bamboo is then heated in a specialized furnace with a temperature of nearly 1000 degrees Celsius, using fire from the bamboo tree itself, not any other heat source.

After the burning process, people grind the bamboo stalks into microscopic and ultra-fine powder particles, containing high levels of active carbon and many other beneficial minerals. Bamboo charcoal starch is commonly used in the culinary and beauty fields. You can see many dishes containing bamboo charcoal essence such as bamboo charcoal sponge cake, bamboo charcoal latte, bamboo charcoal ice cream, bamboo charcoal mooncake.

Currently, bamboo charcoal starch is also widely used in the cosmetic industry. This type of powder appears in facial cleansers with the effect of purifying the skin, effectively removing dirt, and is present in toothpaste with the effect of whitening teeth and disinfecting.

Bamboo charcoal starch is completely benign, so you don’t have to worry when enjoying dishes or drinks with this ingredient. In fact, bamboo charcoal starch does not have a special scent or taste, its task is to contribute to creating unique colors and adding minerals to food and drinks.