This infographic offers a visual guide to the essential equipment and supplies needed to open and operate a successful bubble tea shop. It covers key machines, tools, and supplies required for brewing tea, cooking tapioca pearls, mixing ingredients, and serving bubble tea. This guide will help students and aspiring entrepreneurs understand the importance of each piece of equipment and how it contributes to the overall bubble tea experience.

By Bubble Showroom

Learning Objectives:

  • Students will identify and understand the function of essential bubble tea equipment.
  • Students will learn how to select and use the right equipment to ensure consistency and quality in bubble tea preparation.

Content Overview:

  1. Sealer Machine:
    • Description: This iconic machine seals bubble tea cups with plastic film, creating a fun experience for customers. It is essential for maintaining the freshness of the drink and preventing spills. The sealer must match the cup material (PP, PET, or paper) to ensure proper sealing.
  2. Shaker Machine:
    • Description: The shaker machine automates the process of mixing tea, milk, sweeteners, and ice, ensuring a smooth and well-blended drink. It’s a time-saving tool that guarantees consistency in flavor.
  3. Fructose Dispenser:
    • Description: An automatic fructose dispenser measures and dispenses the exact amount of sweetener into each drink, ensuring consistent sweetness levels and reducing training time for staff.
  4. Blender:
    • Description: A high-power blender is used to create blended or frozen bubble tea drinks. Blenders with sound enclosures are recommended to reduce noise in the shop while maintaining power to blend ice and fruit.
  5. Automatic Tea Brewer:
    • Description: This machine simplifies the tea brewing process by allowing you to preset different brewing times and temperatures for various types of tea, ensuring consistency and quality in every cup.
  6. Automatic Tapioca Pearl Cooker:
    • Description: This cooker automates the process of boiling and stirring tapioca pearls, ensuring they are cooked evenly and preventing them from sticking or burning. This is essential for maintaining the desired chewy texture.
  7. Bubble Tea Supplies:
    • Description: Includes clear or custom-printed cups, fat straws, plastic shaker cups, and sealer film. These supplies are vital for serving and enjoying bubble tea, with custom options enhancing brand identity.
  8. Insulated Tea Dispensers:
    • Description: These dispensers keep brewed tea at the ideal temperature until it’s served, ensuring the tea remains fresh and flavorful. They are available in different sizes, with 5L dispensers recommended for optimal freshness.
  9. Utensils and Tools:
    • Description: Essential tools include metal stirrers, measuring cups, plastic scoops for powders, syrup pumps, tapioca pearl scoops, and scales. These utensils are critical for accurate preparation and portion control in bubble tea-making.
By Bubble Teology

Instructions:

Reading Bubble Tea Equipment and Supplies List, Bubble Tea Supplies List

  1. Study the Infographic: Students should review the infographic to become familiar with each piece of equipment and its role in the bubble tea-making process.
  2. Identify Equipment: Encourage students to identify and understand the equipment they may need for a bubble tea shop, whether starting out or expanding.
  3. Apply Knowledge: As students practice making bubble tea, they need to draw a infographic as a reference to ensure they are using the equipment correctly and efficiently.

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