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Why Is Tea Flavor Compatible With Gelato’s special bulgogi taco, a blend of classic Mexican dishes with according to tea changes
Asian Style? sweet and spicy Korean beef topped with the Korean red
pepper sauce Gochujang! in different seasons.
Stemming from the Latin word gelœtus (meaning Now, let’s go back to the marriage of Gelato and tea.
frozen), Gelato is how Italians call their ice cream. It is a Gelato is never short of enthusiasts in the ice cream realm,
natural combination of milk, cream, sugars, fruit and while tea is also pushing forward its market boundary.
smashed nuts. The success recipe lies in high-quality ingre- According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the
dients and balanced proportions, but there is no fixed UN, the growing demand in emerging countries will further
formula to make great Gelato. Such a natural production push the production and consumption of tea in the next
makes it possible to imbue diverse flavors. decade. In China alone, the tea consumption structure has
For the food industry, it is no new story to mix differ- been found to be getting more diverse, according to the
ent flavors into one product to ensure that customers can country’s National Bureau of Statistics, as the proportions
get a multi-layer taste experience from just one purchase. of red tea, white tea and yellow tea surge. In recent years,
The rising presence of Asian food also reflects a broader domestic and international products with tea flavors have
trend: young consumers have shown more interest in unique increased public acceptance. According to a report of Glob-
food with diverse international flavors. An evident example al New Products Database, in the Chinese market, the share
is food truck culture in South California, which derives from of tea-flavored food and beverage increased from 1.4% in
the region’s diverse population. The trucks gave birth to the 2019 to 2.2% in 2021, up 52.9%.

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