{"id":32545,"date":"2026-05-22T13:10:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T11:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=32545"},"modified":"2026-05-26T09:54:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T07:54:02","slug":"ube-the-purple-food-taking-over-your-feed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2026\/05\/ube-the-purple-food-taking-over-your-feed\/","title":{"rendered":"Ube: The Purple Food Taking Over Your Feed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the popularity of bright green matcha, a new food trend has become an internet sensation: the vibrant purple ube or purple yam. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although it has only recently become popular internationally, ube has been popular in its native country, the Philippines, for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To find out more, watch the video below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Ube: The purple food taking over your feed - What in the World podcast, BBC World Service\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EJCldohUulM?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Vocabulary Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What does\u00a0<strong>\u201cto come on the back of something\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0mean? \u201c<em>I think it is because of its color, <strong>coming on the back of big trends<\/strong> with matcha or acai bowls<\/em>.\u201d Use this idiom in a sentence. Give a similar expression.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What does\u00a0<strong>\u201ccommonplace\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>mean?<em>\u00a0\u201cSo, like you said, it&#8217;s been around for thousand of years and it&#8217;s super<strong> commonplace<\/strong> in Filipino kitchens.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Use this expression in a sentence. Give a similar expression.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What does \u201c<strong>slow burn<\/strong>\u201d mean?<em>\u00a0\u201cIt&#8217;s a <strong>slow burn<\/strong> trend that really took off at the end of 2025 and into this year.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>Use this term in a sentence. Give a similar expression.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Have you heard or seen anything about this purple food known as &#8220;ube&#8221;? 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