A sweet Taiwanese drink nicknamed in honor of a Hong Kong celebrity, bubble tea – also known as boba tea – has become an ...

Tu then experimented by adding bigger, black tapioca balls to milk tea for a richer taste and a chewier texture, which became the classic bubble milk tea most fans know and love today.

Bubble tea has since proliferated across the world ... and one of them decided to add tapioca balls — thus the beverage was born. Over in Tainan, the founder of Hanlin Tea Room was inspired ...

Typically a combination of milky tea and chewy tapioca ‘pearls’, the beverage also known as boba tea is so beloved it was the ...

What is bubble tea, why are teens addicted to it, and where can you sample some? We take you through a brief history of the invention of bubble tea, and boba - the larger tapioca ball, what makes it ...