Tea shops might be the new coffeehouses. Cafes serving Asian specialty teas have bubbled up in the past year across Baton Rouge boasting boba — small pearls of sweet, chewy tapioca added to a drink.

Bubble tea, also known as boba tea, first appeared in Taiwan but has recently exploded in popularity in the US. It’s made with tea, milk, sweetener and tapioca, and there are so many ways to ...

Nothing like what you pour out of a kettle, bubble tea is the perfectly unique summertime treat. This Asian delicacy, also known as boba tea, is milk-based, usually pastel in hue and is served cold ...

German health authorities and researchers have come out swinging recently against the Taiwanese drink bubble tea, warning that the popular dessert beverage presents a choking hazard to children and ...

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(CBS SF) -- Tapioca, that gooey, chewy, yummy, starchy, happy-feeling food has its own national holiday, June 28th, and there's no better way to celebrate National Tapioca Day than with Boba Tea, ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- What's that floating in your beverage? If your drink is bubble tea, it's likely a tapioca ball. Bubble tea can be made with fresh fruit or flavored tea. It can be sweetened with sugar ...

Wet markets in China are known to sell wild animals, including bats, lizards and scorpions. But a popular post on Facebook claims feces is also on the menu. The post, published Nov. 29, includes two ...

"Happy.me is the next generation of beverages," says Jan Roode, one half of Happy.me, Jo'burg's first bubble-tea franchise. Jan and his partner in all things, Jay, are serial entrepreneurs, with a ...