W hen bubble tea was first introduced to the West, you could get it only in cheery mom-and-pop shops in big-city Chinatowns ...

Sweet, creamy tea swimming with chewy tapioca boba pearls — otherwise known as bubble tea — was originally invented in Taiwan ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- While Asian Americans have been drinking bubble tea for decades, bubble tea shops are just starting to gain popularity all across Northeast Ohio. For the uninitiated, classic ...

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 originally referred to foam black tea,” Angela Liu said. Later, Chun Shui Tang employee Lin Hsiu Hui combined milk tea with her favorite Taiwanese dessert, tapioca balls.