Consumer Reports tested pearls from two major chains, Gong Cha and Kung Fu Tea, as well as packaged boba from Trader Joe's and Wu Fu Yuan.

Traditionally, boba tea consists of sweetened iced black tea with small balls of plain or flavored tapioca (similar to the kind used in tapioca pudding). The tapioca pearls are placed at the bottom of ...

Boba tea is not just a beverage; it’s a fun, lively experience that has won hearts and palates around the world. Also known ...

Surae joined the owner of Shiba Boba, Mike Hung and his assistant Jessi Humpherys to try out a variety of traditional boba ...

The tradition of drinking boba tea originated in Taiwan in the 1980s and has become a trendy fad in the U.S. Boba itself ...

The boba pearls in bubble tea are made from tapioca, which is derived from cassava. Previous CR tests have found lead in ...

Typically a sweet drink with chewy pearls, bubble tea can often be found in colorful cups with oversized straws. But new ...

A panic erupted on the West Coast this week. Over a drink. It happened when beverage aficionados learned that tapioca, the starch used to make the sweet, round, chewy black bubbles — or pearls — that ...

Boba tea is usually made with brewed tea, milk or creamer, sugar syrup and tapioca pearls. Many versions also include ...

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.

PORTLAND, Ore. (Portland Tribune) — The next time you try to buy bubble tea in Beaverton, you might not find it. Stacey Kwong, who is the chief executive officer of MILK+T in downtown Beaverton, says ...

Abby Boeh walked into an Echo Park cafe and ordered her usual: an iced coffee and tea blend with cream and boba. She had politely declined a manager’s suggestion to try seasonal specials like chai tea ...