Over the last few years, you've probably noticed bubble tea shops at your local mall or popping up in your community. Or maybe you’ve seen the drink on the menu at your favorite Asian restaurant.

My earliest memory of bubble tea is trying it for the first time on a family trip to Shanghai; I was 7 or 8, and I was so obsessed with my new discovery that I couldn’t stop prattling on and on, ...

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Introduction Have you ever seen "bubble tea" and wondered what the boba spheres in this drink are—and how they are made? Bubble tea or "boba tea" is a sweetened drink made of flavored tea, milk and ...