Two tall glasses of boba milk tea next to a bowl of tapioca balls - Ika Rahma/Getty Images Bubble tea -- often called boba tea -- has exploded in popularity across the United States in recent years, ...

Maybe it's the chewy, craveable texture of the tapioca balls, the creaminess of the milky tea, or the simple satisfaction of popping the straw into the sealed plastic top — people can't get enough of ...

Taiwan is the undisputed boba capital of the world: Here, the midday caffeine hit is a boba break, not a coffee run, and a shoulder-slung boba cupholder is the must-have accessory. Over the last ...

Slowly but surely, New York City’s boba scene keeps growing. The craze over tapioca balls bobbing in various tea-based drinks, also called bubble tea, started in Taiwan and various shops have been a ...