Bubble tea -- often called boba tea -- has exploded in popularity across the United States in recent years, and it's likely to get even more popular as time goes on. The Taiwanese beverage is ...

Black milk tea is also a good way to introduce yourself to the bubbles themselves -- which are most commonly tapioca pearls — to get a sense of what they taste like without any overwhelming tea ...

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, ...

It's like that old adage about "not all rectangles are squares but all squares are rectangles" -- all bubble tea is milk tea, but not all milk tea is bubble tea. Let's start at the very beginning (a ...