Back Bubble tea AN شاي الفقاعات Arabic Qovuqlu çay Azerbaijani Чай с мехурчета Bulgarian Te de bombolles Catalan Perlivý mléčný čaj Czech Bubble Tea German Té de burbujas Spanish بابلتی Persian Pallerotee Finnish
 A cup of bubble tea | |
| Alternative names | Boba Pearl milk tea Boba milk tea Boba tea Boba nai cha Tapioca tea |
|---|---|
| Course | Drink |
| Place of origin | Taiwan |
| Region or state | Worldwide |
| Serving temperature | Hot or Cold |
| Main ingredients | Tapioca, milk, creamer, brewed tea, sugar, flavourings |
Bubble tea (also known as pearl milk tea, bubble milk tea, tapioca milk tea, boba tea, or boba; Chinese: 珍珠奶茶; pinyin: zhēnzhū nǎichá, 波霸奶茶; bōbà nǎichá) is a tea-based drink most often containing chewy tapioca balls, milk, and flavouring. It originated in Taiwan in the early 1980s[1][2] and spread to other countries where there is a large East Asian diaspora population.
Bubble tea is most commonly made with tapioca pearls (also known as "boba" or "balls"), but it can be made with other toppings as well, such as grass jelly, aloe vera, red bean, and popping boba. It has many varieties and flavours, but the two most popular varieties are pearl black milk tea and pearl green milk tea ("pearl" for the tapioca balls at the bottom).
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{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link) - ^ Yip, Lynnett (1 January 2020). "How Boba, or Bubble Tea, Went Global". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2022.