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

Consumer Reports testing reveals lead contamination in popular boba pearls from major chains and retail brands.

Fans love those tapioca boba pearls, made from cassava, but safety testing from Consumer Reports suggests the popular drink ...

Feel like ordering some bubble tea, or some boba? Is there even a difference? The two words have been used interchangeably since the tea cafés first started appearing in the U.S. in the late '90s, but ...

Consumer Reports found levels of lead in boba from several major brands. Here’s what the group is recommending to fans of bubble tea.

Bubble tea is a drink you have to chew, a playful combination of boba pearls and iced tea that's a whole experience in a cup. You can get it at speciality boba shops or from the menu at your local ...

Bubble tea is the international drink phenomenon originating from Taichung, Taiwan. The “pearls” — called zhenzhu, if on the smaller side, and boba, if a bit larger — are traditionally made from brown ...

Behind the counter of The Bowl in Lynbrook, Olivia Lim operates a lab of sorts, one lined by containers of powder — non-dairy creamer, powdered taro, coconut — as well as buckets of glistening jelly ...