Boba tea, the trendy Taiwanese drink loved for its chewy tapioca pearls and refreshing flavours, can be easily made at home.

Not everybody loves the texture of tapioca pearls at the bottom of the strong iced drink that’s often called bubble tea, but Cathy Erway, author of a new cookbook called “The Food of Taiwan,” says ...

Bring 4 cups of water to boil in a medium saucepan. Add the tapioca and simmer for 30 minutes or until the pearls turn clear, stirring to make sure the tapioca does not stick to the bottom of the pan.

I love a good boba (or bubble) smoothie after a big bowl of pho or a banh mi. There’s something so fun about sucking up cold, sweet smoothie and finding those little tapioca pearls capriciously ...

Taro root gives this bubble tea its purple color. Add tapioca pearls and make your very own bubble tea. Evi Abeler is a New York City-based photographer and table-top director focusing on food & drink ...

Tapioca pearls taste like nothing by themselves, but when combined with cumin seeds, green chilies, grated coconut, roasted peanuts and lime juice in sabudana khichdi, they take on a new life for ...

Medically reviewed by Kierra Brown, RD Boba tea is high in sugar and calories, which can raise health concerns if consumed ...