The U.S. is seeing a massive shortage of boba — or bubble tea — as tapioca starch shipments from overseas are delayed due to the recent shipping disaster in the Suez Canal, among other reasons. Tommy ...

Traditionally, boba tea consists of sweetened iced black tea with small balls of plain or flavored tapioca (similar to the kind used in tapioca pudding). The tapioca pearls are placed at the bottom of ...

(CBS SF) -- Tapioca, that gooey, chewy, yummy, starchy, happy-feeling food has its own national holiday, June 28th, and there's no better way to celebrate National Tapioca Day than with Boba Tea, ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (Portland Tribune) — The next time you try to buy bubble tea in Beaverton, you might not find it. Stacey Kwong, who is the chief executive officer of MILK+T in downtown Beaverton, says ...

Fans of boba tea prepare yourselves: A tapioca pearl shortage is on the horizon. A number of bubble tea shops and suppliers in the Bay Area and across the country are being affected by a dwindling ...

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Bubble tea is everywhere. In plenty of downtown areas, it’s hard to miss people walking about carrying cups of the beverage, sipping through extra-wide straws designed to suck up the boba—the chewy ...

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Can you have too much boba? For one 14-year-old in China, the answer is yes. She had to be hospitalized after more than 100 tapioca balls were found stuck in her stomach. "They're ...