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 classic bubble tea consists of a sweet milk tea base accompanied by the famous tapioca balls, or "boba" -- chewy black orbs of starchy loveliness. For most people, the tapioca balls are the ...

While its concrete walls and wooden benches might upon first glance date the store to the 1960s, its bright bubble tea logo makes ... which combines Hong Kong-style milk tea made from a 50-year ...