Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. is seeing a massive shortage of boba — or bubble tea — as tapioca starch shipments from overseas are delayed due to the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Boba and four toppings - Static Media / Shutterstock / Getty Bubble tea or boba has become a catch-all for a cavalcade of ...

Once a niche Taiwanese treat, bubble tea has become widely popular. The star of the drink is the tapioca boba pearls, made from cassava. Sign up for our Newsletters However, Consumer Reports recently ...

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 ...

Kristie Hang is a born-and-raised Angeleno who has been covering the Los Angeles food scene for nearly 15 years. Boba, bubble tea, pearls, tapioca balls; whatever the name, the chewy ball drink that ...

Bubble tea, also known as boba tea, first appeared in Taiwan but has recently exploded in popularity in the US. It’s made with tea, milk, sweetener and tapioca, and there are so many ways to ...

Bubble tea is following in the footsteps of garden gnomes, ketchup and toilet paper. That’s right, there’s another shortage in the U.S. Bubble tea, a drink that includes a layer of tapioca balls, or ...

The U.S. is entering a boba crisis. Shipping containers from Asia are piling up at West Coast ports, delaying the arrival of much of the country’s supply of chewy tapioca balls. Boba wholesalers say ...

Jeren Calinisan and Dominique Nguyen are worried about the price of one of their favorite indulgences: boba tea, a popular Taiwanese sweet beverage, chock-full of chewy tapioca balls. "$8 already is ...

Before international boba chains like Gong Cha and Chi Cha San Chen came to Houston, there was Tapioca House. Unknown to most Houstonians, the small Asiatown cafe was one of earliest bubble tea ...

When bubble tea was first introduced to the West, you could get it only in cheery mom-and-pop shops in big-city Chinatowns and Koreatowns. While Asians and Asian Americans have been drinking bubble ...