Bubble tea (also known as pearl milk tea, bubble milk tea, tapioca milk
tea, boba tea, or boba;,) is a tea-based drink that originated in Taiwan
in the early 1980s. Taiwanese immigrants brought it to the United States
in the 1990s, initially in California through regions like Los Angeles
County, but the drink has also spread to other countries where there is
a large East Asian diaspora population....
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