ThirsTea, set to open its first NJ location right here in Parsippany, offers 17 flavors of tea, along with slushies, frappés ...

While it's great to have so many options these days for finding bubble tea out and about, it's also easy to make at home.

Bubble tea is booming in Britain, with a Taiwanese chain planning to open 500 new branches across the UK to capitalise on the trend. The drink, also called boba tea, originated in Taiwan in the 1980s.

CHICHA San Chen is a popular Taiwanese bubble tea brand that made its second debut in Texas a few weeks ago.