Green tea is so popular in America that it feels like it’s always been embedded in our culture, but according to USA Today the trend of drinking this tea in the U.S. is fairly new– it rose in ...

Boba tea is believed to have originated in a tea house in Taiwan in the '80s. Employee Lin Hsi Hsi was eating a tapioca dessert and drinking tea when she decided to mix them together.

The concoctions are now big on social media, thanks in part to the tea shops’ bright colors and Instagrammable decor. I was a boba tea novice when I walked into Babe’s.

The tea became known as "boba" because the term is Taiwanese slang for breasts (a reference to the spherical shape of the tapioca balls), and is believed to have originated from Chinese characters.