With multiple straw bans soon to go into effect, bubble-tea vendors will be forced to become environmental pioneers. Photo: Kimberlee Reimer/Getty Images With its hot, humid climate and venerable ...

You know about bubble or boba tea, right? The Taiwanese-invented cold iced tea you drink with a thick straw so you can suck up the big, chewy, gelatin-like balls made with tapioca. But are you ...

Ideal for not only bubble tea, but the BiggieStray is also wide enough for thick milkshakes and smoothies. Taking into consideration that Americans use enough straws to wrap around the Earth 2.5 times ...

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 ...