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Beyond bubble tea: five creative boba treats sending Taiwanese fans wild

  • Bubble tea is more than just a drink, it is a way of life for many people, with the sweet milk tea now a global phenomenon
  • In Taiwan, vendors are getting creative with how they incorporate the tapioca ‘pearls’, known as boba, into new dishes

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Boba pizza at Tino’s Pizza Cafe. Photo: Rachel Cheung
Rachel Cheungin Shanghai
Thanks to the Asian diaspora, bubble tea, or boba, has become a global phenomenon.
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The original milk tea drink features chewy tapioca “pearls” – also known as boba – but people these days are getting creative with the recipe and are taking it beyond the beverage.

Invented in Taiwan in the 1980s, unsurprisingly, it is also here where you find the most diverse range of boba treats.

We sampled five of them in Taipei.

1. Boba pizza

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