Herrine Ro: Vancouver, British Columbia, is known for its boba. Bubble tea, pearls, however you want to call it. There are hundreds of bubble-tea shops serving variations of the Taiwanese drink ...

Some pearl-shaped bubble foods have been with us for a long time — not fads at all — such as the classic is caviar, and fish ...

Boba pearls are usually made from tapioca starch (from the cassava plant), water, and sometimes a sweetener, like brown sugar, using a process known as gelatinization. The little boba balls are ...

Preparing boba starts with placing the hard pearls in boiling water. This process breaks the hydrogen bonds that are holding the amylose molecules together. The glucose units in amylose can now ...

Boba pearls are usually made from tapioca starch (from the cassava plant), water, and sometimes a sweetener, like brown sugar, using a process known as gelatinization. The little boba balls are ...