There are just under 5,000 bubble tea stores in the U.S., according to research done by iFly.vc based on Yelp data. Coffee shops, in comparison, reached 38,400 locations nationwide in 2022. Some ...

Nationwide, the company that RIT alumni built — Taichi Bubble Tea — is using millions of boba pearls in its drinks every year — about 240,000 pounds of the key ingredient.

A sweet Taiwanese drink nicknamed in honor of a Hong Kong celebrity, bubble tea – also known as boba tea – has become an unstoppable worldwide trend since it was invented in the 1980s.