Boba shops are known for their ease of customizability ... or lychee. Meanwhile, milk tea takes the green or black tea of your choice and mixes it with milk -- all pretty self-explanatory.

In the wintertime, they’ve got hot drinks you also won’t find elsewhere, like ginger milk tea. Passion fruit green tea with boba at Chicha San Chen in Cupertino. Photo by Adrienne Mitchel.

Some popular varieties of green tea boba drinks include matcha bubble tea, which pairs great with whole milk or oat milk.

The drink, also called boba tea ... starting with a base of black, green or oolong tea – although some popular options, such as brown sugar milk, contain no tea at all. Aficionados can add ...

Dragon Boba and Coffee, which opened in October 2024, is bringing the owners' love of native Southeast Asian flavors to ...