Boba or bubble tea?

[literally tilted]

What do you call it ?

[piccolo's girlfriend]

i use both interchangeably 

[Mystic]

Bubble tea

[silverlining]

Bubble tea with English speakers and bo ba nai cha with Chinese speakers. 

[Latteâ„“ove]

I say bubble tea cause it is said differently depending on where I am buying it from, but 'bubble tea' is used more universally.

[SeoMania]

Boba, "bubble tea" sounds like something a preppy white girl would say.

[CrayCray]

I call it Bubba 

[blazeaire]

I have literally never heard of the term boba so I guess the wrong way?

[Astoral]

boba

[Midna]

both

[Astray]

Bubble tea. I have literally never heard anyone in real life call it boba and I'm Asian with lots of Asian friends. 

[demasta]

boba

[sakurahanabira]

Bubble tea. I have literally never heard anyone in real life call it boba and I'm Asian with lots of Asian friends. 

 

everyone here in California calls it boba, even Asians. 

[Twice snatched my weave]

Bubble tea. I have literally never heard anyone in real life call it boba and I'm Asian with lots of Asian friends. 

Same lmao

[Pocket Hyung]

I call them by their brand name lmao

 

also for some odd reason,restaurants that do sell bubble tea call them babo tea

[DarlingII]

Bubble tea, I didn't know boba was another name for it

[saltyseulgi]

boba

[Akaya]

Boba, because bubble tea is when it does have tea in it, and I don't like the ones with tea.

[Cheeto_Pin]

I call it Boba! I don't think I've ever heard anyone call it bubble tea before...

[AdiniaAdjani]

Capcin

[starseeker]

everyone here in California calls it boba, even Asians.

As an Asian in California, I can confirm this [emoji106]

[Meeks]

I work in a boba place, if I hear someone call it bubble tea I will accidentally fuck up their drink on purpose

[sakurahanabira]

I work in a boba place, if I hear someone call it bubble tea I will accidentally fuck up their drink on purpose

 

the usage of the term boba or bubble tea depends on the country or region, you know. 

 

https://www.bubbleteaology.com/boba-bubble-tea/

 

 

Calling it Boba or Bubble Tea really depends on where you are in the world or how you get introduced to the drink. In the USA, on the west coast and especially in LA, everyone calls it Boba. On the East coast many people refer to it Bubble Tea. In Taiwan they also call it Bubble Tea in English and波霸奶茶(bÅbà nÇŽichá) orçç å¥¶èŒ¶(zhÄ“nzhÅ« nÇŽichá) in Chinese.