Bubble tea, in the normal sense, is milk tea with tapioca bubbles. Generally, if you go to a Boba cafe that is more...authentic...you will see them list Boba an

Bubble tea, in the normal sense, is milk tea with tapioca bubbles. Generally, if you go to a Boba cafe that is more...authentic...you will see them list Boba and Milk Tea separately and they will ask for sugar levels at order time. This article is focused around China, though I would note that in the US, many Bubble Tea chains have taken to aggressively increasing sugar, some sizes and flavors top 100g of sugar.