It's like that old adage about "not all rectangles are squares but all squares are rectangles" -- all bubble tea is milk tea, but not all milk tea is bubble tea. Let's start at the very beginning ...

The cof fee and tea have all their aroma preserved, and retain all their peculiar qualities. In large dairies at a distance from cities, large quantities of sweet milk can be prepared by Mr ...

Teh tarik, a frothy milk tea, is considered the unofficial national drink of Malaysia. The hot, black tea made with sweet condensed milk, is equally popular in neighboring countries like Singapore.

Milk tea is part of Hong Kong’s food culture and colonial past. A mixture of tea leaves are brewed with hot water, and pulled (a pouring process used to enhance flavour and colour) four times ...

In the case of bubble tea, the beverage commonly gets confused with milk tea. While some people are quick to assume that milk tea and bubble tea are interchangeable terms, this is not the case.