zzt! Actually, Boba is cantonese. "Bo" means ball, but I'm not sure what ba means... It does not mean big breasts -_-, posted by anon_KoniApril 15, 2003 at 3:46 [ e ]

Boba Actually Boba does mean big breasts.  After I got your message I wrote a different taiwanese friend in Taiwan (not the one that told me originally) and I asked him what "Boba" means in relation to "zen zhu nai cha" and I sent him a picture of the tea. Here's his answer: in chinese words boba means the woman with big breasts but there r 2 kind of milk tea. BOBA tea is the only milk tea. Zen zhu nai cha is as the page u gave me means milk tea with sort of "pearl".  "zen zhu "means "pearl" in kanji and "nai cha" means "milk tea " in kanji.  The "pearl" here is some kind of jello and boba means breasts is cause u can get a lot of milk there.....i guess posted by greggmanApril 15, 2003 at 17:34 [ e ]

BobaPals What will they come up next? There are new toy characters out there that are coming to the market. Supposedly, these characters have been drinking so much boba that they have evolved to beautiful BobaPals and have special feng shui powers of some sort. Can't wait to see how they look like! I guess we can find these bobapals at boba stores and bobapals.com? Anyway, if you love boba, you gotta check out these bobapals. boba_lover posted by boba_loverMarch 8, 2004 at 12:07 [ e ]

Bo Ba Haha, the title means big breasts. Ahem, I am sorry, no more fits of immaturity.  I think that's very interesting, since I love that drink.  There is a little tea shop across the street from my school called Bethany that sells it, and one day I decided the little place was cute and so I stopped by.  I randomly ordered the zhen zhu ni cha (There just called Bo Ba Tea) and became addicted.  Also, in reponse to the person who said the term is Cantonese, different languages can have similar or the same words with different meanings, and it all depends on where Bo Ba originated. Oh, and I love the big straws.  I don't know why,but I think that they are so awesome. posted by ChiisaihiAugust 18, 2004 at 19:00 [ e ]

The correct term in Mandarin is in fact "zhen zhu nai cha" (not "ni cha"), if spelled using the pinyin system.  Pronouced "jen jew nigh cha", "zhen zhu" means something like "pearl", "nai" means "milk", and "cha" means "tea".  These drinks are very popular in Taiwan.  In Kaohsiung they are sold from roadside stands for less than $1 Cad.  In Vancouver, Canada, there are now a multitude of different "bubble tea" drinks.  Most don't have tea though.  There are fruit blends, milk shakes, smoothies, and many more. As long as the zhen zhu is in the drink, it's called a bubble tea. posted by JoFebruary 25, 2005 at 21:45 [ e ]

doh! I knew that. I'm surprized no one noticed that typo for the 5 years that page has been up.  Thanks for pointing that out. posted by greggmanFebruary 26, 2005 at 0:19 [ e ]