The invention of bubble tea

<p>In 1987, a tea shop in Taiwan named Chun Shui Tang began selling pearl milk tea, or bubble tea, as it’s often called. </p><p>It would revolutionise the tea-drinking world. </p><p>Ben Henderson speaks to Liu Han-Chieh, the shop owner, and Lin Xiuhu, who first added the drink’s signature tapioca balls.</p><p>(Photo: Bubble tea. Credit: Chun Shui Tang)</p>