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Entrepreneurs Find Success in 'Bubble' Tea

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By Laura Sydell

Published August 2, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

Taiwanese immigrant entrepreneurs have found success in the United States selling a popular drink they brought with them from home. Known as bubble or pearl tea for the balls of tapioca at the bottom of the drink, it's poured over ice and usually blended with milk and sugar. NPR's Laura Sydell reports.

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