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· Bryan Ke
Boba Fans Face Massive Tapioca Shortage in US
The U.S. is seeing a massive shortage of boba — or bubble tea — as tapioca starch shipments from overseas are delayed due to the recent shipping disaster in the Suez Canal, among other reasons. Tommy Huang, senior sales manager at Hayward’s Leadway International Inc., one of…
· Ryan General
Community and City Councilmember Come Together to Defend Boba Shop
Past patrons, social media users and a city councilmember have come together in support of a family-owned business after becoming the target of an online smear campaign by a customer who was reportedly given the wrong order. Cafe Tapioca, a popular bubble tea shop in Hercules,…
· Carl Samson
Hot ‘Crunchy Milk Tea’ Now Sold in Vancouver Boba Shop
A popular boba shop in Metro Vancouver is now offering “Crunchy Milk Tea,” the latest of the drink with seemingly endless incarnations. The hot beverage, officially “Crunchy Milk Tea with Brown Sugar Jelly,” is The Alley Canada’s first new drink of 2021, available at locations…
· Ryan General
More Ming Na Wen to Appear in Upcoming ‘The Book of Boba Fett’ Series
Fans of actress Ming Na Wen and her character Fennec Shand will have a lot to look forward to with the announcement of an upcoming new “Star Wars” show on Disney Plus. Surprise spin-off: The show, titled “The Book of Boba Fett” was first hinted in the post-credits sequence after…
· Carl Samson
Las Vegas Boba Shop Targeted With Threats Over LGBTQ and Biden-Harris Flags
A boba tea shop in Las Vegas became the target of threats for their political beliefs last week. Milk+T, which also runs stores in Los Angeles and Beaverton, Oregon, received calls from a man furious about Pride and Biden-Harris flags they had displayed at the branch.
· Ryan General
Armed Man Arrested, Charged After Lighting Customer on Fire in Berkeley Boba Shop
Editor’s Note: This article has been updated with the Berkeley Police Department stating that the suspect has been arrested and charged after attempting to set several people on fire. A man who was spotted trying to set a customer on fire inside a bubble tea shop in Berkeley,…
· Bryan Ke
SF Boba Shop Shares Shocking Hate-Filled Online Order
The owner of an Asian-owned snack restaurant in San Francisco was left speechless after receiving an online order filled with racial slurs. What happened: The order was sent to STIX, an Asian bubble tea, Korean-style corn dogs and snacks restaurant in San Francisco, on the…
· Carl Samson
Boba Shop Owner Targeted By Racist Woman Drinking Beer in Public in Australia
A boba tea shop owner in Melbourne, Australia has come forward to expose a middle-aged woman who told her to “go back to China” in a racist tirade last month. Jennifer Li, who managed to film the incident, was serving a customer when she heard the woman ranting just outside her…
· Carl Samson
Boba Guys Forced to Lay Off 90% of Staff as Coronavirus Hurts Small Businesses
As COVID-19 continues to hurt small-and-medium-sized businesses (SMBs) across America, San Francisco-based bubble milk tea store, Boba Guys, has announced that they had to lay off 90% of their staff in order to prevent drying up. Boba Guys was founded by entrepreneurs Andrew…
· Carl Samson
The Boba Tea Emoji is Finally Here
As “bobaddicts” all over Asia and the U.S. have gone to incorporate bubble tea in just about everything, the Unicode Consortium announced the inclusion of the popular drink in the latest set of 117 new emoji. The bubble tea emoji, part of Emoji 13.0, features a transparent cup,…
· Carl Samson
Someone Put Over $100K of Ecstasy in Boba Milk Tea in Malaysia
A ring of drug dealers in Malaysia ended up in police custody after being caught mixing ecstasy with bubble milk tea, among other beverages. The group, composed of four men and three women, aged 20 to 35, conducted their operations in areas of Langkawi and Bukit Tinggi.
· Carl Samson
Milk Tea Lotion Now Available in Thailand For Your Favorite Boba Bae
“Bobaddiction” has just reached a new level in Thailand, where it has now taken the form of a body lotion. Just in time for the New Year, local beauty brand Mistine launched its Milk Tea Body Lotion, made from actual black tea and milk!
· Jin Hyun
Boba Barista Creates Eco-Friendly Boba Bottle You Can Take With You Anywhere
Galina Lang has worked for three years as a part-time boba barista while studying marketing at a Bay Area university when she began to notice the mounds of plastic cups and straws piling up every day. “More than 60,000,000 plastic boba cups are estimated to end up in the ocean…
· Leanna Chan
Boba to Pandas: 12 AirPod Cases For Literally Everyone On Your List
Help your friends and family show off their unique personalities with clever and cute AirPod cases. The hottest tech accessory used to be gachapon Winnie the Pooh keychains in costumes. Although gacahpon never goes out of style, the thing to do in 2020 is to dress up those bland…
· Jin Hyun
Boba Guys in SF Suffers Another Break-In For the THIRD Time in a Row This Year
A Boba Guys store in the Mission District of San Francisco was broken into on Monday night for the third time this year. Andrew Chau, the co-founder of the boba chain, posted a photo of the shop along with videos showing the piles of shattered glass surrounding the front of the…
· Carl Samson
Genius College Students Create a ‘Boba Watch’ App to Track Milk Tea Expenses
A trio of college students developed and designed a program that allows people to track how much they are spending on boba milk tea. Boba Watch, now available for iOS and Android, emerged from a Facebook group called Subtle Asian Traits (SAT), where it has gone viral and has…
· Bryan Ke
Woman Quits Boba for 4 Months, Saves Enough Money for Flight to Taiwan
A Malaysian woman was able to save enough money for a round-trip ticket to Taiwan using four months-worth of boba tea money. The Malaysian Facebook user shared last month that her friend pointed out the total cost of bubble tea she had consumed from January to April was…
· Carl Samson
Boba Pop-Up Theme Park Open in Tokyo for a Limited Time
If you’re thrilled about boba tea shops with expansive menus and interesting tapioca concoctions, you’re going to want to visit this Insta-worthy boba pop-up. タピオカチャレンジ タピオカテーマパーク🍸#東京タピオカランド pic.twitter.com/TLFjTkwSue
· Bryan Ke
People Are Now Shoving Boba Up Their Nose in Bizarre Viral Trend
A strange new challenge has surfaced in Japan which involves people taking selfies with boba pearls shoved up their noses. Known as “Boba Nostrils,” this new internet trend challenges people to put tapioca pearls inside their nostrils and keep them there without falling out,…
· Carl Samson
Chinese Idol’s Popularity Literally Breaks Parents’ Boba Tea Shop
A boba tea shop owned by the parents of Chinese teen pop star Karry Wang was forced to close three days after its opening as staff and equipment allegedly failed to cope with massive demand. Wang, leader of mega trio TFBoys, is currently among the most popular teen stars in…