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 Nov 16 2007, 04:04 AM
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So yea me and my best friend are walking in the mall to check out the new sidekicks and blackberry curve and we come across this BUBBLE TEA STAND??? like we have a population of .07 asians where i live. i mean there is an asian central like 10 miles away but still its shocking...
So we buy some delicious bubble tea, but the stand was horrendous, the sign was crappy and it was like in a weird position. it was like infront of a radio shack but not in the center of the court, more like to the left. where is bubble tea from anyways? is it chinese or korean? |
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Nov 16 2007, 04:12 AM
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 durian Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 13,124 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,860 |
I think it's Chinese? Not sure, but the boba places I go to are run by Chinese people.. Well, the good ones are, anyways. But I think they might originate from somewhere else. I have yet to encounter a Korean boba place, lol.
Dude, there's this lollicup (a CRAPPY bubble tea place) in my niece's city, and the population is probably <1% Asian in her town. I don't know why it's open, but it is! Too bad they serve crappy boba and their drinks are powdery. Well, they actually taste powdery. My niece was appalled, but all her non-Asian friends thought the boba was amazing. lmao. |
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Nov 16 2007, 04:48 AM
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Nov 16 2007, 12:36 PM
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I think it is actually a good drink, but I have to agree with an earlier post that the places are sometimes seedy. There are two babo tea places in my city and both of them look like they may clean in there once a month.
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Nov 16 2007, 01:31 PM
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i had it once and it was so weird. i would get it again though
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Nov 16 2007, 01:34 PM
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There's tons of bubble tea places here...mind you, the asian population is huge here, so yeh.
Bubble tea = yummy. 
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Nov 16 2007, 02:32 PM
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Yup, bubble tea is Taiwanese.
New York City has a ton of Asians, so bubble tea shops are really common here. |
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Nov 16 2007, 02:56 PM
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cheeeesy like theres no tomorrow Group: Member Posts: 3,316 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 37,142 |
well congrats for the taiwanese people! they did a good job.
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Nov 16 2007, 03:21 PM
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lol the bubble tea places in ny chinatown sucks.. like a lot of food places when you see it everywhere. everything i got was all powdery.
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Nov 16 2007, 03:27 PM
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OH MY GOD. Yesterday some guy was going into my dorm in front of me carrying two bubble teas, so I got excited and asked him if they were selling them by the student center again. He said yeah, humored me, and then asked if I knew what it was. I was inclined to be a little bit insulted, because just because most of the other white kids here (i.e. most everyone) are culturally unaware, it doesn't mean I am. So then I went to go get some and the girls from the Asian sorority or whatever started explaining to me what it was, then were astonished when I'd had it before. It was pretty annoying. Sure, we're in Georgia. Yeah, UGA's Asian population makes up only 7% (and that seems generous), and I bet Athens' is even lower. That's why they sell bubble tea occasionally, because they don't anywhere else in the area. But I definitely know what it is, because a) a lot of my high school friends were Asian (actually, I realized after while they were making my tea that I knew one of the girls selling it), b) I use the internet, and c) I'm not completely ignorant.
So yeah. I guess I'm just not Asian enough 
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Nov 16 2007, 04:25 PM
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ive never even heard of this before. i think i live under a rock
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Nov 16 2007, 04:56 PM
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Babo tea is the shizz though.
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Nov 16 2007, 05:55 PM
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^ YES! BABO!
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Nov 16 2007, 06:01 PM
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I have never heard of any of this either.
Ohio is not a very culturally aware place. |
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Nov 16 2007, 06:09 PM
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cB Assassin Group: Official Member Posts: 10,147 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,672 |
^ Ohio is for lovers though.
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Nov 16 2007, 06:12 PM
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Ahhh...Hawthorne Heights what a wonderful band they are.
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Nov 16 2007, 06:14 PM
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I hate em....now. Remember I used to be obsessed with them? LOL
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Nov 16 2007, 06:15 PM
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me too but i dont hate them
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Nov 16 2007, 06:20 PM
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I still love them....
I Sleep With One Eye Open.... |
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Nov 16 2007, 06:21 PM
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no one drinks bubble tea around here...
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Nov 16 2007, 07:07 PM
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QUOTE(Sulfur-in-K @ Nov 16 2007, 08:09 PM)  ^ Ohio is for lovers though. I hate that band. I hate that song. And if they ever lived in Ohio, they would know it is full of haters. |
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Nov 16 2007, 07:27 PM
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cB Assassin Group: Official Member Posts: 10,147 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,672 |
^ They're from Dayton, Ohio.
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Nov 16 2007, 11:13 PM
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Moved to Food.
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Nov 17 2007, 12:28 AM
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 That's what she said. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 3,559 Joined: Apr 2005 Member No: 130,200 |
Bubble tea is everywhere near where I live. Its Asiatown! The only thing that drives their business away are their signs.
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Nov 17 2007, 12:29 AM
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Bubble tea is hella good. They only have a Lolocup (it used to be lollicup) and Quickly's. We have a Chinatown, so imagine how many bubble tea places there are.
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Nov 17 2007, 08:33 PM
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 Pocketful of Sunshine Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 8,690 Joined: Nov 2005 Member No: 289,004 |
There's no bubble tea places in the Chinatown here..
 However, my town, which is basically Chinatown #2 here is full of 'em. I love Tapioca Express the most. I used to go to Quickly's a lot because that's where we'd hang out after school in middle school.
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Nov 17 2007, 10:45 PM
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QUOTE(Just_Dream @ Nov 16 2007, 01:12 AM) I think it's Chinese? Not sure, but the boba places I go to are run by Chinese people.. Well, the good ones are, anyways. But I think they might originate from somewhere else. I have yet to encounter a Korean boba place, lol.  Omigosh, really? There's this awesome leet boba place in China Town in Vegas called Volcano Tea. If you've ever been there, it's run by koreans. d; Yummy tea there.blhh it's so good. xD haha. And then, like, a 2 min drive from there is another boba place. o_o haha. |
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Nov 17 2007, 11:03 PM
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That's what she said. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 3,559 Joined: Apr 2005 Member No: 130,200 |
Kinda like Starbucks, one on every block.
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Nov 18 2007, 04:57 AM
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durian Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 13,124 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,860 |
QUOTE(superficial @ Nov 16 2007, 09:29 PM) Bubble tea is hella good. They only have a Lolocup (it used to be lollicup) and Quickly's. We have a Chinatown, so imagine how many bubble tea places there are. Lollicup SUCKSSSSSSS ass.  Teastation > Tapioca Express > Lolicup If boba places were everywhere, like Starbucks, that would be amazing... |
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Nov 18 2007, 01:34 PM
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QUOTE(Just_Dream @ Nov 18 2007, 01:57 AM) Lollicup SUCKSSSSSSS ass. Teastation > Tapioca Express > Lolicup If boba places were everywhere, like Starbucks, that would be amazing... They don't use powder for their drinks. They use liquid.  I do like Quickly's though. I just go to Lolocup for peach slush. 
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Nov 18 2007, 02:24 PM
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Flushing, Queens is a nice place to go for bubble tea. There's a bubble tea shop on every corner.
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Nov 23 2007, 05:23 AM
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durian Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 13,124 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,860 |
QUOTE(superficial @ Nov 18 2007, 10:34 AM) They don't use powder for their drinks. They use liquid. I do like Quickly's though. I just go to Lolocup for peach slush. She said she could taste bits of something and it tasted powdery. She, being my niece, that is. But keep in mind that the one in her area has like, hardly any Asians, so yea the drinks sucked, she said. I haven't had the one in my city, but I heard it wasn't that good either. |
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Nov 23 2007, 10:16 AM
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QUOTE(sharpnotflat @ Nov 16 2007, 03:48 AM) yup, yup. taiwan. youre lucky..the closest REAL bubble tea is 25 minutes away from my house. |
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Nov 23 2007, 01:51 PM
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QUOTE(Just_Dream @ Nov 23 2007, 02:23 AM) She said she could taste bits of something and it tasted powdery. She, being my niece, that is. But keep in mind that the one in her area has like, hardly any Asians, so yea the drinks sucked, she said. I haven't had the one in my city, but I heard it wasn't that good either. Oooh. There are hella asians over here. I'm pretty sure the person running the store is Asian. No powder around this area. I only like their Peach Slush and Milk Tea.
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