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Why does the west insist on calling it ‘bubble tea’? It sounds like an icee filled with cotton candy.
When I first had this over here it was known as pearl milk tea. There’s a great cafe in the harajuku area that has a mattcha pearl milk tea. They sweeten it with an okinanwan molasas called kuromitsu, and with that thick straw, you can (unfortunately, uncontrolably) down it in like 10 seconds.
Where else can one find Bubble Tea around here? I’ve been going through withdrawal since moving from NYC and no longer having Chinatown at my disposal.
My favorite spot is in Eden center, Song Que Bakery. Green Tea with one of the grilled pork sandwiches, which are super cheap and tasty. The other spot is Kam Sam grocery, I think, which is near A&J (?) in Annandale. You have to find the bakery inside. I’m sure there are many other spots though…
There is a place in College Park, right on Rt. 1 next to Campus that has Bubble Tea. Next to the Potbelly and Jimmy Johns sandwich places.
California shortly referred to the drink as “Bubble tea” because I remember being introduced to the drink in California back in 2001 as “Boba” and that is still being used there in the west coast.
THAI ICED TEA with BOBA by far is the best in my opinion.
Filipinos actually have a desert drink using tapioca pearls. Also does anyone else have a horrible time convincing friends that they are tapioca pearls and not chocolate balls?
There’s a place at Fairoaks Mall, Fairfax, VA that’s basically the starbucks of “Bubble Tea”. You can get all sorts of flavors and combos. I forget what it’s called but its on the second floor right by Caribou Coffee and Cingular Wireless.