Anonymous wrote:I have always called this drink Boba Tea, not Bubble Tea. I wonder if there is any rhyme or reason to why different people call it different things.

Bubble tea is the Americanized version of saying Boba tea- which is the original name.

Also we need more of these trends to catch on so we can revive downtown. I work in Dupont and Connecticut ave is such a sad ghost town these days. Only lonely cannabis shops and closed bars in either direction.

Anonymous wrote:My DD is on spring break and I took her to a bubble tea place as a little treat. $7 later…Who pays these prices for drinks on the regular?!

Agreed! I took my two tween girls to a olace in Georgetown a couple of times. Its crazy expensive and if you don’t choose wisely you're stuck with a sickly sweet mess test you have to throw out almost as soon as you’ve figured out how to piece the top. It’s a lot of liquid calories. By the way, my order is taro with bubbles, 30 percent sweet.

Anonymous wrote:My DD is on spring break and I took her to a bubble tea place as a little treat. $7 later…Who pays these prices for drinks on the regular?!

Me!

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Anonymous wrote:Vienna is full of bubble tea and mochi donuts.

Here in West Springfield I don’t know that we have either one. I’ve never heard of mochi donuts.

There’s like 3-4 bubble tea shops within a few miles radius from you.

It works in Rockville (also known as Wokville) due to the high Asian population, and even those not in Rockville come there just for the Asian food and markets.

Elsewhere, I think only 1-2 per town and it'll mostly be a trend that wil fade for all except Asians since it's kind of like Starbucks in many Asian countries. Remember frozen yogurt? Cupcakes?

My DD is on spring break and I took her to a bubble tea place as a little treat. $7 later…Who pays these prices for drinks on the regular?!

Anonymous wrote:Depends on whether the weather is good and if my kids and I have time to visit

An absolutely delicious drink. Rehoboth beach is sorely lacking one.

Actually it could be a great idea to open one there.

Depends on whether the weather is good and if my kids and I have time to visit

An absolutely delicious drink. Rehoboth beach is sorely lacking one.

Anonymous wrote:Vienna is full of bubble tea and mochi donuts.

Here in West Springfield I don’t know that we have either one. I’ve never heard of mochi donuts.

Anonymous wrote:I had to google Bubble Tea because I never heard of it. I am in another state.

I’m in NoVA. I don’t know what it is.

I know Brew tea in vegas is very good. Constant line of people.

You all need to get out of your Caucasian bubbles, no pun intended.

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The west / Utah has Swig and other soda shops. The south has “Loaded Tea” aka Herbalife, some places have a million coffee shops, and we have Boba. So, so many sugary drinks.