There may be a connection. They tuned Cool Boba into Boobie Fett when they threw him into the Sarlacc pit.
I'm so pleased to see that FOB is no longer considered a derogatory slur.It was popular when I was a teen in the Asian scene. All the FOBs and international students would hang out there drinking this for fun. It became less popular in the mid 2000s and then in the last 5-7 years became popular again as an international / US thing and now cool again among young people who are not FOBs or international.
The term Boba was supposed to mean champion of balls (not the testicles but women's breasts). It was original a term invented to describe a certain adult movie star who had ridiculous implant before it was mainstream (the equivalent of Dolly Parton in dimension on a tiny Asian lady). Someone decided that it would help sell this new drink with this name. Now only middle aged Asian men would know what Boba meant before it became a drink.
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By now it's been adopted all over Asia and expat Asian communities around the world. But not just boba (which is optional) but places that serve stuff like Hong Kong style milk tea and various styles of Japanese
I think the biggest chain in the US that serves those kind of drinks (which don't necessarily include tapioca pearls) is Quickly (from Taiwan). There was some controversy a few years ago because of a San Francisco Supervisor who apparently tried to solicit a bribe to grease the skids for someone who wanted a business permit to operate a Quickly location, but then this guy went to the FBI. The guy thought that he might help him as a normal constituent service.
Jew was convicted on federal bribery charges of trying to extort 80,000 from the owners of Quickly tapioca drink shops who had permit problems with the city.
Former SF Supervisor Ed Jew fighting return to jail
Former San Francisco Supervisor Ed Jew is now fighting his state sentence for perjury which he is supposed to serve in county jail.abc7news.com
Security video in Jew's Chinatown flower shop captured him accepting a bribe -- $40,000 in cash.
He didn't realize the money man was working for the FBI.
I mentioned the sealed cups. I remember visiting an Asian country back in 2008 where I saw one employee at a restaurant just collecting all the excess material after the sealing machine had cut it off.
When they are selling for $6 a cup and only takes 3 mins per cup to make, the profit margin is much higher than opening a mom and pop Asian restaurant selling fried rice at $15-20 per plate.
Can you list the detailed Ingredients listing for boba tea?
Yeah that makes sense. I don't remember asking for anything in particular, just ordered whatever sounded good at the time on the menu. There aren't too many Boba places around here and the last time I had one was in St. Paul.
Nope.
