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dryingoutmymind · 4 months ago

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This is the boba website

"boba" has replaced "coffee" in my mind so completely that ill always say "wanna get boba sometime?" or "ill buy you a boba next time i see you" and i forget most americans probably havent had it or enjoyed it lol

#in america when something becomes just a little popular you get 100 new chain stores of it popping up and only about 20% if that survive #we went through this with frozen yogurt a few years before boba hit [the pentagon]#several of them will pop up in a town #that town will decide which one they like best #and all the others will die so you’ll be left with a different boba chain in every town #bear in mind I’m from the land of a million towns [new jersey]#however large towns and cities with tons of good foot traffic Can support multiple of the same kind of place for at least a while #because people have opinions and in terms of boba #since it’s just a drink you can slap whatever other gimmick you want on your store #or you can add it to the menu in general #so while there might be a boba place you have an Asian fusion restaurant two doors down where you can also order boba #and then two doors down from that is a Specifically Sushi restaurant that either hosts a boba chain within or you can get it also there #boba tea is ridiculously versatile compared to other places that started as fads like frozen yogurt for example #like the place i first tried boba tea had STARTED as a frozen yogurt place and I think survives BECAUSE they introduced a boba menu #apparently I have a lot to say about this I just find it fascinating #living in the post overpopulated state means I can observe the workings and failures of capitalism/market competition. in a macro sense #it also means I get to enjoy good food and hear my dad say the phrase I don’t know why this restaurant is a French/Thai fusion #‘It’s like it doesn’t know what it is’#dad you were born in the late fifties I’ll give you a generous 20 guesses why a French Thai restaurant might exist

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