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   clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Saturday, 19-Apr-2025 15:16:52 JST clacke

   Wait a minute. Years later, I'm thinking ...

   When Daniel-san gave away boba tea at his car dealership, I thought at the time that was just weird and random. But now I realized it was emphasized too much to be random. Was it because his corporate karate image was "Asian", and boba tea is "Asian"?

   Was it to underline how much of a sellout he was?

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Saturday, 19-Apr-2025 15:16:53 JST clacke

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     This hit me as I was considering buying some bubble tea. I remembered that Cobra Kai was the first time I heard the term "boba tea". Here it's "pearl tea" on the menu and "bubble tea" on the street.

     #CobraKai
     #BubbleTea #PearlTea #BobaTea

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Sunday, 20-Apr-2025 15:05:40 JST clacke

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     • Elias Mårtenson
     @musicman Huh. Like @loke I just assumed it was "bubble" -> "babo" -> "boba".
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     Doug Whitfield [Minneapolis] (musicman@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 20-Apr-2025 15:05:41 JST Doug Whitfield [Minneapolis]

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     • Elias Mårtenson

     @loke @clacke "In an article for Food & Wine, cookbook author and food celeb Priya Krishna explains that consumers started calling the drink by the name boba, a Chinese slang term for "breasts," simply because of the shape of the tapioca balls. Unoriginal? Maybe. Fun? Yes. The cheeky name applies not only to tapioca pearls but also to fruit jelly or red bean pearls, which are common replacements for those who aren't wild about the texture of tapioca."

     Read More: https://www.thedailymeal.com/1035830/the-surprising-reason-bubble-tea-is-called-boba/

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     Elias Mårtenson (loke@functional.cafe)'s status on Sunday, 20-Apr-2025 15:05:42 JST Elias Mårtenson

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     @clacke same here. I wonder if the american comes from someone mishearing bubble tea?

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     Elias Mårtenson (loke@functional.cafe)'s status on Monday, 21-Apr-2025 01:42:00 JST Elias Mårtenson

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     @clacke it's certainly possible that it went the other way. They're too similar for it to be a coincidence, no?

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