Early on when it was coming into the US shops made the distinction, but Americans just sort of conflated the two. Makes it confusing if you want bubble tea with jelly and not pearls.
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ayyy@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks agoTIL. I’ve literally never seen the first drink you’re describing.
dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 4 weeks ago
mushroommunk@lemmy.today 5 weeks ago
They’re talking about bubble foam tea. Sure that was a thing but at least in any part of America I’ve been in, boba tea and bubble tea from the start was the tapioca pearl drink.
Some people get this purist notion that things can only ever be one thing and screech if someone uses a term differently.