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Bubble tea, boba tea, or pearl tea is a tea-based drink with small round tapioca balls (or pearls) bobbing at the bottom of the cup. This Taiwanese beverage has become increasingly popular in Vancouver.
Unfortunately, as more Vancouverites have developed a boba tea habit, and more shops have popped up around town, shipments of the black pearls from Taiwan have been sitting at ports in the United States due to COVID-19-related slowdowns.
