Boba tea tapioca shortage looms - Los Angeles Times
Print Abby Boeh walked into an Echo Park cafe and ordered her usual: an iced coffee and tea blend with cream and boba. She had politely declined a manager’s suggestion to try seasonal specials like chai tea with fresh taro. For Boeh, the boba — black tapioca balls sucked through a giant straw — are a must, delightfully chewy and so filling that they often serve as her lunch. Yet she may soon have to do without them. A boba shortage is about to hit the nation, throwing aficionados like Boeh into a panic. Advertisement “I don’t even want to think about it,” said Boeh, 32, who vis...
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