Boba shortage 2021: Bubble tea is next COVID shortage, joining ketchup
Bubble tea products, also called boba, are becoming harder to find as another COVID-19-related shortage takes hold. The San Francisco Chronicle first reported on the shortage saying a worldwide shipping snarl created a backlog for U.S. deliveries of tapioca, the chewy balls, in boba drinks, imported from Taiwan. The blockage of the Suez Canal by a skyscraper-sized cargo ship last month is causing delays in the global supply chain, which is part of the reason for the shortage. “This is an industry-wide shortage,” the owners of Hayward, California-based U.S. Boba Co. said on their Boba...