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GoLocalProv | Food | A New “Boba” Truck Has Hit Rhode Island’s Streets
Wednesday, May 17, 2023
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There’s a new “boba” truck in Rhode Island.
This week, Angkor Boba Tea House celebrated the grand opening of its new food truck in Cranston — and they announced that they will be at 275 Reservoir Avenue every Tuesday.
And just what is boba?
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According to Eater:
The word “boba” can refer to either a broad category of chunky drinks — including everything from iced tea with tapioca pearls to fresh juice loaded with fruity bits — or black tapioca pearls themselves. Boba tea, bubble tea, and pearl milk tea — in Taiwan, zhenzhu naicha (珍珠奶茶) — are essentially different names for the same thing; the monikers differ by location, but also personal preference. (In the U.S., the East Coast favors bubble tea, while the West prefers boba.)
Whatever you call it, in its most basic form, the drink consists of black tea, milk, ice, and chewy tapioca pearls, all shaken together like a martini and served with that famously fat straw to accommodate the marbles of tapioca that cluster at the bottom of the cup.
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