It’s far but it’s doable 
Closer to where I’m living now than where I was last year.
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What;s the big deal with bubble tea?
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I wish I knew 
I think it comes from Japan’s Korea obsession although I’m not sure.
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It’s a Tawainese thing. I think it’s tasty, but I don’t like the tapioca bubbles as much. Also they use these root vegetables to make them.
I think it’s a tasty treat.
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Why is it so big in Japan and Korea then? I was asking from that point of view 
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Personally I’ve come to like them a lot, tasty and sweet
Also been seeing more bubble tea places opening in Puerto Rico recently
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Soon they will take over the world! Ahahahaahaha!
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Why is tea so popular in Japan?
It’s a good alternative to iced coffee.
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Personally, I’ve never liked bubble tea I’d rather have regular milk tea.
I looked around on the Japanese side of Google and it turns out these are some of the reasons it was popular:
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Many young people were drinking Starbucks’ frappuchinos and were getting tired of it…so it was a natural jump to the next interesting and new thing.
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Many of the flavors were similar to Japanese sweets and Japanese tea and so many Japanese could easily hop on and fall in love with it.
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It’s not something that old guys and suits would fall in love with and take over on Instagram and TikTok, so it became a “teen’s drink” and a “girl’s drink” and stayed that way. Not a popular guy’s drink.
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It looks good on Instagram and Tiktok.
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You can customize it and this attracted many young people. There was apparently a tapioca cafe where you could customize the drink and it was the most popular place for the girls.
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It’s a fairly good price for young people and for that price young people felt they could have a good filling drink and feel satisfied.
The “young people” are mainly high school or university students. Mainly girls.
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