The K-pop-themed boba tea menu at Bubble Pop Tea in Fresno sits below a cloud of cotton on the ceiling and above a purple script mural that covers the wall of the shop. CRAIG KOHLRUSS ...

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Twrl Milk Tea, for example, makes boba offerings like Lychee Popping Boba and Brown Sugar ... as can the pomegranate’s natural pearls, the jelly-like arils that cover some seeds.