New Times SLO

Before he came to San Luis Obispo to attend Cal Poly, Justin Chan was used to having easy access to great boba tea whenever he wanted it. He hails from the Bay Area, which is known to have some of the best boba in America.

But when he got to SLO, he found his options lacking. There are only a handful of shops here that sell the popular iced drink with sweet tapioca pearls, so Chan decided to make it himself.

"I would make boba for friends every finals week," Chan said. "People would invite their friends and we'd have like 50 people in the Poly Canyon Village dorms. They loved it. People were saying my boba was better than some of the boba up in the Bay Area."

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