Leaf n Cream, Boba and Ice Cream Shop, Opens In Tustin

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • July 28, 2015
I admit I was wrong. In more than a couple of posts here and on my personal blog, when I noticed the boba milk scene stagnating in the aughts, I prematurely pronounced that the boba milk tea craze was finally dead or dying. Even as the old...
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