IS it "99 Ranch" or "Ranch 99"

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Evadman

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You people are such Nerds. Ranch is a Dressing.
 

ThisIsMatt

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I'm in central cal, and from the posts in this thread so far I'm glad that I've never heard any of these terms.
 

jacob0401

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ranch 99

washington state...

usually never mention it in english though, in chinese it's just "99"... or "da hua"
 

UncleWai

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Originally posted by: jacob0401
ranch 99

washington state...

usually never mention it in english though, in chinese it's just "99"... or "da hua"

Yeah, we call it Ranch 99 here....
 

Ranger X

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I call it boba but I hear people call it all sorts of things. Canadians call it bubble tea, according to my roommate.
 

Gunther

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I have never heard anyone call it ranch 99... Everyone in so cal calls it 99 ranch.
 

Red

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WTF is up with Boba / tap / bubble tea / etc? Are you talking about tapioca pudding?
 

jacob0401

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Originally posted by: Red
WTF is up with Boba / tap / bubble tea / etc? Are you talking about tapioca pudding?

boba, bubble tea, milk tea with pearls, milk tea with tapioca... all refer to a drink (milk tea) with glutinous spheres of approximately 1 cm diameter that are referred to as boba, tapioca, boba or pearls