New WDM bubble tea shop also sells egg waffles and poke bowls
Linh here. Bubble tea shops have boomed across the metro over the last five years — and none of them are safe from me.
State of play: Earlier this month, I stopped by 3Bears Tea, the newest bubble tea shop in West Des Moines, just north of Dillard's in the same development as Putts & Pins.
Driving the news: The shop advertises that it uses fresh ingredients in its bubble tea.
What makes the shop unique in the metro is the array of appetizers and snack foods typical of an authentic Taiwanese bubble tea shop, such as poke bowls, egg waffles, edamame and potstickers.
They make the egg waffles in front of you when you order them.
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