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Asian-American boba brand finds opportunity after Canadian actor Simu Liu sparks cultural appropriation debate

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Actress Simu Liu called out the white owners of a boba drink brand for cultural appropriation on Dragons’ Den .

Liu is a guest venture capitalist on this season of the Canadian version of the ABC reality show.

Liu declined to get into business with the Quebec -based founders of Bobba , which peddles bottled boba drinks.

Chen and Ang , who is Chinese American , first conceived Twrl during the pandemic.

They continue to work with family-run tea farms in Japan and China .

Their boba toppings are produced in Taiwan , which the packaging notes.

They collaborate with artists from the Asian diaspora to design their cans.

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74

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English

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50

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short-lived

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