A new boba business has officially begun operating in the heart of Pitt’s campus.
Last month, Koreyinz co-owners Vicky Zheng and Zak Szulc expanded their boba tea business with a food truck located on the corner of South Bouquet Street and Forbes Avenue. It joins a number of preexisting boba businesses in Oakland, including Fuku Tea, Tsaocaa and TAPLILAB. However, Koreyinz differs in its boba-making techniques and alternative offerings, like coffee and donuts, according to its owners.
Before the food truck expansion, Koreyinz was just “a tent” at local Pittsburgh markets, according to Szulc.
“We went to the farmers markets, and it was very popular,” Zheng said.
Koreyinz began as a passion project for Zheng, who worked in the Bay Area’s financial industry before starting her boba business.
“I would say, ‘how do they make the boba? I want to see how they make it,’ so I worked in a boba shop for a little bit, but my full-time was in the financial industry,” Zheng said. “When I came back to PA, I said, ‘we need to start a bubble tea place around here.’”
Zheng’s passion for boba is what got her partner, Szulc, involved as well.
“She brought up the idea of a bubble tea truck, and I said,...