{"id":2170,"date":"2015-12-05T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-05T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/life\/food\/zero-express\/"},"modified":"2015-12-05T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-12-05T01:00:00","slug":"zero-express","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/food\/zero-express","title":{"rendered":"New Boba Hotspot Zero Express Celebrates Grand Opening with a Line Out the Door"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-45460\" alt=\"DSC 0706\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC_0706.JPG\" height=\"428\" width=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Photos by Asia Morris.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Dozens of CSULB students and locals waited for an hour or more in an impressive line at Zero Express, a brand new boba tea hotspot, for its Friday grand opening celebration. Located just outside the university\u2019s backside, the shop is nestled snugly in the shopping center on the corner of East Atherton Street and Palo Verde Avenue, which contains a 7-Eleven and Pizzamania.<\/p>\n<p>David Galvan, a third-year music major at CSULB, waited for just over an hour to take advantage of the boba hub\u2019s grand opening deals. He was the first grand opening customer, ordering the first of 100 free drinks to be given out to the first 100 customers on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-45461\" alt=\"DSC 0714\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC_0714.JPG\" height=\"428\" width=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like boba a lot and it\u2019s just really close to school, especially since the music department is right there,\u201d said Galvan. \u201cI can just walk here when I\u2019m taking a break from practicing the piano or I\u2019m done with classes and I want to get a drink.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Galvan ordered the Matchata (horchata with matcha green tea), Sea Salt Green Tea and Coffee Horchata. A member of his line-waiting crew ordered the Mangonada, that could easily be deemed the diva of all Zero Express concoctions with it\u2019s fiery orange color and tamarind candy stick protruding out the top.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-45462\" alt=\"DSC 0710\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC_0710.JPG\" height=\"428\" width=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So far Yelpers have given the spot mostly rave reviews for its inventive drinks (one Yelper noted the Ube Milk Tea as something to try, as well as the Sea Salt Jasmine Tea). According to the shop\u2019s Instagram, their teas and coffees are brewed in small batches on a daily basis and no artificial colors, flavors, powders or syrups are used. Thankfully, those vibrant colors are the result of using \u201csimple and real ingredients.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Each drink ranges from $3.00 to $4.50, and if you pay an extra buck and a half you can have it served in Zero Express\u2019 signature glass milk bottle, a take-home keepsake not to be brought back and reused due to a few health code issues, according to a shop employee. If you\u2019re a student or a local, it\u2019s advised that you walk or ride a bike, as parking can be extremely difficult.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-45463\" alt=\"DSC 0713\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC_0713.JPG\" height=\"428\" width=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The first 100 hundred customers through this Saturday and Sunday will receive their order free, while you can buy-one-get-one-free any day all day until next Sunday, December 13. Zero Express\u2019 grand opening hours are Friday through Sunday, 12:00PM to midnight. For more information, visit the shop\u2019s Instagram <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/zeroexpress\/\">@zeroexpress<\/a>.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/zeroexpress\/.\"><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Zero Express is located at 1785 Palo Verde Avenue, Suite F.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>{FG_GEOMAP [33.7882928,-118.10873029999999] FG_GEOMAP}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dozens of CSULB students and locals to the area waited for an hour or more in an impressive line at Zero Express, a brand new boba tea hotspot, for its Friday grand opening celebration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":67532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1034,1035,767],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-2170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food","tag-boba","tag-bubble-tea","tag-zero-express","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2170"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=2170"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}