关税叠加游客减少：拉斯维加斯华人珍珠奶茶店Brew Tea Bar销量下滑两三成
在内华达州拉斯维加斯经营珍珠奶茶连锁店 Brew Tea Bar 的 Sou Ngo 说，店里销量比去年下滑了20%到30%，因为到拉斯维加斯旅游的人变少了；与此同时，进口杯子、茶叶、抹茶粉的成本在关税政策和中东局势影响下大幅上涨，可谓“卖得少了、花的多了”，小本生意两头承压。
Ngo 在2015年和两位好友一起创办 Brew Tea Bar，如今已开到第五家分店。内华达大学里诺分校经济学教授 Frank Fossen 指出，拉斯维加斯经济高度依赖旅游业，经济压力对本地小企业的冲击比其他城市更大，游客一少，从餐饮到零售无一幸免。
珍珠奶茶是华人社区最具代表性的饮品生意之一。Brew Tea Bar 的遭遇折射出关税政策对亚裔小企业的连锁影响：从杯子、吸管到茶叶、抹茶粉，奶茶店的大部分耗材都依赖进口，成本上涨直接挤压本已微薄的利润，而涨价又怕吓跑本就不多的客人。（GSM 据 CDC Gaming 报道）
Tariffs and Fewer Tourists: Las Vegas Chinese-Owned Boba Chain Brew Tea Bar Sees Sales Drop 20 to 30 Percent
Sou Ngo, who runs the Brew Tea Bar boba chain in Las Vegas, Nevada, says sales are down 20% to 30% from last year because fewer people are traveling to Las Vegas — while the cost of imported cups, tea and matcha has risen sharply amid tariff policies and the situation in the Middle East, squeezing the small business from both sides.
Ngo founded Brew Tea Bar in 2015 with two close friends and has since grown it to five locations. Frank Fossen, an economics professor at the University of Nevada, Reno, notes that Las Vegas depends heavily on tourism, so economic pressure hits local small businesses harder than in other cities; when visitors stay away, everything from dining to retail suffers.
Bubble tea is one of the most emblematic businesses in the Chinese community. Brew Tea Bar's experience reflects the chain effect of tariffs on Asian-owned small businesses: most of a boba shop's supplies — cups, straws, tea, matcha — are imported, and rising costs eat directly into thin margins, while raising prices risks scaring off the few customers who remain. (GSM, from CDC Gaming reporting)
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