A traditional beverage style made in Taiwan in the 1980s, bubble tea is currently one of the fastest-growing drinks worldwide. The global milk tea market size value is projected to reach USD 3.49 billion by the end of 2026. So, don’t get surprised when you see countless bubble tea types in your street. Bubble tea shops are popping up everywhere and the competition is getting tougher forcing shops to be more innovative and unique in their menu. Now, sit back because we’ll travel to see the best bubble tea types around the world.
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Brown Sugar Boba Tea By Tiger Sugar
Let’s start with the popular, classic ultra-rich brown sugar tea from Taiwan’s Tiger Sugar, now a hit worldwide. This bubble tea type is best known for its syrup-streaked presentation of brown sugar syrup with tapioca pearls and fresh milk, making it an Instagram-ready beverage. Due to its popularity, the Taiwanese bubble tea chain released an ice cream version of the Brown Sugar Boba series.
Taro Milk Tea By CoCo
Purple and flavorful Taro Milk Tea of CoCo Fresh Tea & Juice is made of taro, a tropical plant root vegetable similar to a sweet potato, which makes the bubble tea purple. Taro is a good flavor for ice cream but also a perfect one for bubble tea. CoCo has 4,000 stores worldwide across Japan, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, U.K., Canada, and the U.S.A. so it won’t be difficult to get your hands on this bubble tea type.
Boba Cereal Shakes By Boba Tea Lounge
At Boba Tea Lounge, you will bring back the kid in you, a kid who loves a bowl of cereal filled with sweet cold milk. But this time, taste a different kind of cereal and slurp up yummy chewy tapioca pearls mixed with cereal milk, all in one cup. Now, you can enjoy your food without hearing, “You’ve already eaten too much cereal today.”
Sakura Pearl Milk Tea by Cha Wan Jia Tea Bubble
Imagine drinking cherry blossoms in a milk teacup: pink, light, smooth, mildly salty with the floral aftertaste, and plum undertones. Taste Japan’s spring season in just one sip at Cha Wan Jia Tea Bubble. Sakura tea is perfect for all kinds of special celebrations.
Matcha Cheese Cream Tea by Kamu
Are you one of those whose taste buds just can’t resist the unusual, luscious flavor of Matcha? Well, you have got to try Matcha Cheese Cream of Kamu, Taiwan’s leading milk tea chains today. Thick matcha milk tea topped with puffy, salty, foamy cream cheese is not just a killer combination. It will surely satisfy your bubble tea heart as well. One good tip: ask for pearl add-ons for your drink.
Pei Pa Koa Herbal Mint Milk Tea By Woobee
Nin Jiom Pei Pa Koa is a traditional Chinese natural herbal syrup or candy used to relieve sore throat and cough. This cough syrup has the consistency of the brown sugar in bubble tea types and has a cooling and soothing feeling as it goes down the throat. And right now, your mind must be confused and intrigued about its taste. But Woobee, a popular milk tea chain from Singapore, made sure that you can still enjoy your milk tea even if you’re feeling under the weather.
Green Tea Heineken Bubble Tea By Boba 7
Are you twenty-one years old and above? Congratulations! You are free to try this boozy bubble drink from Boba 7. With a frothy combination of green tea and beer, Green Tea Heineken Bubble Tea will surprise you with the inviting taste of honey boba settling at the bottom of your glass. And yes, you can order a couple of glasses of this drink all for yourself.
Charcoal Pearl Organic Oolong Milk Tea By Chatto
Chatto is a game-changer in the bubble tea industry. They offer a less sugary and unique twist of flavors, catering to health-conscious people. One of their popular offerings is a cup of organic oolong milk tea which contains activated charcoal, made especially for milk tea drinkers who would want to detox their body naturally, aid their hangovers, and relieve indigestion and bloating.
Cotton Candy Bubble Tea By Wow Bubble Tea & Snacks
If you have a sweet tooth, you will love Cotton Candy Bubble Tea offered by Wow Bubble Tea & Snacks. Do not forget to take a picture of the fanciful cloud of colorful cotton candy at the top of your cup, for it can give you hundreds of likes and comments on your social media.
Oatmeal Milk Tea By 50 Lan
Yes, Taiwan’s famous milk tea chain 50 Lan confirms: they use real oatmeal on their Oatmeal Milk Tea. Now available with Matcha and black tea flavors, this unfamiliar type of bubble tea is getting the love and hype it deserves. Can’t imagine how it tastes? Go and try one.
Alcoholic Milk Tea By The Local Box
Up your milk tea game and try this fun bubble tea type. Who would have thought you can drink your favorite alcoholic beverage with milk and tea together? That sounds like a rumble in the tummy but think again. The Local Box in Singapore believes you can enjoy both in one sip, now in Nutella Baileys and Taro Tequila flavors. You may also choose from their teas which include Green Tea Heineken, Honey Gin, and Tonic and Pineapple Thyme Rum.
Sweet Potato Noodle Milk Tea with Tea Egg By Wang Tea Egg
A hard-boiled egg in your tea? Yes, you read it right. This bubble tea is a combination of their signature dish, pearls, and vermicelli noodles. It’s quite odd to imagine, right? If you want to veer away from typical milk tea shops, worry less, and try this drink, for Wang Tea Egg in Taiwan will not disappoint you on its taste and aesthetically pleasing presentation.
Orange Yuzu with Aloe and Chia Seeds By Pearl’s Finest Teas
Aside from being photogenic for its gradient, glowing rainbow colors, the Orange Yuzu with Aloe and Chia Seeds of Pearl’s Finest Teas is a healthy beverage for every one of all ages. You can surely enjoy the drink full of healthy (and filling) chia seeds instead of tapioca pearls, mixed with yuzu, a fruit similar to a lime. The pretty colorful cup is a result of a combination of hibiscus tea and yuzu.
Crème Brûlée Milk Tea By Royaltea
Calling all Crème Brûlée lovers, this is your time to shine. Royaltea from Malaysia offers milk tea with actual Crème Brûlée on top. Now, that’s what you call a dessert, stepping up a notch in the bubble tea industry. Wait, there’s more. They also offer Red Bean Crème Brûlée Milk Tea and Matcha Crème Brûlée Tea just for people who love a different kick in their drinks.
Potted Plant Milk Tea with Boba Pearls By Bon Bon Tea House
The unique presentation of Bon Bon Tea House is what makes this bubble tea different from its competitors. It has a very presentable plant arrangement, which is made of Oreo cookie crumble and fresh mint tea leaf. So, if you grab one, bring with you your friends and don’t forget to take a picture before taking a slurp.
Candy Boba Tea By Bobii Fruitii
Bobii Fruitii’s Eye Candy Boba Tea is created to please the eyes and the taste buds of milk tea lovers. Red-hot pearls, chile powder, blue butterfly pea, jet-black cups, and charcoal are some of the most popular ingredients of this famous drink in Taiwan. If you are health conscious, you can even ask them to use alternative organic sweeteners like agave nectar and honey, so your diet will not be compromised while still enjoying your boba tea.
Cream Cheese Milk Bubble Tea
You can never go wrong with cheese in milk tea, almost all milk tea shops offer this bubble tea type but it all started in a Taiwanese night market stand. There, they began to form a foamy, tangy layer of flavorings in a cup by combining and mixing cheese and salt with whipping cream and milk. Now, it has become a very famous flavor of tea not just in Asia, but in the US too.
Fruit-Filled Bubble Tea By Mr. Wish
Bubble tea is not limited to having milk. Various boba tea houses now provide fresh fruit-based bubble tea for its customers. This addictive drink can now be sold in mango, winter melon, lychee, lemon, and even tomato flavors. And you can even shift from boba pearls to aiyu jelly, watermelon cubes, passionfruit seeds, and chia seeds to make your beverage even more healthy and tasty. Try the best fruit-filled bubble tea at Mr. Wish in Taiwan.
Fully Loaded Bubble Tea By Babo Arms
Not one but two or more add-ons in your milk tea? That is now possible. With Babo Arms’ Fully Loaded Bubble Tea, you can enjoy your drink beyond boba pearls. Choose among wide-ranging options of grass jelly, almond jelly, adzuki beans, panna cotta, chia seeds, aloe vera, custardy egg pudding, and Oreo cookies, and add your choice in your truly fully loaded drink. What’s more interesting is their boba pearls are evolving, and now have more than one flavor like sea salt, cheese, wood ear mushroom, Sichuan, barley, and many more. Now that’s fully loaded!
Chamango with Boba Pearls By I Love Sweetea
Mexican food lovers would love this classic drink of I Love Sweetea. With a combination of flavorsome tropical fruits, including tangy fruit, sweet mango raspado, spicy chamoy sauce, tart mango, and many more, Chamango with Boba Pearls will surely bring you to the summer season!
Brown Sugar Boba By Xing Fu Tang
Xing Fu Tang offers a show for their customers as most of their stores has an open kitchen type and customers can see how they create tapiocas from scratch. This store offers a different bubble tea type approach, their best seller the Brown Sugar Milk… Yes, it ends there, it does not contain any tea. The fresh tapioca is coated with their brown sugar syrup and the cup is filled with full cream milk. They also offer an upscale version of this called Rose Gold Brown Sugar Milk, where it is topped with a real gold foil and real rose petals.
Strawberry Snowie with Pudding and Boba Pearls By Twinkle Brown Sugar
If you’re a fan of Bingsu, this is a crossover of the shaved ice and bubble tea drink. It has a layer of fluffy ice shavings with strawberry syrup drizzled on top, shake it well before popping the straw to mix all that yummy goodness.
Kale Smoothie with Aloe and Boba Pearls By It’s Boba Time
Sounds like a healthy morning smoothie but a bubble tea type doesn’t it? At It’s Boba Time they offer a range of drinks from coffee to milk tea, to smoothies and fresh juices.
Boba Tea Pearl Pancakes By Gong Cha
Gong Cha is one of the most famous bubble tea shops in Asia, however, with the competition getting tighter, they must have thought of ways to innovate. This bubble tea type is topped on fluffy pancakes with cream and maple syrup. So it is for breakfast or dessert? You get to decide.
Bubble Tea Tart and Cakes By Edith Patisserie
Joining the bandwagon, this happy baker decided to incorporate bubble tea into their cakes and tarts. The cake is a standard Swiss roll with milk tea cream, tea-infused sponge, and loads of pearls inside. While the tart is bubble tea type custard and topped with a cluster of tapioca.
Bonus: Bubble Tea Pizza By Dominos Pizza
Is it a pizza or a dessert pie? By now, who knows. Domino’s has launched a bubble tea-inspired pizza in 2019 complete with black sugar pearls, honey, and cheese.
With tons of bubble tea types available in the market, you surely do not know where to begin and what to taste first, right? Before you go on a bubble tea marathon, take your reusable straw, and get help from your friends and family, for it is more enjoyable to taste and experience these unique, flavorful bubble teas from different parts of the globe.
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