Sweet delicious bubble tea.
Biju Bubble Tea
Not all bubble tea was created equal: some is made with fresh milk, others… not so much (*cough* powdered milk *cough*). With Biju, it's always the former, not the latter. Nicholas Phan, the man behind Biju, opened it with the express purpose of bringing high quality bubble tea to the UK, made with delicious, organic, fresh British milk. The results are a beautifully creamy bubble tea that's worth every penny.
Location: London
Bubble Base
The first place to bring bubble tea to Wales, and still the best. My favourite thing about this place is the “specials”: uniquely flavoured teas (guava tea! pear tea! papaya tea!), and uniquely flavoured pearls (yogurt boba! kiwi boba! cherry boba!) that change on a regular basis.
Location: Cardiff
Happy Lemon
In my esteemed opinion, the best bubble tea in the UK will always be found in a chinatown. It's where I, a mere Londoner, first sipped my first sip of the frothy nectar as a teenager (shoutout to Cafe TPT and Old Town 97, two other great Chinatown bubble tea spots).
Happy Lemon is a newcomer to the Chinatown scene, but have already made their mark. They've got suitably wacky flavours on the menu (the rock salted cheese is surprisingly delicious), the packaging is adorable and most importantly, the tea is actually brilliant.
Location: Birmingham and London
Tealith
One of two bubble tea shops in Bournmouth, I think this one is the better of the two. The prices are good, the tapioca pearls suitably squidgy and I like that they let you decide how sweet you want your drink, as well as how much ice you want in it.
Location: Bournemouth
Source: Food