Best Bubble Tea In Austin

Today is National Tapioca Day so I went out to go a bubble tea and put together this listing for y'all! There are several spots in Austin to get chimera tea and I've tried them all so I wanted to share my favorites.

Just outset, what's tapioca? Tapioca assurance are sweetness, chewy balls made with tapioca flour that can be institute in Asian desserts and bubble tea. Chimera tea (or boba tea) was invented in Taiwan (where I'm from!) that's tea with milk and tapioca balls.

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To go along with this bubble tea list, check out my listing on the All-time Asian Food in Austin.

Gong Cha bubble tea in Austin Texas

Gong Cha

While I similar supporting local bubble tea shops in Austin, I just love how consistent the boba is at Gong Cha and how the bubble tea isn't besides sweet. Gong cha is a bubble tea chain headquartered in Kaohsiung, Taiwan with over one,500 locations worldwide. The teas are sourced from tea estates in Taiwan. Gong Cha has traditional milk tea, milk foam, slushes, and tea lattes.

I like the Earl Gray milk tea 3J's  – the iii J's are boba, pudding, and herbal jelly. Information technology's fun to drink and eat!

What to order: Earl grey milk tea 3J'south

2021 Guadalupe St, 3210 Esperanza Crossing suite #126, & 13201 Ranch Rd 620 North #206, gongchausa.com

Kung Fu Tea - bubble tea in Austin

Kung Fu Tea

Kung Fu Tea used to be my favorite bubble shop in Austin until Gong Cha opened. I still love the classic oolong milk tea with boba.

Kung Fu Tea specializes in milk caps that'southward a salty thick milk cap on summit of the chimera tea. They as well accept vegan bubble tea.

What to order: Milk strike, milk cap, or the Kung Fu Milk Tea.

2001 Guadalupe St #A & 9070 Research Blvd Suite #102, kungfutea.com

ShareTea - bubble tea in Austin

ShareTea

I would go to ShareTea more often if it wasn't in North Austin. ShareTea is a chain but this store is locally owned. Cull from fruit tea, milk tea, brewed tea, fresh milk tea, mojitos, and iced blended.

I like the QQ Happy Family unit Milk Tea that comes with a lot of different toppings.

What to order: Hokkaido Pearl Milk Tea, Okinawa Pearl Milk Tea , or QQ Happy Family unit Milk Tea.

13343 Usa-183 #275, shareteaaustin.com

Tapioca House

When I was going to schoolhouse at UT Austin, I would eat here a couple of times a month. The combo meal comes with a free light-green or blackness tea ($1 more to upgrade to a milk tea). I loved the 147 crispy craven nugget or the 154 spicy beef noodle.

The bubble tea definitely isn't that nifty but the philharmonic repast makes information technology a great bargain.

What to order:147 combo repast

1906 Guadalupe St, tapiocahouseatx.com

Coco'south Cafe

Next door to Tapioca House is Coco'south Buffet on Guadalupe beyond from UT Austin. The bubble tea at Coco'due south Buffet is better than Tapioca House with a different variety of slushies and fruit teas.

What to guild: Pasion fruit slushie and almond milk tea

1910 Guadalupe St, cocos-cafe.com

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Bambu Dessert & Drinks

Bambu is located the shopping center of MT Asian Supermarket side by side to New Fortune. I usually similar getting a bubble tea from Bambu after getting dimsum at New Fortune on Sundays.

The drinks at Bambu aren't your typical bubble tea with just pearls but with a lot of different toppings like pandan jelly, fresh coconut, basil seed, and more. My get-to is the Bambu favorite with scarlet tapioca, grass jelly, pandan jelly, and coconut milk.

What to order: Bambu favorite

10901 N Lamar Blvd, drinkbambu.com

101 By Teahaus

101 Past Tea Haus

I partnered up with 101 By Tea Haus to launch a pop-upwardly menu so I had to put them on my all-time bubble tea in Austin list!

What to order: Jasmine boba milk or sea common salt coffee with boba

6929 Airport Blvd #132, teahaus101.com