I really enjoy coming to this bubble tea spot. It used to be very close to my work so I could just…read morecross the street for my lunch break. I enjoy there milk teas the best, i like how each drink can be customizable for your standards.

My daughter is always treating me to bubble tea so I treated her to bubble tea this time. We went…read moreto Kung Fu Tea. I love taro so I got a taro pearl latte. My daughter convinced me to get less sugar so I went with 50% and it wasn't sweet enough, haha. I should have gone with full sugar or 70%. Actually, they use honey instead of sugar. The pearls were still hot and so soft and chewy. I loved the pearls. The drink had real taro puree. It was so good. My daughter got a yakult green tea with Aloe Vera. She went with 30% sugar and said it was too sweet, haha. She liked it though. The drinks are pretty expensive. Mine was $7 and hers was $6.80. Oh, I wanted to add red beans to my drink, but it's not available as a topping :( The guy working there was nice and he made our drinks quickly.

This David's Tea location is in The Glebe and I believe it was the first David's Tea in Ottawa…read more I like that it has seating both at the front of the shop and at the back of the shop. It doesn't have that many seats, but David's Teas rarely do (at least no locations that I've ever been to). I like that they are much less expensive than places like Starbucks. They also have teas of the day for only $2.10 taxes included (it's the size of a Starbucks Venti). The teas of the day encourage me to try new flavours and I've discovered new favourites this way. This location has two gender neutral washrooms, one of which is wheelchair accessible. Street parking only, since it's in The Glebe.

I don't frequent DAVIDsTEA all that often. I have noticed that when I do, they tend to be in…read moreOttawa. The first time was at St. Laurent when I was waiting for the zipper on my jacket to be fixed back in November 2015. My latest visit to this location is the second. The funny thing is that I am aware of DAVIDsTEA's line of looseleaf teas and I have a bunch for products from the store. How can that be? Well, I drink tea all the time. I also have astute students at work and friends who know me so well that they gift me items from DAVIDsTEA. My favourite items that are not looseleaf tea are the perfect spoon (it really is), and penguin and seal tea infusers. This store is spacious, deep, and pleasing to the eye. The iced teas of the day immediately greet you. After sampling the lychee bellini and coco colada varieties, I got the former. As expected, there was a whole wall of looseleaf teas in canisters, colour-coded by tea type. It made me happy. I can see this wall being a test for OCD-type personalities. I signed up for Frequent Steeper points. I got both the card and key chain versions. I also learned that you can simply provide your phone number and you're good. You can get a number of tea accessories. I liked the cute tumblers and cups. You can also get tea gift sets, which I am often on the receiving end. They are great. I loved my iced Lychee bellini. It was perfectly refreshing and not too sweet. You get paper straws here. I drank it fast enough that the straw didn't disintegrate. There are two single washrooms at the back of the store. The one that I went into was clean. There are a few tables at the back to sit down, relax, and sip away. I liked hanging out at this store on a casual Saturday afternoon. (295)

BOGO Fresh Mango Green Tea!…read more Snatched an awesome BOGO deal last night on the way to a game night with colleagues, perfect for the 6 of us, all in for $22.52. You know it's freshly made when you can taste the mango pieces in the drink, made with the perfect amount of sweetness as customized!

I was so excited when I heard that this Taiwanese chain was coming to Ottawa. Tiger Sugar was…read morefounded in Taiwan only in 2017 and now they have locations all over the world. This location is their first (and so far only) in Ottawa. Their soft opening was May 7, 2021. Overall, the drink I had was delicious, but super pricey. I got the regular sized Green Tea Latte Mochi Boba with Cream Mousse ($7). I got it 30% sugar and less ice. It was plenty sweet for me and suitably cold. The drink was rich and creamy with a prominent tea flavour. The mochi was soft and gooey. I wish there was more of it. The boba were soft and chewy. I also wish I got more boba. Service was efficient. The inside of the shop is pretty. If cost and calories were of no object, I would be there all the time, lol. The store is located in a strip mall. Same strip mall as Nicastro's and Sea King Seafood Restaurant. Lots of free parking.

I have been a bubble tea drinker for 25 years now and I'm so happy that I found Xing Fu Tang! Their…read morebubble tea, smoothies and slushes are amazing and the yummy hand crafted tapioca is sweet, caramelized and chewy. Nathan, the manager and the rest of the staff (tea-ristas) who I've encountered have been professional, pleasant and they make some of the best drinks I've ever had!

TLDR: This Bubble Tea chain from Taiwan just opened up its first store in Ottawa. Their famous…read morebrown sugar pearls are made fresh in-store. Their milk tea has a potent tea flavour and they use whole milk, so it's very rich and creamy. Their soft opening was June 27, 2024. They will have their grand opening in July. During their soft opening, which is when I went, they only had their 10 top selling drinks available and no soft serve ice cream. Unfortunately for me, during their soft opening they didn't have any discounts/promotions and everything was just regular priced, lol. I went with their classic Brown Sugar Pearl Milk Tea. I got the regular size ($6.50) with less ice. The sugar level is fixed. They said they could make it less sweet by giving me less pearls, lol. No thanks, I love pearls, haha. So I got the standard sweetness. The pearls were delicious! So soft and chewy. The tea had a strong tea flavour and since they use homogenized milk, it was so rich and creamy, almost too much so for my tastes, lol. Staff were very welcoming and they were so enthusiastic. There's some seating inside and a few patio tables outside too. The store is bright and clean. Xing Fu Tang is known for their fortune boxes. They're like fortune cookies, but no cookie, haha. You choose a stick from the container of sticks. And there's a number on the stick which corresponds with a numbered drawer. In the drawer is a fortune. I was in a bit of a hurry, so I skipped the fun ;) I'll need to return to try their soft serve ice cream. And they have this mango smoothie drink with strawberry boba and a panna cotta bunny on top, which I want to try too. And they have drinks with real taro, so I'll need to take my taro-loving mom here too. They are in Old Ottawa East. Street parking only. (93)

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Great little spot, so many teas to choose from and Jean is great, very attentive and obviously…read moreproud and passionate about what he does! I had the white tea and it was really really good.

Deerioca Fever is delicious. Just the right amount of brown sugar boba and custard. Texture of boba…read moreis just right. Cute corner location. Great seasonal options too. Don't miss out on this place when you're in the

I've given this place two chances: once in Las Vegas in the US and then again here in Canada. The…read moreAlley is consistently mediocre at making boba drinks. Unfortunately I brought a first timer to try a boba drink and they were disappointed as well. If I get a brown sugar boba, it better have enough brown sugar syrup. Both times I've gotten them here, they just tasted like milk. I had to tell my friend afterwards to erase this first boba experience from their head (I'll bring them somewhere else). Definitely don't get the brown sugar boba drinks here :(

Came here after badminton cuz I really wanted a cold drink. I wasn't really expecting it to be this…read moregood! We ordered the duo peach slush, longan pineapple drink, and the longan camellia milk tea. Every single one is solid. I wanted the honeydew cheese but they couldn't make that this time, but I'm sure it would've been good too. They only had one person making drinks when I went, but the seating and games made the wait easier. Would love for this to come to California if the quality is as good as this :)

It was a hot summer day in the first week of September…read more Drink: I got the Raw Coconut Mulberry drink and it surprised me how tasty it was! It contains coconut milk, jasmine tea, fresh mulberry and strawberry. Although it was milky instead of fruity, this drink kept me refreshed and quenched my thirst. Service/atmosphere: I felt the lady working solo here took good care to make my drink. The shop and seating area were overall kept neat and clean. There are some table games such as Jenga and Uno to play too.

I dropped by Bubbilicity Tea Shop for a bubble tea. It's co-located with Dumpling Bowl. Overall, my…read moredrink was good. I got a regular-sized coconut milk tea ($4.99) and added tapioca pearls (an additional $0.75). I forgot to say half sweet, so it was full strength sweetness, which was way too sweet for me, but that was on me for forgetting. The drink itself had a nice potent coconut flavour, but the tea flavour was very subtle. It was smooth and not gritty, and was rich and creamy. The tapioca pearls were soft and chewy, how I like them, but they could have been more generous with the amount as I finished the pearls way before I finished my drink, so was just drinking milk tea with no toppings for most of my drink. Overall 3.5 stars, but I am being generous and rounding up. Hopefully next time they will follow my example of generosity and give me more tapioca, lol. Service was friendly and efficient. The inside is small. They have 4 regular tables of 4 and a high table for 2. Street parking only.

Went to this place on a hot July afternoon because they had ice cream posted. One scoop for $2 or…read moretwice scoops for $4. The young female working the cash could barely speak English and literally all we were ordering was a BBT and three ice creams. I asked for one scoop of chocolate with whip cream. Kids had two scoops each, one strawberry, one chocolate. You would think they would serve the ice cream first, then make the BBT. We sat and waited for probably ten minutes before anything showed up and everything was wrong. My one scoop of chocolate came with sprinkles and the sprinkles were hard like rocks. The scoop of ice cream was tiny, like an inch and a half in diameter and tasted like store bought ice cream. The two kids only got one bowl with two scoops, one chocolate and the other strawberry. The BBT came out fine. We had to get her to make another bowl of ice cream for the second child. We were also the only customers in there. The cost came out to over $25 and I think we were charged twice for one of the two scoops. Basically five scoops of ice cream and an $8 BBT. I had been here before the pandemic and it was good, but something changed and I think it was a language barrier. If you're going to have someone facing customers, at least make sure they can understand their own menu! After that debacle, I will never go there again!