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Bubble Tea Hub on Fraser Street

Posted: 13-May-10

For some reason, Vancouver’s Fraser Street is a bubble tea-crazed area.  Perhaps it’s the high school students nearby.  You have your pick that’s for sure.  On one block alone, between 41st and 42nd, you have a choice of four places.  Even Starbucks can’t boast such coverage.  Along a four block strip, I can count eight places offering bubble tea – that’s more bubble tea than coffee shops – go figure.  Among these are Wakame Sushi, Green Leaf Natural Food, O Tea Bubble Tea Lounge, Little Sweetea House, Tapioca Express, Big Bite Cafe, Angel Cake Cafe, T-Hut Cafe and Money Meats.

I’ve tried the bubble tea at seven of those eight places listed, so I think it’s fair to say I’ve done my research.  Of those eight, three of them specialize in bubble tea drinks while the rest offer bubble tea as a beverage on their larger menu.  Each offers something a little different, whether it’s the food items or the atmosphere.  If all you want is bubble tea, I’d pick Green Leaf.  The name will make you think they serve salad, but it’s just a huge menu of every bubble tea drink you can think of – nothing more than that – unless you want instant noodles or toast.  The fruit is fresh, the pearls are the perfect tenderness and the sweetness just right – it tops my list and is one of the best I’ve had.  Newcomer O Tea Lounge has created a comfortable chic hang out which makes perfect sense for the area of roaming teenagers, but they still need to work on their drinks.  I found their drink not blended thoroughly, probably because they were using a household blender, and they use syrup instead of fresh fruit.  Tapioca Express was pretty good and surprisingly, so were the bubble tea drinks at Wakame Sushi.  The only one I haven’t tried is Money Meats because it’s also a butcher and I think raw meat and bubble tea drinks should not be sold under one roof especially when the premises are as dingy as they are.  So with the warm weather approaching, bring on the cold drinks.  If you’re getting bored of the frapps (Starbucks can now customize your blended drinks), check out Fraser Street for bubble tea.

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