Boba tier list

for reference, my go to orders at most places are:

• (real/smashed) taro, milk-based drink (if available)
• normal milk tea
• real fruit milk tea (like jooy)
• 50% sugar, less/no ice, bubbles/jelly
• kind of a fruit tea hater unless it’s real fruit
• i live in nyc, so most of these are based on nyc locations

s tier

• xing fu tang - great bubbles, great tea, has taro drink
• yomies - not really boba, but like them bc they are doing smth different and i like the taste of beijing yogurt

a

• jooy - PERSIMMON DRINK, amazing rotating menus, real fruits
• 50-lan - amazing milk tea flavor, not super into the golden bubbles
• teado - the tiny chinatown shop that only lets one group in at a time, NOT the chain; i like the tea flavor/customization, but i have no idea how they stay in business lol
• miss dus - real fruit

b

• imilky - taro
• moge - taro, the og smashed taro drink for me
• chun yang
• tiger sugar
• mott st eatery, corner zhen pin cafe
• debutea
• kft - sentimental rating??

c

• gong cha
• biao sugar
• teazzi - tbd
• onezo - tbd
• alley
• tenren
• boba guys
• yifang

d

• vivi <2
• coco <2
• utea

glossary

tbd - to be determined bc i’ve only been there once or twice and would try again

<2 - had it less than (or equal to) two times, but would not try again

Thanks for reading :)

Last updated February 26, 2024