Remember like eight years ago when bubble tea became the big thing? I missed that boat entirely. It wasn’t deliberate; I didn’t adopt an anti-bubble tea stance the way people do when it comes to stuff like getting on twitter or paying their taxes. It was kind of like a romcom, with Julia Roberts in the role of me and John Cusack in the role of bubble tea. The stars just never aligned, and we kept missing each other.
So, I know nothing about the whole bubble beverage trend. But a new shop called Bubble Juice has opened in my neighbourhood (10154 82 Ave.), next door to my favorite cupcake joint, Flirt. OMG, SO MUCH CUTE FOOD. This meant I had to stop in.
The drink I got was more of a smoothie than anything else, so I don’t think this was quite what you hipster kids would call “bubble tea” (but feel free to enlighten me on what constitutes a “bubble tea” in the comments). Whatever you want to call it, it was awesome. I also got a stamp card (buy nine drinks, get the tenth free), which is great because as we established here, I am a cheap, cheap person. And with all the money I’m going to be spending between Flirt Cupcakes, Urban Knitters and Refresh Cafe over at Organic Roots, I’m gonna need a bigger bank account.
Will they let me order a drink of just the bubbles?
If I added the pearls/sago/bubbles in your drink, then it’ll be called a bubble tea, but unfortunately, they weren’t ready when you arrived.
Well, with or without the bubbles, what I had was still SOOOOO good. But I’ll definitely come back and get another one.