Bubble tea, also called boba, is a sweet tea drink from Taiwan served with chewy tapioca pearls. London’s biggest cluster of bubble tea shops is in Chinatown, but there are options closer to Shoreditch too. Addresses and hours were checked in October 2026.
Near Shoreditch
Brick Lane Bubble Tea
47A Brick Lane, E1 6PU.
This shop on Brick Lane is listed at 47A, near the Old Truman Brewery end of the street. Its opening hours could not be confirmed from an official source, so check before making a special trip.
Chinatown and Soho
Happy Lemon
24A Newport Court, WC2H. Sunday to Thursday 12pm to 10.30pm, Friday and Saturday 12pm to 11pm.
Happy Lemon is a Taiwanese-founded chain known for its salted cheese foam teas.
Cuppacha
23 Newport Court, WC2H 7JS.
Cuppacha is a few doors along from Happy Lemon on Newport Court.
Xing Fu Tang
29 Frith Street, W1D 5LG.
The Taiwanese chain is known for brown sugar boba, where the pearls are cooked in brown sugar syrup in the shop.
Pürcha
82 Charing Cross Road, WC2H, and 7 Kingsway, WC2B. There is also a branch on Purley Way in Croydon.
Pürcha has central branches near Leicester Square and Holborn.
Tips
- Choose your sweetness. Most shops let you set the sugar level and the amount of ice.
- Drink it fresh. Tapioca pearls harden as they cool, so bubble tea is best drunk soon after it is made.