Founded in Garden Grove, Mira Mesa’s newest teashop is a growing chain with several shops in California and Arizona. Along with a host of boba drinks, customers can also order salted cream teas and coffee. Tastetea also sells seasonal flavors like pumpkin milk tea, a drink using pumpkin pie formosa black tea topped with cheese foam and nutmeg. Avoid the wait by ordering via their app or online.

You can grab bubble drinks along with French macarons and hot menu items like garlic noodles or popcorn chicken at this Clairemont shop. Milk teas featuring jasmine, matcha and caramel are just a few varieties but those looking for keto drink options have plenty of choices, too.

Friends Darwin Wu and Ricky Lau opened this shop in 2017 to bring craft tea options to San Diego. The menu is a focused selection of drinks using loose-leaf tea, plus they use real milk and plant-based options instead of non-dairy creamers. The shop also sells a boba box that includes all the ingredients to make drinks at home.

This Taiwanese franchise’s milk tea with tapioca pearls set the stage for their successful launch in 1992 and since then has expanded its drink selection with all ingredients shipped from Taiwan. The menu is extensive and includes signature creations from lime mojito to simple brewed teas. When in doubt of what to order, start with the top 10 drinks menu and go from there.

This Brooklyn-based shop opened in 2010 and spread to 250+ spots in the U.S. alone. Its success lies in the variety of drinks ranging in classic boba teas to ones with Yakult, as well as slushes and espresso-based drinks. Check out the menu’s seasonal offerings for more unique drinks like purple yam lattes and strawberry yogurt lemonade.

This Chinese import boasts 1,500 locations worldwide with three in the county. The franchise uses cane and brown sugar to sweeten all their drinks, and their fruity teas use fresh squeezed fruit juices. Classic drinks range from boba milk tea to the salted cheese series incorporating salted whipped cream. Food options fall into the snack realm with three kinds of bubble waffles available.

The Convoy District location has very limited parking but once you get there, you’ll be rewarded with a menu packed with sweet drinks and desserts. The shop sells the coveted brown sugar marble boba drink featuring organic milk and a brown sugar latte. Desserts are equally good like the selection of freshly made puffles.

This Convoy District drink stop is known for its high quality teas sourced from around the globe. A few examples include green tea from China, oolong from Taiwan and black tea imported from Sri Lanka. One out-of-the-box offering to look for is the shop’s cereal milk tea. It’s a selection from the shop’s signature cream series and includes your choice of cream cheese or tiramisu cream.

The name alone is a big draw for those looking for bubble tea in the Convoy District and the menu includes all the usual boba drinks, iced teas, smoothies, frappes, shakes, cheese foams and frosty milk. The food menu is also extensive with açai bowls, shaved ice and French macarons being just a few of the options.

This spot serves full-on boba drinks along with coffee, bao buns and desserts. Located in Hillcrest, Little Nap Cafe covers the entire range of tea-based drinks and their boba is honey-sweetened.

When the bubble tea craze hit, Lollicup was one of the first franchised shops serving the drink and you can find it in Chula Vista. The shop features traditional milk tea with boba but expanded its menu with other options like pistachio slush and mango popping boba.