Getting bubble tea with your friends is ~always~ the move. There have been new places popping up all around WNY, and trust us, they are g-o-o-d. If you’re feeling spontaneous, there are many unique flavors to try and you can even pair your drink with a bubble waffle – yes, you read that right, a bubble waffle.

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1. Tai Chi Bubble Tea

2309 Eggert Rd, Tonawanda, NY 14150 – More Info

Tai Chi Bubble Tea is located on Eggert Road in the Sheridan Plaza. Tai Chi is the perfect spot to hang out, take pictures, play board games and enjoy your bubble tea. They offer a variety of bubble tea flavors, dairy-free options, and allow you to customize the level of sweetness. They also offer sushi burritos and protein bowls – which goes perfect with your bubble tea, IMO.

2. Tea Leaf Cafe

• 4224 Maple Rd #124, Buffalo, NY 14226
• 3835 McKinley Pkwy #4, Blasdell NY, 14219

Tea Leaf Cafe has two locations, one on Maple Road in Buffalo near UB north, and one in Blasdell. They have lots of seating, which makes for a great hangout spot and a couch to lounge on. They offer over 35 flavors of bubble teas and many toppings to choose from. They also offer a stamp card, where if you buy 10 drinks, you get one for free.

3. Pulp 716

• 31 Webster St #5809, North Tonawanda, NY 14120 – More Info
• 45 East Ave, Lockport, NY 14094 – More Info

Pulp 716 is known for their comic books, bubble tea and coffee. They offer a wide variety of bubble teas, with many unique flavors, such as cinnamon bun, cupcake, butterbeer, root beer float, cotton candy, banana cream pie and many more.

4. Lucky Koi Bubble Tea

3216 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14214

Lucky Koi Bubble Tea is located on Main St. in Buffalo, NY, near UB South Campus. They pride themselves in offering more traditional flavors than your typical bubble tea shop, such as young coconut, ube, dragon fruit, shiso plum, Korean coffee, and Vietnamese coffee. In addition to their teas being fresh and brewed on site everyday, their bobas (tapioca) are homemade and crafted with honey and brown sugar. They also offer bubble waffles, which are light waffles made with sweet batter with “bubble” pockets.

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5. ICHA Cafe

1300 Sweet Home Rd, Buffalo, NY 14228 – More Info

ICHA Cafe has a wide array of bubble teas to choose from ranging from fruit to milk teas. As for toppings, ICHA has different flavors of bobas, tapioca, and jellies to give it that bubble tea touch. Beyond bubble tea, they also serve coffee products, Japanese pancakes, and egg waffles.

6. Cow Bubble Tea

3500 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14226 – More Info

Cow Bubble tea prides itself on using no artificial flavors, instead using all natural ingredients in its teas. Cow Bubble offers both fruit and milk teas and traditional tapioca and bobas. Want to specialize your toppings? Try the crystal pearl or cheese milk foam.

7. Crave Bubble Tea Cafe

5735 Main St, Williamsville, NY 14221

Crave offers a wide variety of bubble teas to choose from including a local flavor to Buffalo, Loganberry. Interested in making your own bubble tea creation? Choose 3 flavors from their list and customize your drink to your liking.

8. BOBA STOP

• 1900 Military Rd, Niagara Falls, NY 14304
• 1 Walden Galleria, Buffalo, NY 14225 – More Info

BOBA STOP is the perfect place to grab some bubble tea if you’re out on a shopping run as it is located right inside the Fashion Outlet Mall of Niagara Falls and the Walden Galleria. They are said to have fruit teas, milk teas, and frozen teas.

9. Boba Tea Cafe

8201 Niagara Falls Blvd, Niagara Falls, NY 14304 – More Info

Boba tea cafe serves both food and drinks such as rice plates, soups, salads, Thai specials, etc., but were here to focus on the bubble tea. Their tea choices include fruit teas, refreshers, milk teas, slush, and smoothies. As for toppings go, the have tapioca, grass jelly, and egg pudding.

10. Kung Fu Tea

520 Lee Road #111, Amherst, NY 14228 // Website

Kung Fu Tea’s mission is to strive for constant improvement, which is why they hold themselves and the products to a high standard of quality. Some of their bestsellers are their coconut milk tea, mango green tea punch, taro slush, winter melon tea cap, and herbal jelly wow milk. If you aren’t sure what type of bubble teas fit you, their site makes it very easy to see what customized drink best suits your interests.

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11. Milk and Tea

2312 Delaware Ave, Buffalo, NY 14216 – More Info

As the name would imply, milk and tea are the main ingredients in this  bubble tea. However, they don’t stop there, they also offer fruit tea, pho, egg rolls, and rice. As for bubble tea toppings go, they have everything from crystals and jellies to bursting bobas.

12. Pattaya Street Food in the West side Bazaar

25 Grant St, Buffalo, NY 14213 – More Info

Located inside the West Side Bazaar, Pattaya Street Food sells bubble teas, smoothies, samosas, and lotus flower cookies. As for their bubble tea, multiple fruit flavors are available with both green and milk tea options.

13. Platter’s Chocolates

908 Niagara Falls Blvd, North Tonawanda, NY 14120 – More Info

Look for the Wurlizter Building in North Tonawanda and you’ll find Platter’s Chocolates. While they are known for their chocolates and sponge candy, they also sell ice cream, baked goods, coffee drinks, and bubble tea. Their teas come in black, green, fruity sangria, and milk options with tapioca and popping pearl toppings. Try a Platter’s original and make an orange chocolate flavored bubble tea.

14. Teaxpresso Cafe

2323 Sheridan Dr, Tonawanda, NY 14150

Teaxpresso Cafe on Sheridan offers specialty lattes, flavor tea, fruit tea, slush and special blend, yakult/yogurt, fresh brewed tea, classic milk tea, flavor milk tea, and coffee and espresso. You can choose your toppings, enjoy crystal boba, jelly, or popping boba. You can choose your ice and sugar level based on a scale on their menu.

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15. Lancaster Coffee Co.

24 Central Ave, Lancaster, NY 14086 – More Info

Nestled in the heart of Lancaster Village, Lancaster Coffee Co. offers bubble tea along with homemade soups, salads, artisan sandwiches, pastry, macaron, wine, beer, and espresso.

This post was originally published in May 2020 and has been updated.