Pearl jam: the best bubble tea cafes in Manchester

With almost two decades of experience brewing the perfect bubble tea, Happy Lemon has developed its own signature drinks including the ‘Rock Salted Cheese’ range which uses a creamy cheese mixed with rock salt. Don’t knock it until you’ve tried it. 

Eat in or take out at Northern Quarter ice cream parlour Lazy Sundae, where everything’s peachy, from the shop frontage to the travel-inspired menu, which will transport you East with its bubble teas and Japanese specialities.

Ohayo Tea is one of the more unique bubble tea cafes in Manchester. That’s because it’s themed around the Shiba Inu, a Japanese breed of dog that looks like a cute little fox. 

Serving up eye-catching cups of bubble tea with a multitude of different coloured and flavoured boba (those popping tapioca balls that put the ‘bubble’ in bubble tea), SipCha is still one of the cities most popular cafes of its variety.

Creams Cafe is a dessert parlour that was founded in 2008 by Adam Mani and Balal Aqil. With humble beginnings in Southall, West London, Creams Cafe has become the largest dessert brand in the UK with around 100 stores – including Manchester’s Arndale Shopping Centre.

Uncle T at Circle Square serves up boba that’s been freshly made in-house for added flavour. Expect big, bright bubble teas that are ideal for snapping a picture to share on Instagram.

Serving some of the most aesthetically-pleasing bubble tea in all of Manchester, WooTea is the place to go if you’re looking to get your boba fix (and snap a great picture while you’re at it).