Seattle’s first bubble tea food truck, the mobile operation is easy to spot with its pastel pink exterior and signature unicorn logo. It’s usually found roaming around Kirkland, Ballard, and Lynnwood and serves up a wide assortment of milk teas, smoothies, and lattes that are as aesthetically pleasing as they are refreshing. Standouts include the ever-so-popular strawberry matcha latte and Dreamy’s yogurt series. Preorder for delivery via the website on Saturdays and Sundays, or for pickup throughout the week.

This small shop in Greenwood offers a variety of bubble tea in addition to its robust selection of gluten-free street food. Its popular “Panda Milk” drink features a cup of milk that is painted with stripes of black sesame syrup, topped off with a cream cheese-based salted milk cap. This incredibly rich and creamy drink delivers strong on the nutty, fragrant notes of black sesame, and pairs well with the shop’s various snacks, such as its sesame scallion noodles and fried chicken skins. Order via the official website for takeout and delivery.

Options at this U District tea shop are seemingly endless with the variety of milk, fruit, and caffeine free options that appear on the menu. Noteworthy items include the Thai tea, a brew made without the traditional bright orange dye, and the Waikiki, a mango tea mixed with a blend of various fruit juices. While the shop doesn’t carry regular boba, it occasionally offers crystal boba (the crunchy, agar-agar version), during the summer. The shop is open for takeout and offers limited indoor seating.

Starting out as an online catering service, the Fremont restaurant features Taiwanese malatang, but also offers an extensive selection of milk and fruit teas. Diners will find classics like winter melon juice and cheese cream teas, along with rarer items like peach oolong milk tea and Japanese twice-roasted milk tea. Orders for takeout and delivery can be made via the website, and there’s limited indoor dining.

A variety of inventive flavors, such as the sweet cream brown sugar milk tea and black jasmine milk tea, pepper the menu at this Eastlake boba shop, along with some more common milk and fruit tea options. Its ube milk tea has quickly become an Instagram favorite with its colorful layers, and the cafe offers free dairy alternatives. Preorders for takeout is available via the website.

This Uptown/Lower Queen Anne boba shop’s interior has eight different tea bases on the menu, but the Japanese buckwheat milk tea is definitely a must-try. The aromatic, nutty, and slightly savory flavors pair well with perfectly sweetened, honey soaked, tapioca pearls. Cloud smoothies are also fun additions to the menu, layered to look like their namesake. Open for takeout and delivery is available through Chowbus, Doordash, and Uber Eats.

With over 1000s of stores worldwide, Coco is a leading Taiwanese brand in the bubble tea industry, and one that prides itself on quality and consistency. Its milk teas have a well-balanced combination of tea flavor and milkiness; and the boba is always fresh and chewy. The brown sugar pearl latte is another top item, featuring deeply caramelized brown sugar pearls and milk. Open for takeout and delivery via Chowbus, Grubhub, and Uber Eats.

Those in the mood for something lighter should check out this boba shop’s fruit-blended yogurts. The tart and tangy smoothie-like concoctions feature swirls of fresh fruit puree, pairing surprisingly well with the shop’s chewy boba. Add a side of popcorn chicken to the order and there’s a perfect late-night meal. Takeout and delivery is available through the website.

Capitol HIll’s half café/half trendy retail store sells both clothes and boba. It carries Instagram-worthy “bearyaki” ice cream cones topped with Asian soft serve flavors like ube and pandan, and drinks whimsically named after clothing brands and artists, including the Post Melona, reminiscent of the classic Melona ice cream bar. Open for takeout and delivery via Doordash, Postmates, and Uber Eats.

This International District shop has been a neighborhood gem ever since opening its doors in 1996. It not only carries a wide variety of loose-leaf tea, but also tea-flavored ice cream and tasting classes as well. The heavy oolong milk tea is definitely a crowd favorite, featuring notes of strong high mountain tea (and toppings come included with the price of each drink). Open for takeout and delivery via Doordash, Grubhub, and Uber Eats.

This popular nternational District shop is a subsidiary of Chun Shui Tang, a Taiwanese teahouse believed by many to be the first creators of boba milk tea. Here, one can find high quality teas and lattes which feature less sweet drinks, which place a heavier emphasis on tea flavor. Along with the standard boba topping, TP also offers QQ noodle, which is a slightly less chewy, noodle shaped version of the more well-known tapioca ball. Available for takeout or delivery (Doordash).