New to The Lou: Ex­tra­or­di­nary Sips in St. Louis

When it comes to bev­er­ages, Macken­zie Heine’s go-to drinks are any­thing but reg­u­lar. Heine, a fourth-year stu­dent at Maryville Uni­ver­sity, is a reg­u­lar at St. Louis Bub­ble Tea, a unique bev­er­age joint lo­cated just 8 min­utes from cam­pus.

At 12865 Olive Blvd., you can find the very first au­then­tic bub­ble tea shop in St. Louis. The menu has a va­ri­ety of drinks that can be com­pletely per­son­al­ized. Heine says whether you choose a, “tea, snow, or slush” at St. Louis Bub­ble Tea, “they have some­thing for every­one.”

Heine is a fre­quent vis­i­tor to St. Louis Bub­ble Tea. Her reg­u­lar or­der is a “taro co­conut snow with tapi­oca boba.”

Boba, pic­tured above, is an “ac­ces­sory” for your drink. Boba comes pop­ping or chewy, and comes in dif­fer­ent fla­vors. Drinks can be or­dered with or with­out boba.
Heine says she will keep com­ing back be­cause the staff is “very per­son­able with their cus­tomers.” She says they even have mem­o­rized her or­der and know what to make her when she comes in.
Luck­ily for the com­mu­nity, St. Louis Bub­ble Tea not only car­ries drinks. They have a menu com­plete with items from crab ran-goons to chicken fried rice.

I had to find out for my­self what all the hype was about for bub­ble tea. Dur­ing my visit to St. Louis Bub­ble Tea, I or­dered a straw­berry slush with straw­berry pop­ping boba. At first, it was hard to come to a de­ci­sion on what to get, but I’ll def­i­nitely be back to try more fla­vors and com­bi­na­tions. The straw­berry slush is a frozen, re­fresh­ing and fruity choice from the menu that I would def­i­nitely or­der again.

Be­ing less than 10 min­utes from Maryville’s cam­pus, it can be an af­ter class pick-me-up or a stop on the way to class for our com­muters. When you walk into St. Louis Bub­ble Tea, you’re not only get­ting a drink, but an ex­pe­ri­ence. If you’re look­ing for some­thing other than your daily cof­fee, con­sider adding St. Louis Bub­ble Tea to your list of things to try.

You can find more in­for­ma­tion on St. Louis Bub­ble Tea In­sta­gram… https://​www.in­sta­gram.com/​stl_bub­bletea/