tapioca pearls – Jellybeans in the City

If the summer heat is getting to you, you’d be happy to know that R&B Tea is here, ready to quench your thirst and cool you down during these hot days.

R&B Tea is a new bubble tea brand that originated from Taiwan and has since expanded to many countries worldwide, including the Philippines. The brand was founded in 2015 with the goal of providing high-quality tea beverages to customers.

R&B Tea takes pride in using premium tea leaves, fresh fruits, and high-quality milk to create its drinks. The brand offers a wide range of tea drinks, including classic milk teas, premium brewed teas, and specialty drinks like cheese foam teas, mousse series. They also offer toppings, such as tapioca pearls and cheese foam, to add a fun and flavorful dimension to their beverages.

R&B Tea is marked by its unique and innovative drink offerings. One of their signature drinks is the Milk Tea with Brown Sugar Pearls, which features chewy tapioca pearls cooked in a sweet brown sugar syrup and added to a creamy milk and oolong tea base.

Clearly, this refreshing drink is the perfect refreshment for the summer. Here are seven irresistible moments to savor this delicious drink and cool you down during these hot days:

After a day spent outdoors. Whether you’ve been out hiking, biking, or simply taking a stroll in the park, there’s nothing quite like rewarding yourself with this refreshing drink to quench your thirst and satisfy your sweet tooth.
During a summer picnic. Gather your friends and family for a fun summer picnic, complete with R&B Tea’s Milk Tea with Brown Sugar Pearls. It’s an easy and delicious way to bring a unique twist to your usual picnic drinks. Plus, the brown sugar pearls are a fun and satisfying treat that everyone can enjoy.
During a beach day. A day at the beach can be hot and tiring, but this beverage can help you cool off and recharge. Sip on this refreshing drink while lounging on the sand, soaking up the sun, and enjoying the ocean breeze.
As an afternoon pick-me-up. Feeling sluggish in the middle of a hot summer day? R&B Tea’s Milk Tea with Brown Sugar Pearls can give you the boost you need. The caffeine in the tea will help you stay alert, while the sweet and chewy brown sugar pearls provide a satisfying treat to perk up your mood.
During a barbecue party. No summer barbecue is complete without some refreshing drinks, and R&B Tea’s Milk Tea with Brown Sugar Pearls is a great option for both grownups and kiddos. The brown sugar pearls make for a fun and unique addition to the party, and the tea provides a refreshing break from all the savory food.
As a post-workout drink. Whether you’ve been hitting the gym or doing some yoga in the park, R&B Tea’s Milk Tea with Brown Sugar Pearls is a great way to reward yourself after a workout. The carbohydrates in the brown sugar pearls can help replenish your energy, while the tea can help soothe your muscles and hydrate your body.
During a road trip. Take your summer road trip to the next level by packing a few cups of this drink. It’s a delicious and easy way to keep yourself and your passengers refreshed and satisfied during a long drive.

R&B Tea’s Milk Tea with Brown Sugar Pearls is a must-try drink for anyone looking to indulge in a refreshing and unique bubble tea experience this summer. With its rich and caramelized brown sugar pearls and smooth and creamy milk tea base, this drink is sure to satisfy any sweet tooth.

So hie yourself off to these R&B Tea branches to grab yourself a cup (or two!) of this reinvigorating beverage:

R&B Tea Retiro
R&B Tea Shopwise Sucat
R&B Tea Festival Mall
R&B Tea MCX
R&B Tea SM Tanza
R&B Tea Greenhills
R&B Tea Boracay,
R&B Tea SM Tuguegarao
R&B Tea SM Cauayan
R&B Tea UPS
selected Peri-Peri Charcoal Chicken and Shakeys outlets

You can also order online.

Know more about R&B Tea by visiting its website or following it on Facebook and Instagram.

Disclosure: Product samples were provided to facilitate this feature.

Rain or shine, it’s always a good time for a boba tea.

These delish concoctions can give us a much-needed sugar boost to get us going, or refresh us after a hot or grueling day.

Boba (“bubble”) gets its name from the chewy pearls made of tapioca soaked in sugar syrup that look like dark bubbles which add texture to your drink.

Boba teas originated from Taiwan in the 1980s when the smaller pearls were used for milk teas. An enterprising shop owner then decided to use larger pearls in a bid to make his offerings stand out.

Boba teas then made their way across the globe and soon established a foothold in the Philippines with new shops offering all sorts of bubble tea variants opening every month.

The newest of these boba tea shops is Boba Unibers, managed by twenty-seven-year-old Jacques Michael Buenviaje together with his partner, twenty-six-year-old Katrina Mikaela Laygo.

Both were working in a five-star hotel in BGC when the pandemic struck the metro. They decided to leave their hotel jobs and forge new paths for themselves, which, luckily for us boba tea lovers, includes launching Boba Unibers.

As you can discern from their business’ moniker, #PinoyPride infuses their business and product concept.

By incorporating local flavors and ingredients to their boba tea offerings, they bring milk tea fans like us fresh ways to enjoy our favorite drink while tapping into our sense of nostalgia (plus they also help local farmers by sourcing their coffee beans and muscovado from them).

Being good to the environment is also high on their list of priorities. Not only do they eschew the use of single-use plastics, they also made use of reusable glass jars and edible straws (made with rice and tapioca) which scored major points with my environmentally-aware daughter, #ExhibitA.

Now let’s talk about Boba Unibers’ drinks, shall we?

Wintermelon (Php75). Made with BU’s special tea blend, caramel-y wintermelon syrup, milk, house syrup and boba. #ExhibitA reserved this boba as soon as she saw it.

Taro (Php75). Made with BU’s special tea blend, taro, milk, house syrup and boba. A creamy masterpiece of a drink! (And cutely light purple too!)

Champorado (Php85). Made with BU’s special tea blend, tablea rice milk, house syrup, powdered milk and boba. Who would have thought that our favorite chocolatey breakfast item would taste so good in boba tea form? My son #ExhibitB snatched this up as soon as I was done taking photos.

Pandan Yema (Php85). Made with BU’s special tea blend, milk, pandan yema syrup and boba. A mix of the mild taste of pandan and the milky salted caramel-like taste of yema made for a candy-like sweet drink.

Salted Pistachio (Php110). Made with pistachio syrup, caramel sauce, caramel syrup, Kievit and Lipton Tea. This milky and slightly nutty drink will satisfy pistachio lovers.

Cold Brew Milk Tea (Php85). Made with BU’s special tea blend, milk, cold brew coffee and boba. This woke me right up from my mid-afternoon stupor.

These are just a sampling of the many possibili-teas that Boba Unibers has launched into the milk tea stratosphere, with more flavors to come as Jacques and Katrina continue to experiment with new flavors and ingredients.

So #quarantitas (or #quaranTEAtas?), let’s help these young entrepreneurs raise our flag and bring the spotlight to the unique flavors we Pinoys love by supporting Boba Unibers.

To order, call +63 906 3485071 or message Boba Uniberse on Facebook or Instagram. Cashless payments via GCash, Metrobank and BDO, as well as cash on delivery, are accepted. The jars of milk tea can be delivered from Cainta to Rizal and Metro Manila areas via GrabExpress, Lalamove, Mr. Speedy, Angkas and Joyride (to be shouldered by the buyer).

Disclosure: Product samples were provided to facilitate an honest review.

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Satisfy your summer thirst with R&B Tea

#QuarantitaTreats: Pinoy and proud bubble tea drinks from Boba Unibers