I've been looking for a good bubble tea place to frequent in London and I finally found this place. Ordered the White Peach Oolong with pearls and it was amazing! The tea was perfect, the pearls were soft, the drink overall was just great. My boyfriend ordered their milk tea and it was also really good. I will definitely be coming back - good thing they give out loyalty cards :) read more

I have really high standards for Bubble Tea (BOBA for americans)..and I like Cuppacha. I've gone twice now since it's opened... First experience: I went in because of reading the 2 glowing reviews that others have posted. It was kind of late and they had RUN OUT OF BOBA (pearls) i was in SHOCK but it was late. And then i saw all the bubble poppers and I thought they were boba...so I ordered a passionfruit green tea with mango poppers...it was TOO sweet. I was really embarrassed because it was TOO sweet...they saw my face and asked to fix it...and then again it was still too sweet for me. I had to ask them to remake my drink 3 times...because for me...it was sugar in a cup. BUT! Let me just tell you I don't particularly like sweet drinks...but they never once stopped smiling and graciously made my drinks until I was satisfied. GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE. Overall...I'd go back. read more

I like the medium cup hot drink, £3.25, which is slightly cheaper than other places which only offer £3.75 for hot drinks. The roasted milk tea I ordered was too light for me, but I'll try milk tea another time if possible. read more

This place is amazing! The best bubble tea that I've been able to find in London yet. I've had the oolong milk tea, taro milk tea and the lychee black tea with tapioca and they are all delicious. To echo many of the other comments already here, the Oolong is the best. Next up for me to try is the Oolong tea with grass jelly, mm. In the past month or so I've noticed that they've been growing a following, as the queue has been getting longer in prime evening times. It's worth the wait though. read more

Lots of choices to mix and match. The prices seem average for London, although quite high for the world in general. Cool little store with bench seating. They make drinks fresh, and it takes a few minutes. It's on a little alley in Chinatown. The staff is friendly. It's so small there's no public restroom. read more

Good to finally see the boba craze having finally reached the UK. Surely this, too, would blow over. I give it a year, max. Prompt service is what I expect, ideally in and out in 2 minutes (adhering to LA boba standard). Seems Cuppa is onboard with this - so far so good, Price point is competitive with Hong Kong Cafe just down the alley. Worth noting the menu reflects more of a Taiwanese theme, featuring such flavors as wintermelon and almond milk tea, making this a favorite haunt for (east) Asian kids. read more

Bubble tea with LOTS of options. This place is just great. Admittedly, I hate traditional tapioca boba pearls. But I like the "jelly" options (more or less mini gelatin tubes) and the "popping" boba are fab. Popping pearls are my absolute favorite. Cuppacha offers lots of flavors of tea (hot/cold/milk), juices, etc. etc. and the staff are super friendly. They offer a a loyalty stamp card as well! read more

Tidy looking shop with about 15 people waiting at 1155 am. Taking a closer look to cure my curiosity I was pleased to find it is a Bubble Tea house. Tried to line up for a Milk Tea. Was told everyone in the inside n outside of the shop had paid n were waiting to be served with their choice of drink. Hmmm with that info we decided not to be the 16th customer of the morning at Cuppacha. 3 Stars because I didn't get a drink! More stars when I get served next time ;) read more

Cuppacha Bubble Tea - Wow!! Bout 15 people waiting for #BubbleTea. Hmmm should we wait?? Guess not ;-) - Bubble Tea Near Me - London, XGL

My first question is, why do the milk teas get free boba, but for the fruit teas it's an add on? That just took it from the most affordable bubble tea in Chinatown to the most expensive. There is a queue here more than other places, so I thought I would try the "popular kid" boba for once. The flavour list was smaller than other places. My mango tea did have a nice strong jasmine flavour, but, as another reviewer put it, many balls were glued together. The two workers also kept looking at my friend and me and laughing to each other. Is there something funny about two non-Asians waiting for an overpriced bubble tea? We were just sitting and chatting. The tea was nice, but won't be going back. read more

Great bubble tea place in London's Chinatown! It's right next to Happy Lemon (another bubble tea place) but this place is better quality and tastier. Milk tea here is not too sweet and I LOVE how they ask you for sweetness levels (in case you forget to tell them you want it to be less or more sweet). I hate it when I forget to ask for less sugar and then the drink is overly sugary. They also ask if you prefer less ice. The egg pudding is soft and smooth and the boba is chewy and fresh. This place has many options and the service is really friendly! You'll get your tea soon and overall I'm happy I visited this cute tea place on my trip to Chinatown. BTW, Cuppacha is a pun. "Cha" means "tea" in Chinese so it is literally a cup of tea. read more

We randomly found this place after seeing that chatime had no pearls for the bubble tea. I got the cuppacha pearl milk tea with half sugar. It was delicious and flavorful. The pearls were chewy and flavorful also. I always keep coming back here during my stay in London because it was always good every time. You can customize your drink with temperature, sugar, and type of bubbles you want which can be suited to anyone's taste. read more

They have the same absurd 50p debit/credit card fee for transactions under £5 that the Happy Lemon next door has. Unless they have the worst credit card merchant service ever, this fee has little or no connection to reality. It is rude, obnoxious, and anti consumer. So that's one star off off the bat. They have a variety of interesting drinks and while I'm more a fan of Happy Lemon's choices, you'll find chocolate and strawberry drinks to suit your heart's desire here and they're quite good. Just avoid the food. Seriously avoid the steamed buns. They're awful. This is where they lose the second star. If they weren't primarily a tea shop they'd lose a lot more than one star for these awful buns, and I love Chinese steamed buns. Go for the drinks, but have cash if you're alone. Avoid the food and you'll do fine :) read more

I loved this place, it's slightly small but situated in a great location. The server was really nice and friendly and got my long four orders correct. The boba tea itself was really nice, I got the lychee one with boba pearls. Very refreshing and great as a summer drink. Only down side is the expensive price, but so is all the boba tea in London. read more

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Lovely staff and some of the best bubble tea around, I always go for the original. It can be a bit crowded but not like Cha time, which isn't as good read more

Cuppacha Bubble Tea - Original - Bubble Tea Near Me - London, XGL

Having read all the excellent yelp reviews about Cuppacha and being an avid boba fan, I made my way out despite the pouring rain! Heck yeah I will do it for a good boba drink. Lo and behold my previous disappointments are now finally lifted! Though they dont have coffee boba or similar, their taro milk tea made up for it. My drink was sweet as it should be (not water down) while the boba was cook to a chewy perfection! Voila! I have a wonderful feeling that Cuppacha will be seeing my face sometime soon! read more

Nestled right in the middle of Chinatown, Cuppacha Bubble Tea caught my eye with their modern interiors. I was highly impressed with their Pearl Milk Tea. The boba is the perfect texture (slightly hard & chewy, al dente if you will) and the milk tea is right on the money in terms of taste & sweetness. Haven't tried a whole ton of places, but so far this is my favorite boba shop in London! read more

I made Mr. Snarky stop as I noticed this was new since the last time I was in ol' London Town. Anyway, the line was out the door! I had to stop. The positive side to standing in line was that I could read everything on the menu (there is quite a bit of choice). It was a difficult choice... the Rose Milk Pearl Tea (I know of only one other place that does it and it is perfection) or their new Earl Gray Milk Pearl Tea. And you have the option to have it warm??? I haven't seen that since Shanghai! I decided to go with the large Earl Gray Milk Pearl Tea, cold. When she asked for my name, I said Heather, but it went on the cup as Heada... I am used to this, but Mr. Snarky couldn't figure out why I picked up the drink for someone else named Heada. Anyway, the reason I took a star off is that it took an exceptionally long time to make the tea. I know I would rather have a really stellar drink than one that is haphazardly put together, but the line had backed up and I am not entirely sure why it was taking so long. However, the Early Gray Milk Pearl Tea... GENIUS!!!! It was lovely, refreshing, and went really well with the Tapioca Pearls. Their Tapioca Pearls were done just right, not too soggy or sticky, not underdone (that is the worst!). Mr. Snarky didn't enjoy his taste of Tapioca Pearls, but I do think he would enjoy a strawberry popping pearl in a drink of his choice. We will be back the next time I am in town. read more

The Taro milktea was just ok but it's the powdery kind. The stages or way they want you to order is overly complicated when all anyone really wants is just a good drink. The staff is super inexperienced and couldn't comment or recommend a drink. read more

We ended in walking thru Chinatown in London and we ordered a pearl milk tea for my daughter. The pearl was soft and the warm tea/milk was good. Staffs were friendly. It was a good way to warm up during a cool summer night in London. read more

Very cute little shop across from a ji dan zai/baozi stand and the sheet mask store. Great boba, price isn't bad. Get the taro boba. And thank you to the people working their that helped me find another place in chinatown when I was asking for directions! Very friendly and good boba in a cute boba shop with a great location, can't do better. Def recommend this place and will be back when back in london. read more

Cuppacha Bubble Tea - Taro - Bubble Tea Near Me - London, XGL

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This bubble tea place is one of many in Chinatown and would probably be rated average in my opinion. The tea is good and I like how customisable everything is, but the actual drinks are nothing extraordinary. The shop is very small and always extremely crowded by customers. You may end up waiting around 10 minutes for your drink and you can't lose your receipt or else you can't claim your drink. I come here because it's easy to find in Chinatown and convenient to grab a drink but I'd prefer somewhere else if I find a better bubble tea shop. read more

OMG! What a ridiculous long queue to get a bubble tea, specially considering that this is the only thing they serve here. Do not get me wrong, it was nice, but they definitely need to work in customer service, having to wait for over 10 minutes it's a long wait and they have competicion round the corner! read more

Meh...oolong milk tea was average. Nothing special and does not shine through as any different than the average pop-up bubble tea store. Put it next to Kung Fu bubble tea in New York and it goes out of business in a week. Doesn't give a reason to write home, nowhere to sit, and a line out the door only to be explained by high local demand for bubble tea and clearly not enough shops yet to serve everyone. read more

Stopped in for a taro milk tea. It's great that you can customize your drink to sweetness level and temperature, like a proper Taiwanese tea joint, but wasn't blown away by the quality of the drink. Not hot enough and there wasn't a whole lot of flavor. I don't have any qualms with the artificial bubble tea powder a lot of places use for their flavored drinks, but this place either doesn't use enough or it wasn't very fresh. Service was fairly fast, though. read more

Five stars for the teas because they're really well flavoured but there isn't much else going for this place, unfortch. I feel like bubble tea places are best judged on their tea + pearls and these pearls just didn't cut it! They were undercooked and too firm in the middle. And I also got a mouthful of pearls that had stuck together while cooking, forming an inedible lumpy mass that plugged up my straw :( Maybe it was just an off day but I doubt I'll be coming back. It's really well 'branded' compared to other bubble tea shops and there's actually space for you to sit down but I'd rather go to Chatime. read more

Don't go there! Unbelievably slow and it doesn't taste good. It is not worth the wait.

First excursion to finding boba in London. Last visit I came to chinatown to taste four season restaurant and didn't get to stop and haunt for boba. This time around made sure to taste what's cuppacha is all about being recommended by few indos. The boba although acceptable, it just does not compare to LA's Half&Half, Lollicup, boba tea house, etc. The boba was not as chewy and not as sweet. The tea itself was great, hence the 3 star. I would like to find something close to LA, so will need to make my rounds around. Price was comparable I guess if I don't think of the currency exchange LOL :) read more

Cuppacha Bubble Tea is one of my preferred bubble tea spots in London, as they have high quality tea with relatively lower prices. The standard milk tea with tapioca is £3.25 (cheaper than Chatime), and they even have a loyalty card. Their milk tea isn't my all-time favorite, but it's still good and brewed fresh. You can also customize your level of sugar and ice, which is always a welcome option. read more

The earl grey milk tea is great. They give a good portion of tapioca pearls that are not overcooked. Lots of choices and selection. My favourite in London so far. read more

For those in Chinatown without cash, this place does take credit card with a 50 pence surcharge. The bubble tea here is quite good and decent. I actually find it a bit better than Up-T because the pudding is quite savory and soft. They do have the usual loyalty card, so make sure to get that. I highly recommend this place! read more

Delicious milk tea and great service. You can choose level of sugar and ice. I usually want slight sugar since I prefer a stronger tea flavor. read more

We had the roasted oolong milk tea with boba, 50% sugar and less ice. Super delicious and fair prices. If you like the "roasted" aftertaste, this drink is a good choice. Unfortunately it's a small to-go shop, so we couldn't chill inside for a little bit of time. read more

Best bubble tea in London. I thought upon moving to London that I would never find a bubble tea place as great as K&K's Old Teahouse in Binghamton, NY. But then I discovered Cuppacha. In my opinion, it's far better than Bubbleology, which skimps on the tapioca. Cuppacha gives you more tapioca, and they have many more flavors, which are so good. Winter melon is definitely my favourite. And the loyalty card is a huge plus. Also, did I mention it's cheaper than Bubbleology?! We need more Cuppacha locations in London! :) read more

Wandered into Cuppacha as chatime had run out of pearls for two days in a row and I was pleasantly surprised! Great quality tea and pearls, hardly any line and cheaper than other places nearby! It's also great that you can customize your drink however you like. Will definitely stick with this place from now on whenever I pass by! read more

I love Cuppacha! They are always friendly and efficient, and never get grumpy when you're with someone who doesn't know what they want :P I have always, without fail, gotten a delicious bubble tea from these guys! read more

I ordered the passion fruit tea and thoroughly enjoyed it! I didn't realize the passion fruit tea flavoring they use had the fruit seeds in it. So it was a little inconvenient to drink. But overall, great flavor! I also ordered tapioca balls with my drink and thought it was good texture and flavor. read more

Favourite (and cheapest) Bubble Tea place in london, the atomsphere is lovely and relaxing, the drinks are the best tasting-perfect proportions (you can also change the amounts of course) and what I also love is that they don't charge extra for different types of jelly ^^ read more

Went to Cupppacha to get my bubble tea fix. Had a chocolate milk tea, but didn't really enjoy it as much as I did the one from Biju. It wasn't chocolatey enough and had a chemical taste to it. Pearls were alright though! read more

The bubble tea is really nice with lots of different flavours but that's pretty much all they have

Cute place in central London that does really good bubble tea. I got the lychee black tea with coconut jelly and it was delicious. Not too sweet, as some places can be. My new favourite place! Be willing to queue up though, it's really popular! read more