This Real Fruit Bubble Tea recently opened up in Place d'Orleans. So when it comes to bubble tea in Orleans its pretty slim pickings. My mom and I went to Place d'Orleans specifically to get bubble tea at Freshly Squeezed, but when we got there we saw that the kiosk was all walled off and it looked like the store was no more. We were super disappointed, but decided to look at the mall directory to see if they had moved since the whole mall is undergoing renovations at the time of this review. We saw that Freshly Squeezed is no longer a tenant, but we spotted Real Fruit Bubble Tea! They just opened a location in Bayshore Shopping Centre, so maybe they are taking Ottawa by storm. Anyway, we obviously beelined it to Real Fruit Bubble Tea, lol.
We were told that they just ran out of tapioca and it would be 30 minutes for them to prepare another batch. So we walked around the mall and came back in 30 minutes. These guys were really busy!
I got a small blueberry smoothie with tapioca ($5.49 + $0.50 for the tapioca) half sweet, and my mom got a small taro sherbet with tapioca ($5.49 + $0.50 for the tapioca). She got the default amount of sugar.
I enjoyed my drink but found it still too sweet. I think I will say no sugar next time. I was happy with the amount of tapioca I received. They are better than the Bayshore location, which was so stingy with the tapioca :( The tapioca were chewy and a nice consistency, not too mushy, but not too hard. I will mention that since they use real fruit I had tiny specks of blueberry skin stuck between my teeth during and after drinking my smoothie, lol.
My mom really liked her drink and she did not find her drink too sweet. She was also happy with the amount of tapioca.
Service was friendly and efficient. There are a few tables actually inside the store where you can sit and enjoy your drink, but there are also tables in the mall in front of the store.
They are on the main floor, in between David's Tea and Purdy's Chocolates. read more