First founded in Taiwan in 1992, Easy Life is an international chain that specializes in teas, smoothies, and slushes. Its Jasmine milk tea and avocado smoothie which comes with chunks of avocado toppings are must-haves on the menu, and it offers alternative milks and sweeteners to its patrons. 

Kung Fu Tea is a national tea chain with four locations in the Las Vegas Valley to choose from: Chinatown, the Southwest, and near the Strip. From its large menu, patrons can customize their drinks from the base of and flavor of tea, milk tea, slushes, yogurt, seasonal specials, and more, then choose from nine toppings like boba, popping boba, red bean, and pudding. Some of its top sellers are the Winter Melon Milk Tea and the Strawberry Slush.

This Vietnamese shop serves chè (a blanket term for dessert soups and drinks), coffee, tea, and smoothies, with the option to personalize each drink. Favored choices are the Bambu Special, made with fresh coconut juice with longan (a fruit similar to lychee), basil seed, coconut meat, and pandan jelly, and the Bambu Favorite, made with coconut milk with pandan jelly, red tapioca, and grass jelly.

Gong Cha first made a name for itself in Taiwan for its milk foam. The slightly whipped topping is creamy, sweet, and savory — just right for going on any flavor of tea. It later made the rounds on TikTok for its two-liter branded Mega Mug full of boba.

Order milk tea, matcha, or iced coffee drinks. But whatever you order, plan to stay a while. The interior to this cafe is beyond cute — with pink walls, neon lighting, and a little cactus garden. For boba fiends, you can order a boba bucket — with enough tea and boba for two to four people.

Founded in 2014, Café 86 focuses on ube-flavored drinks and desserts, notably halo-halo, a layered Filipino dessert drink made of crushed ice, milk, jackfruit, and coconut jellies, topped with a scoop of ube ice cream and flan. It also serves a variety of milkshakes, milk teas, iced teas, espresso, and blended drinks, with the option to substitute alternative milks. The Upside Down Halo Halo and the Monster Ube Milkshake (add boba) are best-sellers, as well as its Ube Crack Cheesecake.

Visit Joah Boba in Henderson and you’ll find a colorful Korean-style cafe that serves customizable bubble tea drinks as well as street food options like taiyaki (a fish-shaped cake with filling) and rice flour corn dogs. Try the Ube Ume with green plum, ube soft cream, and honey, or Drops of Jupiter with strawberry, a matcha shot, and choice of milk, and the Potato Tornado (spiralized potatoes on a skewer) or Korean BBQ taiyaki for a snack.

Order from Teasponn’s classic and specialty drink creations, or build your own (dairy-free milks are an option). Recommended from the set drinks: the Liquid Gold, made with oolong tea, honey, and cream, the Lychee On Lychee, made with lychee jelly and lychee black tea, and the Taro Lover, which is taro and more taro—add boba to all. 

A Taiwanese tea shop established in 2015 in Las Vegas, with three locations in the Las Vegas Valley, Brew Tea Bar serves milk teas, slushes, sea salt lattes, and an assortment of loose leaf teas, like lavender and rosebuds. It’s an easy place to order a vegan drink, with many dairy-free options and a clearly-labeled menu. Don’t leave without trying the Taro Slush, which comes with a scoop of fresh taro on top, and be sure to add honey boba.