Milk Tea & Pearl - The new tea craze! Friday 5th July 2013 | Osh Bubble tea is the new craze sweeping the nation, and if you haven’t tried it yet you soon will. Well to check the new global pearl-nomenom there’s no place better than Milk Tea & Pearl, located in Box Park, Shoreditch. Guestlist went to check out Milk Tea & Pearl to see why people are so in love with the authentic Taiwanese tea house. Bubble tea is a traditionally popular Taiwanese drink, the tea itself comes in a range of flavours with delicious tapioca bubbles made from cassava, sweet potato and yam. So with every mouthful of sweet flavoured tea you also get the distinctive sweet ‘bubbles’. You should definitely check it out this summer they’re doing an amazing summer drink deal - a blueberry or passion fruit smoothie for just £2.30! And the smoothies are delicious, made with fresh fruit bought daily at the local market. So whether you want to hop on to the bubble tea fanatic bandwagon or you just want a smoothie to cool you down this summer, Milk Tea & Pearl is the place for you! As well as great drinks bursting with flavour the Taiwanese tea shop has friendly staff and a really positive vibe, with bright colours and kitschy decorations it’s the perfect place to have a break with your friends from shopping in Shoreditch’s great Boxpark.