Biju Bubble Tea Room

Cafe at 45 Old Compton Street
Serves a range of classic and signature teas. Individually and freshly brewed for a tastier, healthier drink.
Biju Bubble Tea Room
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7 / 10 from 1 review
Address
45 Old Compton Street
Soho
London
W1D 6HQ
Map
Telephone
020 7287 4040
Region
Soho
Nearest Station
Leicester Square
0.20 miles
Opening Summary
Mon: 12pm - 12am
Tues: 12pm - 12am
Wed: 12pm - 12am
Thu: 12pm - 12am
Fri: 12pm - 1am
Sat: 12pm - 1am
Sun: 11am - 12am

Bubble Tea Room opening in London’s Soho this July, taking bubble tea to a level of quality the capital has yet to experience.

Created by entrepreneur, Nick Phan, Biju will serve several types of bubble teas from classic milk and ice teas and fruity milks to adventurous savoury mousse teas. A unique line made with vibrant coconut water blended with fruit juice nectars completes the range, which will be supplemented by regular seasonal specials.

Each tea is freshly brewed to order rather than batch-brewed, resulting in a tastier, healthier drink, and will be made using fresh organic dairy products, dairy alternatives such as soy milk, and fruit juice nectars rather than substitutes or powders.

A selection of toppings will be available, including the classic tapioca pearls, various fruit jellies, and basil seeds which are renowned for their health benefits.

The tea room itself boasts an innovative design, its original ‘stepped seating’ making elegant use of the space and providing room for twenty guests to comfortably enjoy their drinks. Drinks will be made and served in front of customers, bringing the theatre of cocktail-making to bubble tea.

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Biju Bubble Tea
Biju Bubble Tea

All In London Review

Biju’s freshly brewed bubble teas are delicious and nutritious

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Bubble tea is a relatively new arrival over here, but in its native Taiwan it’s as ubiquitous as coffee shops are on our high streets.

The tea-based drinks have starchy tapioca pearls (the bubbles), which are sucked up through a straw, and the drink itself can be hot or cold, fruity or milky. Biju’s owner Nick Phan tells us that all their teas are made freshly to order, unlike at other places where a big batch is brewed at the start of the day and then sits around, losing antioxidants and other nutrients. Fresh organic milk is favoured over milk powder (almond milk and soya milk are also available), as well as fresh juices.

A lifelong bubble tea drinker, Nick spent a year prepping Biju, including a two month stint working in Taiwan. It’s only been open a few weeks, but thanks to its prime location on Old Compton Street, he tells us it’s already attracted the attention of boxers, models, and drunken revellers in the evenings.

But onto the teas themselves. The menu has around 25 types of bubble tea, most of which are cold, but we try a lightly spiced hot chai bubble tea – this is currently the only place in London to offer it. For those with a sweet tooth there are iced drinks made with mango, passion fruit and pineapple, with no added sugar – the latter two with chewy, tasty passion fruit seeds and pineapple jelly. These are almost as creamy as milkshakes, but healthier. Fans of green tea might like the slightly more bitter-tasting iced matcha mousse tea and the honey green tea.

More offbeat choices are honeydew melon with egg custard, and coconut water with lychee pearls; another alternative to tapioca pearls are basil seeds, reported to have useful health benefits like controlling blood sugar. Teas start from £2.95.

Reviewed by Leila
Published on Aug 27, 2014


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