Boba Run introduces Korean-inspired bubble tea to Vancouver
The new downtown shop also features wild flavours of matcha drinks
Boba Run owner Christine Alu is bringing a taste of Korean to the popular tea-based drinks that were born in Taiwan. Photos by Richard Won
CRAFT BEER, KOMBUCHA, and natural wine aren’t the only beverages that keep growing in popularity in B.C.; another is boba tea. Born in Taiwan in the 1980s, the drink contains a tea base (usually black or green tea) mixed with milk or fruit as well as its signature chewy tapioca balls, or “pearls”, made of cassava starch. Once found mainly in strip malls and food courts, bubble-tea shops have been popping up everywhere from Robson Street to Fraserhood.
In a Vancouver first, the newly opened Boba Run (102 West Hastings Street) is offering Korean-inspired bubble tea.
Owner Christine Alu uses organic milk or alternatives such as oat and almond milk in specialty flavours like Korean Oat ’N Barley Latte; Honeycomb Dalgona Latte (based on a popular candy that was sold on the streets of Korea in the 1970s); Roasted Soy Latte, and Sparkling Honey Yu-Ja Tea (Korean citron). Then there’s the Jolly Pong Shake, featuring a popular Korean puffed-wheat breakfast cereal.
Partnering with Vancouver’s Whisk Premium Matcha, Boba Run also serves organic hot or cold drinks such as Matcha Latte, Dalgona Matcha, Red Bean Matcha, Matcha Mud Slush, Yu-ja Matcha Slush, and Black Sugar Matcha Latte.
You can top your bubble tea with boba, lychee jelly, banana-milk pudding, organic chia, and other ingredients. Bob Run is open daily except Sundays.
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