Bapu Teahouse

The Boba was great and great service! 5 stars. Definitely a place to check out if you like Boba

Probably my favorite bubble tea shop in town. Greta little joint right by dorms and the local rec center.

Tapioca is yummy but everything else is meh. If Chow-​Bar is closer, I would recommend that over Bapu.
Bapu’s Taro bubble tea is acidic. My friend had them remake his taro twice and it tasted rancid both times.
Also their prices fluctuate all the time. I’ll order one tea, my friend will order another (same size, same add ons) and one of ours will be at least 30 cents more than the others. It’s frustrating.
Service is not friendly. Workers never seem happy to see you, or to serve you.
The only thing that distinguishes their bubble tea is that they use coffee shaker things to make them, so the consistency of the drink is a bit better. Their tapioca is also sweet, which is a plus but so is chow-​bars. The only thing that would make me choose bapu over chow-​bar is distance.

Best bubble tea in Bloomington! The pearls are always soft and the tea is pretty good. Also, try their chicken nuggets– they make a great snack!

I’ve been living in Bloomington for a couple years now and I’m excited to have found this little place. Not the best bubble tea I’ve had, but it is definitely the best bubble tea in Bloomington. The customer service is great! A bit on the pricey side, but you won’t regret it.

Love this place! Lots of Bubble Tea flavors and those little bubbles are chewy and delicious. What a cute little stand! Great for a small snack. Price was a little high for a bubble tea and other places offer it for less.

Originally from California, I’ve had my fair share of milk tea and have a certain standard. May I say that it is not met. Not only is the service quite slow and a little in organized, there’s a small window where you order and pick up drinks so it does tend to get crowded at the front. I ordered the Thai milk tea and my friend got the taro milk tea. Since I saw that it was always crowded, my expectation were set a little high. After taking that first sip I was disgusted, it tasted nothing like Thai tea. After tasting my friends drink, I was just disappointed, completely watered down. Neither of us were able to finish the drinks and threw it away with over half of the drink left. The only good thing however, is the boba. But the drinks did not live up to the flavor. PLEASE IMPROVE GREATLY!

Its a cute little kiosk in the heart of campus. But seriously why is it hard to find good boba in Indiana? Even the indianapolis boba tea isnt that good. The green tea milk tea tastes like powder creamer. Like i dunno what people here think boba tastes like but seriously its not that good. Sure i finished it, i had to. I spent almost 5 bucks it, damn right I am going to finish it. Maybe if I am around I will try for the regular plain tea.

Pros– bubbles are chewy and sweet; great location; popcorn chicken smells nice but I was too full to order this time; love the little seat area for two on the side where it’s shaded.
Cons– Authenticity 75% to real Taiwanese original milk tea and it can be sweeter as it tasted a little watered down; Price is a little higher than I wanted to pay $ 4.75 for large original milk tea with bubbles.

Delicious. Tried the taro and the original milk tea. I’ve lived in Taiwan and can say that this little stand is comparable to the delicious bubble tea shacks in Taichung, Taiwan. The bubbles are perfectly chewy — not mushy or hard like some other bubble tea I’ve had in the states. They even add honey to the finished bubbles to keep them sweet — an essential step that is often skipped by less authentic shops. Yum!

The mocha green milk tea and Thai milk tea were a little watered down and they messed up our order. As well as charging me for a large instead of a small. However the gentleman fixed it and gave me change back.
I got the Thai milk tea and I’ve had better. I’m sure the other drinks are good but for now I’m giving this place 3 stars based on service and the drinks we got.

This was my first time checking in. I have had bubble tea in Chinatown in Chicago and seen this place just opened up and I wanted to try something new. Let me tell you the customer service was phenomenal! One of the employees helped me pick out 2 drinks I never had before. The honeydew milk tea with tapioca was for my husband and he loved it! He said it tasted unique, exotic, fresh, and he wishes he had a bigger cup, and he got the large! I tried the red bean milk tea. OMG! YUM! I went out of my normal comfort zone and it felt good! I became an instant fan! Try this place if you want a break from your everyday coffee routine. You won’t be sorry. Wish they had bigger cups, like xlarge :)

The «avocado smoothie» had a quarter of avocado in it. The rest they filled up with the green tea powder. Didn’t taste a hint of avocado at all.
The workers didn’t seem like they cared being there either.

I was exploring the north side of campus and came across this cute little stand. I’m a sucker for boba so I decided to try Bloomington’s version of it. Especially since the people manning the standalone building (a really small one) were Caucasian, but from the signs, the owners definitely seem to be Taiwanese. Plus, I was hot and in need of a cool treat and there seemed to be a steady stream of people. Not a crazy long line, but usually around 2 or 3 people standing in front.
I was a little confused with some of the English names for the drinks. I should have just stuck with the Chinese, but I asked the girl behind the counter since she might know best. After all, numbers 9 and 10 under Flavored Fruit Teas were respectively Bapu (Boba) Red/​Green Tea and Bubbly Bapu Red/​Green Tea. Apparently, she was new so she asked the guy in charge of the drinks in the ‘back’. He mumbled something about it being «bubbly». Thanks. I didn’t want something too high in calories (e.g. the milk drinks) since it was getting late, so I went with the Bubbly Bapu Green Tea. A note: no such thing as red tea. Red tea is known as black tea in English, which is funny because directly translated from Chinese, it is red tea.
Turns out «bubbly» means foamy. It was so foamy that it looked even milky, but the longer it sat, it slowly began to look more like green tea. However, it did take a while. Also — it was lightly flavored with lemon and the green tea was perfectly sweetened: you could definitely taste the green tea. There was a small wedge of lemon in it as well, but I didn’t spot it until most of the ‘bubbly’-ness went away. The boba (tapioca balls) themselves were perfectly cooked — chewy but not hard or tough. Wonderfully tender. So why three stars?
I care about my boba drinks and it’s something where I know what I like. Quite honestly, I would say it would be around an overall 3.5 star rating from me. It was pretty good and merits 4 stars from me based solely on my drink. My hubby tasted it (he’s Taiwanese) and he said that adding lemon in it was blasphemous as he poked at the lemon wedge with the straw (he had a slightly disgusted look on his face); he gave it a 2. I like my tea pure as well, but the best pure tea is ingested in a small tea cup and hot. If I wanted real tea, I wouldn’t order it from a boba place. They don’t use the good stuff anyway.
Including the employees’ knowledge and helpfulness (not quite the girl’s fault since she was new) and the lack of seats (being a stand, you go up to the counter and order and when you wait for your order, you wait outside in the summer heat), it went down. Also since these drinks, to me at least, is meant to be enjoyed slowly (preferably with friends) or while studying and not necessarily a to-​go thing. With the way it was, you HAD to take it on the go and there was no room or choice to enjoy there. Peering inside, the facility did look clean though and I think «Bapu» is adorable — a play on the word «bubble». I wonder if the library across the street allows drinks.
I will probably visit again once more and try one of their milk tea varieties with a pudding sinker instead of boba. Perhaps I’ll try to bring it into the library to see.

The tea definitely got better than when it first opened. Try to order from the shop when you see the servers are Asian. They know the right mix of milk and syrup. One of the best milk tea in town.

Love the papaya milk tea there and also the chicken nuggets!!! Best milk tea in BTOWN!!!

Their warm mocha green tea is very good! Over my expectation! Just be careful waiting time is a little long^^

I had high hopes for this place and was impressed when I went during the soft opening at the end of May. The owner was very friendly and gave out yummy samples.
However, I went here the other day and ordered a taro bubble tea and pineapple bubble tea. The taro tea was cold, but the pineapple one was lukewarm — a shocking discovery when you’re going for a cool treat.
What was more disappointing was that the high schoolers that were hired clearly did not know what they were doing. I had a 20% off coupon from the soft opening, and they were struggling with a calculator to figure out the discounted price. Maybe this place will improve once everyone gets more situated with their employment.

Best smoothies in town! Strawberry Banana smoothie was the best! Also love the flavor of the milk tea. BEST SELECTION IN TOWN!

It’s their soft opening so the service was a little bit slow. but could be improved by the grand opening.
I tried the original green milk tea with boba.
The boba is nice and chewy — the best in bloomie
The milk tea is also good, tasted like the teas I have had in california (not the best in calif but the standard ones). but good enough for btown standard. and the price is the cheapest in Bloomie (for bubble tea) so that’s good.
I gave 4 stars because I tried my friend’s avocado smoothie and tasted nothing like avocado. and saw the clear container with green powder labeled avocado. I assumed the smoothies were not made from real fruits.