Connoisseurs head to Chinatown to sample the award-winning teas sold at this Taiwanese chain. Made from hand-picked leaves that are brewed to order, every cup of bubble milk tea is creamy and strong, with enough bouncy, chewy tapioca pearls to count as a meal.

As its name suggests, this chain (with numerous locations, including in Queen West and Koreatown) trades in pulpy, juicy cups of refreshment brimming with ripe fruit, boba, green or black tea, and more. Customize any drink with your boba of choice — from classic to popping strawberry.

This Koreatown café bucks the trend by making its bubble tea from imported Vietnamese, not Taiwanese, ingredients. Sweetened with condensed milk, a rainbow of tempting drinks includes peach black tea and butterfly pearl lattes hiding loads of just-sweet boba gems.

Opt for the all-you-can-drink option if you care to sample the dozens of tea toppings available at this Chinatown spot. Order black tea, smooth brown rice milk tea, or something fruity, then go at it — from green apple and mango to kaleidoscopic popping boba and jelly cubes, there are enough add-ins to make you forgo food for hours.

At this plant-based Koreatown café, nuts sub in for dairy in a dizzying number of tempting, tea-based drinks. Blended in or lavished on top, signature nut mylk is a rich, roasty, creamy addition to every boba-filled cup — whether you order a seasonal stunner, like matcha strawberry, a reliable go-to, like oolong, or court adventure with red grape.

An artistic aesthetic matches the creative menu at this laidback North York café, where tiramisu, mango slush with cheese cream and maple syrup ceylon are just a few of the alluring options. With black sugar, honey white, or sweet potato and taro pearls, any order morphs into the bubble tea you'll want to clutch all day long.

Springy, house-made tapioca balls jazz up myriad menu items at this Koreatown spot. Go in for something fruity, kicky, creamy (or a drink that's a happy combination of all three) and spend the afternoon chasing down a boatload of tasty tapioca balls.

This sleek Yonge & College shop dispenses gallons of bubble tea to adoring fans on the daily. A Taiwanese import, the brand infuses the saturated boba field with a number of unique drink options, like milo brown sugar, purple rice smoothie and grapefruit aloe citrus.

Fresh fruit and chewy boba crowd hot and cold cups of tea at this simple Rosedale destination. Among the temptations? Chartreuse-hued honeydew green tea, citrusy oolong tea and spicy, sweet, sharp Thai milk tea with customers' choice of boba.