Wondering how to add bubble tea to your café menu without buying new machines or hiring extra staff? Good news: you don’t need to be a barista or a boba expert to get started.

At BTSO, we’ve helped hundreds of South African cafés, restaurants, food trucks, and coffee shops add bubble tea drinks that are easy to serve, affordable to make, and wildly popular with customers.

Here are 3 plug-and-play ways to start serving bubble tea in your café, all in under 10 minutes per drink.

☕️ 1. Upgrade Your Iced Drinks With Bursting Boba

If you already serve iced coffees, lemonades, sodas, or iced teas, then you can turn any one of them into a bubble tea menu item with zero hassle.

How:

• Use our filter scoop to add 40g of bursting boba into the cup.

• Pour the drink as usual—no recipe changes needed.

• Serve with a BOBBA wide straw and a dome lid.

Crowd-favourite combos:

• Strawberry boba + lemonade

• Apple boba + soda water

• Lychee boba + iced green tea

⏱ Time: 1–2 minutes
💰 Cost per drink: ~R7.80
💸 Upsell potential: R12–R15 added margin

🧠 Pro Tip: Our pre-portioned filter scoops keep your cost per serve consistent and make staff training a breeze.

🍹 2. Serve Rooibos Iced Bubble Tea in Your Café in Seconds

Stand out with something local and naturally caffeine-free. Our rooibos tea concentrates are brewed right here in SA and come in delicious flavours like Peach, Passion Fruit, and Strawberry. They’re designed for high-speed service—just pump, pour, and serve.

How:

• Pump 30ml rooibos concentrate using our syrup pump, which fits into all our 2.5 ltr containers.

• Add cold water (still or sparkling) and ice.

• Scoop in bursting boba (40g) with the filter scoop.

• Stir and serve.

Try these:

• Peach rooibos + lychee boba

• Passion rooibos + mango boba

• Watermelon rooibos + cherry boba

⏱ Time: 2–3 minutes
💰 Cost per drink: ~R10-R15
🎯 Ideal selling price: R40–R65

🌿 Proudly South African. Naturally caffeine-free. Perfect for all ages.

🍓 3. Create Fruit Coolers Using Flavoured Syrups

If your café already stocks sparkling water or has a soda stream, this is the fastest way to offer boba drinks without any prep.

How:

• Pump in 30ml of our fruit syrup (mango, cherry, strawberry, peach, and more).

• Add cold water and ice.

• Finish with bursting boba.

Winning pairings:

• Mango syrup + mango boba

• Cherry syrup + apple boba

• Peach syrup + strawberry boba

⏱ Time: 2–3 minutes
💰 Cost per drink: ~R10-R15
💸 Suggested price: R45- R65

🚀 Serve these drinks with zero prep time, perfect for hot days and high turnover.

📦 Want a Bubble Tea for Your Café?

At BTSO, we don’t just supply the ingredients—we help you launch bubble tea with confidence and zero fuss.

Our products include:

• Bursting boba (choose your flavours)

• Rooibos concentrates and premium fruit syrups

• Syrup pumps for clean, quick servings

• Filter scoops for consistent boba portions

• Wide straws, cups, dome lids, sealing film, and more

• Menu posters, pricing guides, and training tools.

📍 Looking for a Bubble Tea Supplier in South Africa?

BOBBA is South Africa’s largest bubble tea supplier—trusted by cafés, franchises, and food trucks from Cape Town to Joburg. Whether you want to offer bursting boba, rooibos-based teas, or full-on bubble tea kits, we’ve got you covered.

👉 Get started today and find out about opening a wholesale account. 

✅ Final Thoughts

You don’t need to spend thousands or change your entire menu to get in on the bubble tea trend.

By using rooibos concentrates, fruit syrups, and bursting boba, you can add bubble tea to your café menu in minutes—and turn every cup into a high-margin best-seller.

Ready to offer something your customers will queue up for? We’re ready to help.