Restaurants & Bars

Bubble Tea Spot In Penn Wynne Listed Among Region's Best By Inquirer

Bubble tea is a Taiwanese tea-based drink that features chewy tapioca balls, commonly known as boba.

Woosa Bubble Tea in Penn Wynne was listed among the best bubble tea spots in the Philly area.
Woosa Bubble Tea in Penn Wynne was listed among the best bubble tea spots in the Philly area. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

PENN WYNNE, PA — With weather warming up, many people will be looking for a nice cold beverage to beat the summer heat.

And one bubble tea shop in Penn Wynne offers some of the region's best places to get a refreshing drink.

The Philadelphia Inquirer recently listed the 12 best bubble tea shops in the Philly area.

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"Inside the shops, extensive, uniquely organized menus offer a variety of beverages, including milk teas, fruit teas, slushies, yogurt drinks, coffees, Yakult (a Japanese probiotic drink), lemonades and more," writes Hira Qureshi. "What makes them bubble tea is the boba that add a chewy, sweet mouthfeel as you sip. Cheese foams, jellies, popping bobas (bursting flavor with each chew), egg pudding and other toppings can also be added."

Among the dozen spots featured was one in Penn Wynne.

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Qureshi named Woosa Bubble Tea among the area's best.

Here's what she said about Woosa:

Find green oolong tea infused with osmanthus flowers and jasmine blossoms . The laid-back shop in the Penn Wynne neighborhood serves tart passionfruit teas, kumquat and lemon drinks, and more with strawberry heart jellies, mango popping boba, cheese foam, or egg pudding.
Woosa gets creative with specials, including a frozen mango drink packed with fruity bobas and a yogurt drink that pairs well with mango, lychee and passionfruit. And for coffee drinkers, there’s iced Vietnamese coffee and fluffy dalgona coffee flavored with taro or matcha topped with boba or pudding.
Munch on snacks like Taiwanese popcorn chicken or Oreo crispy treats while you’re there.

Woosa is located at 3639 Lancaster Ave. in Penn Wynne and is open 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to Thursday and 11:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Friday to Sunday.

Learn more about Woosa online here.

See the full list from the Inquirer online here.

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