Bubble tea bar · 1 Example Street, Leeds · open till 10pm

Signature cups

Four cups we would defend in court. Every one comes with pearls cooked within the hour.

Find the barBuild your own

Build your cup

Five layers, each one your call. The order screen at the counter walks you through the same five steps.

  1. 1

    Tea

    Loose leaf, brewed in small pots every two hours. Never from powder, never from a carton.

    • Jasmine greenlight, floral
    • Assam blackmalty, strong
    • Roasted oolongtoasty
    • Butterfly peacaffeine-free
    Close-up of long dried green tea leaves
  2. 2

    Milk or fruit

    Creamy, fruity or both. Every fruit base is pressed or puréed here each morning.

    • Fresh whole milkfrom Wharfedale
    • Oat milk+30p
    • Mango and passion fruitdairy-free
    • Lychee and rosedairy-free
    Milk swirling into a glass of iced tea held over a wooden table
  3. 3

    Pearls and toppings

    Cooked in batches of forty cups and binned after two hours, so they are always soft.

    • Brown-sugar pearlsincluded
    • Popping strawberry+60p
    • Coconut jelly+60p
    • Taro paste+80p
    A tall glass of milk tea with dark pearls settled at the bottom
  4. 4

    Sweetness

    Four levels, from none at all to properly sweet. Good tea needs less than you think.

    • Nonetea and nothing else
    • Quartera hint
    • Halfhow we drink it
    • Fulldessert in a cup
    A creamy drink with caramel syrup running down the inside of the glass
  5. 5

    Ice and shake

    Every cup is shaken by hand for ten seconds, then sealed. You can watch.

    • No icemore drink
    • Light iceour default
    • Regular iceextra cold
    • HotOctober to March
    A sealed cup of iced mango drink surrounded by scattered ice cubes on a dark counter

Cooked every two hours

An iced peach tea with dark pearls and a black straw on a blue table outdoors
  • Soft centre
  • Brown-sugar glaze
  • Bouncy
  • Never fridge-cold
  • Vegan
  • Gluten-free
  • First batch at 10:30
  • Binned at two hours

Rolled from cassava starch and dark brown sugar, simmered for twenty-five minutes and rested in syrup. After two hours whatever is left goes in the bin, so every cup gets pearls that are soft right through.

How to order

Three steps, about three minutes, no app needed.

  1. Step 1

    Pick

    Choose a signature cup or build your own on the counter screen. Tasters of any tea are free.

  2. Step 2

    Shake

    We brew, pour and shake it in front of you, ten seconds by hand, then seal the lid.

  3. Step 3

    Sip

    Stab the lid with the fat straw, give it a swirl and get a pearl in every sip.

House rules

  • Tea, not powder

    Every base is brewed from loose leaf in small pots, and a pot that turns two hours old is poured away.

  • Pearls die young

    Cooked in small batches through the day and binned at two hours, cooked or not. No exceptions on a busy Saturday.

  • Your sweetness, your call

    We will tell you how we like it, then make it exactly how you asked. Zero sugar is a real option here.

  • Bring the cup back

    Any clean cup up to 700 ml gets 50p off, and our own glass cups come with a free first refill.

Overheard at the counter

Messages from regulars, and what the crew wrote back.

  1. Brown Sugar Tiger at four o’clock is the only reason I finished my dissertation.
    Priya R. · regular since opening week

    Chewsday repliedCongratulations, Dr Priya. The next one is on us.

  2. Asked for zero sugar and it still tasted like a treat. How?
    Tom O. · Assam, no sugar, light ice

    Chewsday repliedGood tea does the heavy lifting. Try the roasted oolong next.

  3. The pearls are actually soft in the middle. Every other shop has been lying to me.
    Ama A. · three times a week

    Chewsday repliedThat is the two-hour rule. We bin the rest, promise.

  4. A young woman in a white cap and sports jacket sipping an iced drink outside
    Peach oolong on the bench outside, sun out. Ten out of ten.
    Jess L. · sent a photo

    Chewsday repliedSaving this one for the wall by the till.

Tuesday drops

Every Tuesday, sorry, Chewsday, a new limited cup lands at 11am and stays until it sells out. Here is what is coming.

Reserve a cup
  1. A hand holding a layered iced matcha drink with red berry swirls

    Berry Matcha

    Matcha over raspberry compote and oat milk.

  2. A strawberry milkshake over strawberry syrup in a cut-glass tumbler with fresh strawberries

    Strawberry Shortcake

    Strawberry milk, vanilla cream and biscuit crumb.

  3. A cup of orange peach oolong with pearls on a sunny table

    Peach Oolong

    Roasted oolong, white peach and lychee jelly.

  4. Two glasses of honey lemon tea with jelly pearls on a café table

    Honey Lemon Jelly

    Green tea, Yorkshire honey, lemon and aiyu jelly.

Good questions

Anything else, ask at the counter or message us. We answer within the hour while we are open.

Is anything vegan?

Yes. Every tea, oat milk, all fruit bases and our brown-sugar pearls are vegan. Only fresh milk, cheese foam and taro paste are not.

How much caffeine is in a cup?

A regular jasmine or Assam cup has about as much as a small coffee. Butterfly pea and every fruit base have none.

Where can I see allergens?

The full allergen sheet sits on the counter and on the order screen. Popping pearls contain seaweed extract; taro paste contains milk.

Can I order ahead?

Call us and we will have it shaken as you walk in. For ten cups or more, use the group order form below.

Can I bring my own cup?

Please do. Any clean cup up to 700 ml gets 50p off, hot or cold.

Two friends laughing over cups of milk tea at a café table

Come chew it over

1 Example Street
Leeds LS1 0ZZ
Mon to Thu
11:00 to 21:00
Fri and Sat
11:00 to 22:00
Sunday
12:00 to 20:00

0113 000 0000hello@chewsday.example

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Group orders

Ten cups or more for an office, a party or a study group? Tell us when, and we will have them shaken and sealed.