JEN JU BOBA TEA

Experience a curated menu of boba, matcha, smoothies and more that are guaranteed to make your mouth smile!

12 State Street, Newburyport, MA 01950

Winter Hours

MONDAY - THURSDAY & SUNDAY 11:30 AM - 6 PM

FRIDAY & SATURDAY 11:30 AM - 7 PM

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Jen Ju translates to “Precious Pearl.”

THE TEA BAR

Jen Ju Boba Tea brings a curated menu of East and Southeast Asia’s most delicious, fun, beautiful and healthy teas to historic Market Square in Newburyport, MA. Our bustling little tea bar was founded by world travelers who brought Jen Ju Boba Tea to life with boba (bubble tea), milk teas, matcha, smoothies, and specialty drinks.

THE DRINKS

Boba tea originated in Taipei, Taiwan in the 1980s. It’s best known as a sweet, creamy tea with dark, chewy tapioca starch pearls slurped through a wide straw, but the drink can take on many forms, as exhibited by the Jen Ju menu.

Matcha is drink made from finely ground, shade-grown green tea leaves. The health benefits of EGCg antioxidant-rich matcha include boosting metabolism, supporting immune systems, detoxifying your body, reducing inflammation, promoting liver and kidney health, lowering cholesterol, enhancing brain function, and promoting cardiovascular health.

Eater.com explains everything boba in its guide to Taipei:

Taiwan is the undisputed boba capital of the world: Here, the midday caffeine hit is a boba break, not a coffee run, and a shoulder-slung boba cupholder is the must-have accessory. Over the last several decades, these bracing cups of sweet, creamy, chewy refreshment—which are also called “bubble tea” and “pearl milk tea”—have become a go-to beverage throughout not just Taiwan, but also all over Asia, North America, and Europe.

The word “boba” can refer to either a broad category of chunky drinks—including everything from iced tea with tapioca pearls to fresh juice loaded with fruity bits—or black tapioca pearls themselves. Boba tea, bubble tea, and pearl milk tea—in Taiwan, zhenzhu naicha (珍珠奶茶)—are essentially different names for the same thing; the monikers differ by location, but also personal preference. (In the U.S., the East Coast favors bubble tea, while the West prefers boba.) Whatever you call it, in its most basic form, the drink consists of black tea, milk, ice, and chewy tapioca pearls, all shaken together like a martini and served with that famously fat straw to accommodate the marbles of tapioca that cluster at the bottom of the cup.

12 State Street, Newburyport, MA 01950

MENU

Jen Ju translates to “Precious Pearl.”

THE TEA BAR

THE DRINKS