Located in the Parkways West Shopping Centre (and now even in Square One!) is some of the highest quality bubble tea in the Greater Toronto Area.
The Alley is a bubble tea café chain that specializes in quality ingredients and timely processes to ensure the best taste. They make their own sugar cane syrup using all natural sugar canes, and their method of boiling can take up to 8 hours. They also make their tapioca from scratch (Called ‘Deerioca’) by making the dough, than kneading it and rolling it by hand.
I was invited to the grand opening of The Alley’s Parkway West location, where they showed us their timely process in making such delicious bubble tea. I am obsessed with their Deerioca Puff drink, filled with their brown sugar tapioca and topped off with their mousse foam. Not only is it sooo pretty to look at, but the sugary tapioca is a delicious contrast to the fresh milk.
I have also visited The Alley’s new Square One location (which is conveniently even closer to me lol) and my favorite drinks I have ordered there are the Snow Velvet Earl Grey Tea and their Royal No.9 Milk Tea. The Earl Grey brewed tea is flavorful and I love the mousse foam it’s topped with, and I was pleasantly surprised by the soft blueberry tones in the Royal No.9 milk tea.
The Alley is quickly expanding to many locations across the GTA, and it’s easy to see why when despite being a chain café they never let quality falter. I hope to see more locations soon, especially in Brampton!