Chun Shui Tang (Original Location)

This is where bubble tea was born in 1987, when the teahouse's product development manager experimented with adding tapioca pearls to iced milk tea, creating what would become Taiwan's most famous beverage export. Walking into the original Chun Shui Tang feels like visiting a historical landmark - the space maintains that classic teahouse elegance with wood furnishings and a calm atmosphere that contrasts with the frenetic bubble tea chains that followed in its footsteps. The menu goes far beyond just bubble tea, offering traditional tea-based drinks, light meals, and desserts, all prepared with the same attention to quality that made them famous. The pearls here have that perfect QQ texture - chewy but not tough, sweet but not cloying. While bubble tea has spread worldwide, there's something special about having it at the place where it all began, in central Taichung where locals still gather for afternoon tea just as they did decades ago. The staff take pride in their role as bubble tea pioneers, and you can taste the difference that comes from decades of perfecting their craft.