May 21, 2025 - Food and Drink

New WDM bubble tea shop also sells egg waffles and poke bowls

Linh Ta

Bubble tea held up next to a bear decor. And little egg waffles with smiley faces. — Ruby black milk tea ($6.75 with boba) and egg waffles with cheese filling ($6.50). Photos: Linh Ta/Axios

Linh here. Bubble tea shops have boomed across the metro over the last five years — and none of them are safe from me.

State of play: Earlier this month, I stopped by 3Bears Tea, the newest bubble tea shop in West Des Moines, just north of Dillard's in the same development as Putts & Pins.

Driving the news: The shop advertises that it uses fresh ingredients in its bubble tea.

What makes the shop unique in the metro is the array of appetizers and snack foods typical of an authentic Taiwanese bubble tea shop, such as poke bowls, egg waffles, edamame and potstickers.

What I liked: Usually I grab and go at bubble tea shops, but the "kawaii" (Japanese for cute) decor and the addition of food led to me staying here for a bit!

They make the egg waffles in front of you when you order them.

If you go: 11am–8pm every day; 6880 EP True Pkwy., #106, West Des Moines

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