As spring continues to unfold, summer-ish treats are beginning to tempt palates. Among them is bubble tea. Rising interest in the beverage makes the best-of list Hira Qureshi compiled for The Philadelphia Inquirer — with its two Montgomery County mentions — perfectly timed.

Bubble tea, also referred to as boba, comes from Taiwan. But the sweet tea-based beverage with chewy tapioca balls has a devoted U.S. following.

Future Market Insights, a business-insights provider from Dubai, has calculated the domestic rising interest creating a $2.2 billion industry by 2033.

The beverage combines bold flavors and a unique mouth-feel that is part drink and part sweetly chewable boba. Bouncing flavor profiles in other directions are add-ins that include cheese foams, jellies, popping bobas, and egg pudding.

Woosa Bubble Tea, at 3639 Lancaster Avenue in Penn Wynne, got an Inky nod as a best-of recommendation.

The shop was noted for creative specials like a frozen mango drink with fruity bobas and a yogurt-based version with mango, lychee, and passionfruit.

Kung Fu Tea, at 22 W. Lancaster Avenue in Ardmore, is another solid choice (it’s part of a chain; there are others regionally).

The insider’s tip here is for the “wow bubbles,” made of cooked brown sugar.

The complete list of recommended bubble tea shops is at The Philadelphia Inquirer.

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Some commercial kitchens leave the bubble-tea-making process to a machine, showed here.