2 Questions: Best Smoothies, and Best Bubble Tea?

[Garris]

Hi everyone,

For me, summer refreshments are about two things and two things only... Smoothies and bubble tea.

For smoothies, it has to be fresh (or frozen fresh) ingredients. No smoothies poured out of a supermarket carton container blended mixed with ice... I haven't found any locally I'm thrilled with. Three Sisters does a decent job, but it's always too much ice. The Coffee Edge has the same problem with their (otherwise sublime) green tea smoothie. Where is everyone's favorite local Providence fresh smoothies?

Also, bubble tea. Tealuxe's is OK. I haven't tried MuMu's tea house's 25 flavors yet. Any local bubble tea recs?

[Sarah]

La Creperie on Fones Alley off of Thayer Street has pretty good smoothies. Sushi Express on Thayer street has good bubble tea. Tealuxe also has bubble tea, along with a wide selection of other teas. Juniper on Thayer and Orange Julius in the mall also have decent smoothies, when made with frozen yogurt instead of ice.

[Rich Lang]

Had a nice acai and blueberry smoothie at Three Sisters (name?) at the end of Hope/Blackstone Blvd. I believe Angkor Wat on Wickenden has bubble tea.

[hungry robot]

There is a bubble tea place supposedly opening soon across from Classic Cafe on the West Side. Anyone have any more info (all I know is there has been a banner up on the storefront for a few weeks now)?