Spring 2024 At Home in Edmond

Boba Bites

Mix and Match Fun in Downtown Edmond

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Boba Bites, a new family business owned by Megan and Solomon Bitla that features boba tea, dumplings, and more, recently opened in downtown Edmond at 100 N. Broadway in Suite 166.

Megan always dreamed of being a business owner and had grown up loving boba. After having their son, she and Solomon decided to turn that dream into a reality so that they could spend more time together as a family.

Said Megan, “I had my son, and I wanted to have something where I could be with him. I didn’t like being away from him. So, I found something where I can be with him, and do what I love. I love Boba. My husband loves dumplings. So, we decided to just put the two ideas together.”

Boba originated in Taiwan in the 1980s and is usually served in fruit or milk teas. Traditionally, boba con-

sists of chewy spheres made from cassava starch. Typically referred to as tapioca pearls, these spheres are usually boiled in a brown sugar syrup and added to tea. While this is the most commonly known process, Megan explained that boba drinks can include much more than that.

“We have a huge variety. We have jellies, popping boba. We have actual toppings that go on top of a lot of the drinks, like cheese foam,” said Megan. “Pretty much the whole concept is like a mix and match. You could really just make your drink whatever you want. It’s not limited to anything.”

Before officially opening, Megan and Solomon spent months creating and testing menu items for the store.

“We ended up making maybe over hundreds of drinks we tasted. From there we just started marking on a paper what was good,” said Megan. “We’re actually still growing our menu a lot. You know, it’s changed from the time we opened. I think we had two menu boards, and we’ve expanded to four. We’re just always taste testing, always trying to find better things.”

Boba Bites features many different drink menu items, and customers have the option to personalize their own drinks. Some tea choices like black, matcha, and oolong may be recognizable to customers, but there are also unique options like avocado, papaya, and strawberry cheesecake. Megan’s go-to flavor is the dragon fruit.

“My favorite is like the dragon fruit tea. When someone comes in and wants a drink suggestion from me, I always make them that drink, and everybody loves it,” said Megan.

In addition to boba, the shop also offers dumplings, sandwiches, and

wraps. Megan says the dumplings are Solomon’s specialty.

“He’s from India, and they have momos, which are like dumplings. He really liked them, but I introduced him to actual soup dumplings, which is our main menu focus, and he just loved them,” said Megan.

Megan said the Edmond community has been very supportive, and they’re excited to see what warmer weather brings for their small business.

Recently, Boba Bites underwent a makeover giving the front of the store a fresh new look. And with the warmer weather approaching, Megan and Solomon are also looking to offer some new specials.

Said Megan, “We have some interesting, interesting concepts we’re going to try for the summer, like boba popsicles. So, we’re going to take the milk teas or the fruit teas and turn them into popsicles and add popping boba and jellies into it.”

Megan and her husband are not Edmond natives, but they recently moved to the area. They visited downtown Edmond several years ago and fell in love with the area. When they found an open storefront, they knew it would be the perfect place for their business.

“When we were coming to get our marriage license, we drove down this road, and we seriously said out loud, ‘How cute would it be to have a business down here?’ We were just talking, putting it out in the air, and then two years later, we have a business right where we exactly said,” said Megan.