Boba in Waikiki: The Mochi Land Guide
Six canned boba milk teas at $8.95, boba smoothies, and chewy pearls on almost anything — steps from Waikiki Beach.
Finding good boba in Waikiki is harder than it should be — most of the strip is shave ice and mai tais. Mochi Land, the drink counter inside Kona Coffee Donut on Kalākaua, runs a full boba program: six canned boba milk teas, boba smoothies, and $1.95 boba add-ons for almost any drink. The cans are the signature — tall, clear, sealed to go, with a thick layer of brown-sugar tapioca pearls at the bottom. Here's the full lineup and what to order first.
Six Boba Milk Teas, One Price: $8.95
Classic, Brown Sugar, Ube, Coffee, Thai Tea, and Matcha — every canned boba milk tea is $8.95, made with chewy brown-sugar pearls. Walking distance from Waikiki Beach, open 7 AM to 9 PM daily.
The Canned Boba Milk Tea Lineup — All $8.95
Our boba comes in a tall sealed can-style cup: drink layer on top, glossy tapioca pearls settled at the bottom, wide straw through the top. Six flavors, one price:
- •Classic Milk Tea — smooth Hong Kong–style milk tea, the benchmark order
- •Brown Sugar — creamy milk with tiger-stripe caramel syrup down the walls
- •Ube — pastel-purple Filipino yam, sweet and earthy, the most photographed can
- •Coffee — iced coffee latte with pearls, the caffeine-plus-chew combo
- •Thai Tea — bright orange, bold and creamy
- •Matcha — soft green matcha latte over pearls
Boba Smoothies & Boba on Anything
Beyond the cans, the Mochi Land smoothie lineup ($10.95) includes flavors that come loaded with pearls — Brown Sugar, Thai Tea, Taro, Coffee, and Milk Tea. And if you're ordering any other smoothie, you can add boba to it for $1.95. Yes, that includes the mango.
What Makes Good Boba (and Why Ours Qualifies)
Boba lives or dies on the pearls. Stale pearls turn hard; over-held pearls turn to mush. Ours are cooked through the day in brown-sugar syrup so they stay chewy — the texture Taiwanese tea shops call Q. The cans are sealed to order, which means they travel: to the beach, to the pool, back to the hotel lanai.
Boba + Donut Pairings
The counter next to the boba is full of mochi donuts. Regulars' favorite combos:
- •Brown Sugar boba + Black Sesame mochi donut — the full Asian dessert experience
- •Ube boba + Ube mochi donut — commit to the purple
- •Matcha boba + Injeolmi donut — green tea meets roasted soybean
- •Coffee boba + Plain glazed — breakfast, technically
Frequently Asked Questions
Your Boba Is Waiting on Kalākaua
Six flavors, $8.95, sealed to go. Open 7 AM – 9 PM daily, steps from the beach.