Bubble tea equipment — tapioca pearl cookers, automatic boba makers and popping-boba machines, plus a boba sealing machine for lidding cups at volume.
A tapioca pearl cooker at minimum, an automatic boba maker once volume justifies it, and a popping-boba machine if you list fruit pearls; a bubble tea sealing machine finishes the cup for takeaway.
A few hours before the texture goes — which is why cookers and warmers are sized to a service window rather than a day's batch. Tell us your covers and we'll size it.
Yes, and it usually does — bubble tea shares the counter with coffee in most cafés; the constraint is bench space and a nearby drain.