Catering case study
Bubble Tea Catering for Meta’s Amsterdam Office
A staffed, made-to-order bubble tea bar in Meta’s Amsterdam office kitchen on 25 and 27 March 2025, planned for 70 people.
Event at a glance
- Dates
- 25 and 27 March 2025
- Guests
- 70 planned
- Service
- Staffed bubble tea bar, 2–4pm
- Cups
- White, unbranded
Who, where and when
Meta’s Amsterdam office booked an on-site bubble tea bar for two afternoons, 25 and 27 March 2025, with service from 2pm to 4pm in the office kitchen. The booking was planned for 70 people; that is the planned figure, not a count of guests served, and it does not double across the two days.
What made this brief hard
The bar ran from a working open-plan kitchen, not an event space or kiosk, so it had to fit around colleagues using the room and leave it tidy afterwards. Earlier proposals had discussed branded cups, but the final specification changed to plain recyclable cups, so the plan had to follow the final brief rather than the first idea.
Who did what
- Meta: the table, cloth, power, water, napkins and its own office signage.
- Pearl Lemon Catering: one bubble tea professional, the specialist ingredients and equipment, the cups, straws and stirrers, and tidying the working area afterwards. Setup started at 1:30pm each day.
The drinks and cups
The menu combined passionfruit, mango and strawberry fruit teas with jasmine milk tea, brown sugar milk tea and taro. Tapioca, jelly and popping pearls gave a choice of textures, and plant-based options were available. The cups were 500ml, recyclable, white and unbranded, served with recyclable straws and stirrers.
Outcome
Pearl Lemon ran the bar on both afternoons to the final brief. We do not publish a drinks total or a client quote for this booking.
Planning a drinks bar in an office
- Confirm the room, a table, power and water.
- Decide branded or plain cups early; branded cups need a longer lead time.
- Agree the service window and set-up time.
- Share dietary needs, including plant-based milk.
- Agree who clears up and when.
Planning an office social in Amsterdam or elsewhere in Europe? send us your brief or book a call.
Questions buyers ask
Can you run a bubble tea bar in an office kitchen?
Yes. For Meta's Amsterdam office we ran a staffed, made-to-order bubble tea bar in the open-plan kitchen on 25 and 27 March 2025, from 2pm to 4pm, with setup from 1:30pm each day.
What does the office need to provide?
At Meta the client supplied the table, cloth, power, water and napkins. Pearl Lemon provided one bubble tea professional, the specialist ingredients and equipment, and tidied the working area afterwards. We confirm this split for every booking.
Which drinks and toppings were offered?
Passionfruit, mango and strawberry fruit teas, jasmine milk tea, brown sugar milk tea and taro, with tapioca, jelly and popping pearls. Plant-based options were available for colleagues who needed them.
Can we choose unbranded or recyclable cups?
Yes. Meta's final specification was 500ml recyclable white cups with no branding, with recyclable straws and stirrers. Tell us your cup and packaging preferences when you book.
