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title: "What Does Boba Catering Cost for a Corporate Event? | The Boba Bar Experience"
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description: "A breakdown of boba tea catering pricing for corporate events in DFW: per-guest rates, the flat service fee, and what changes your total."
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# What Does Boba Catering Cost for a Corporate Event?

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Boba catering for a corporate event is priced per guest, not per drink, so the number that matters is your headcount, not your menu.

## How is boba catering priced?

Most vendors, including The Boba Bar Experience, price by package tier per guest, plus flat setup and delivery and a per-bobarista rate. The Boba Bar Experience runs three tiers: Double Sip at $5 a guest (2 flavors, 2 toppings), Triple Sip at $6 a guest (3 flavors, 3 toppings, the one we recommend), and Quad Sip at $7 a guest (4 flavors, 4 toppings). Matcha drinks add $1 a guest if you want one in the mix. On top of that sits $125 setup and delivery plus $225 per bobarista (https://bobabarexperience.com/pricing), with staffing set by your guest count and service window, and there's a 50 guest minimum. All prices are before sales tax.

## What does that actually total out to?

At 100 guests on Triple Sip over a two hour window, you're looking at $950 total before tax, which comes out to $9.50 per person all in. Smaller events cost more per head because the flat $125 setup and delivery gets split across fewer people: 50 guests on Triple Sip runs $650 plus tax. Scale up and the per-person number drops. At 150 guests, Triple Sip is $1,475. At 200 guests on Quad Sip, it's $1,975, or $9.88 a person, all before tax. If your event is small, expect the per-guest math to look worse than it does for a 200-person activation. That's not a markup, it's fixed costs spread thin.

## What's included in the flat fee?

Setup and delivery covers the cart, setup and teardown, and travel within 30 miles of DFW, and your bobarista is billed separately at $225. The 16 oz clear printed cups, dome lids, straws, napkins and ice come with your per-guest rate. You are not paying extra for cups or ice on top of your per-guest rate. If a vendor quotes you a bare per-drink number and then tacks on setup, staffing, and cup fees separately, you're not comparing apples to apples with a package quote.

## What can push the price higher?

A few add-ons sit outside the base package. Some events need a second bobarista, which is $225, because one person can only pour 60 to 80 drinks an hour, so staffing follows your guest count and service window together. Travel past 30 miles from DFW is $2 a mile. An extended service hour is $3 per guest with a $200 minimum and includes the drinks for that hour, booked in advance. Custom menu (https://bobabarexperience.com/menu) signage is $75. None of these are hidden, they're line items you can choose to add or skip.

## How do booking fees work?

A 25% booking fee holds your date, and the remaining balance is due one week before the event. That's a fairly standard structure for event catering, and it protects both sides: the vendor isn't building a schedule around unconfirmed bookings, and you're not paying in full for a date months out.

## The diagnostic tell

If a vendor can't tell you their per-guest rate at your specific headcount within a minute, or if the quote changes shape every time you ask a follow-up question, that's a scheduling and invoicing problem waiting to happen at your event, not just a sales conversation problem.

Get your final headcount locked first. Everything else in a boba catering quote is math built on that one number, so nail it down before you request pricing and you'll get a fast, apples-to-apples answer.

## Ready to price your event?

Every rate is published, and the quote form takes about two minutes.

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See pricing: https://bobabarexperience.com/pricing

## More on corporate

How to Plan Boba Catering for an Office Party A step-by-step planning checklist for booking boba tea catering at an office party, from headcount to power outlets to menu picks.: https://bobabarexperience.com/blog/plan-boba-catering-office-party
Why Ask a Food Vendor for a Certificate of Insurance What a certificate of insurance actually protects, why most venues require one, and what to check on it before you book any food vendor.: https://bobabarexperience.com/blog/food-vendor-certificate-of-insurance
How Many Drinks Can a Boba Cart Serve Per Hour? How to figure out staffing for boba catering based on guest count, service window, and drinks per hour so your line doesn't back up.: https://bobabarexperience.com/blog/boba-cart-drinks-per-hour
Boba Catering for Brand Activations: What to Ask For What to specify when booking boba catering for a brand activation, from color-matched drinks to signage to staffing for foot traffic.: https://bobabarexperience.com/blog/boba-catering-brand-activation

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