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I’ve been here enough to redeem my free drink, so I guess it means I’m overdue for a review. I originally saw this place on Yelp under new businesses and made a note to try it. I was a little surprised it was located so close to another boba place, i-Tea, but it’s not a big deal. The more boba places the better in my opinion. The location is actually quite good because the lot isn’t overly crowded and there’s ample parking. Inside is clean, bright and the classic Instagram aesthetic. They have a good spot for selfies in the front with their lighted logo inside of a foliage background if you’re into that sort of thing. They have a good sized drink menu and topping selection to choose from. Like i-Tea, I love that you can select your sweetness and ice levels. Sometimes drinks are overly sweetened. I’ve gotten all of my drinks here at 25%, and they never lack sweetness, which makes me wonder what 100% would taste like. My boyfriend likes to get his drinks with no sugar added. They have a rewards program for a free drink with every 10 drinks purchased. The only con is you have to download an app, Clover, but if you come here enough it’s worth it. Digital rewards are a bit nicer too since you’ll never forget a stamp card, or they’ll never run out of them like 1920 Tea always does. Drink prices are reasonable in my opinion and if you come Monday-Thursday, 4-8pm, drinks are all 25% off (which is when I always go). So far my favorite drinks are the Black Tiger Boba Fresh Milk, 3 Sisters Milk Tea and Matcha-Cha. The Black Tiger is pretty sweet and has flan pieces in it so it’s pretty much a dessert. I’ve gotten it twice at 25% sweetness so I’d definitely recommend that unless you want a sugar high with 100%. Their food looks pretty good from what I’ve seen in pictures and what others have ordered, but I haven’t tried any of it. The overall space is nice and not congested with a good amount of seating and free board games to pick and choose from if you want to stay and hang out. Nothing in particular really jumps out at me about this place, but I do enjoy it and will continue to come here unless some place better comes along.

Sharetea Fullerton – Menu with Prices – 2445 E Chapman Ave, Fullerton

I’m rather picky with my teas and milk teas, but when I’m craving a drink, Sharetea is one of the top choices on my list. The quality and service is amazing. I also love how they are consistent. Of the many times I have gone, only once did an order taste different than usual, but all other times I’ve gone, the drinks almost always taste the same, which I love. Lots of other places can be very inconsistent, so even if you order the same drink every time, you’ll be surprised every time. Not Sharetea — if you have drink favorites, you will know what you’re getting 98% of the time (in my experience). No funky tastes, weird sweetness levels, inconsistent ratios and tastes, etc. This place is located in a plaza relatively close to CSUF and Troy H.S., so this place (especially towards the evening) is always swarming with students. Parking can be a bit difficult when it’sa busier time since the lot is shared with other businesses. As for the store itself, it’s pretty small, a few spots for 2 people, one larger table for 4, a small bar-like table towards the back, and a couple seats against the wall where people wait for drinks. If you’re looking for a place to sit and study, this isn’t the best spot to do so, it can get quite noisy. During peak hours, the line is always out the door, BUT the service is pretty quick! It’s amazing how quickly they make the drinks despite the amount of orders. For drinks, I have a set list of drinks I get when I go here: -Strawberry black tea (80% or 50% sweetness) -Mango green tea (80% sweetness) -Mango milk tea (80% sweetness) -QQ Happy Family Milk Tea (80% or 50% sweetness) These never fail me and I just switch drinks depending on my mood. I love that with their milk teas, it isn’t overly milky or an overload of tea. The ratio is really good. I believe they use non-dairy milk (not powder, woohoo!) for their milk teas, but it’s best to ask in case. For their fruit teas, I always love how refreshing they are and aren’t head achingly sweet. The boba pearls are also great, not overly mushy/soft and also not super hard. I think I’ve only gotten a couple drinks where the boba was too hard, but very few times. It has been solid all the other times. Prices aren’t that bad! It’s about $5, give or take depending on what drink and the toppings. Their drinks all come in one size so the price does justify the amount you’re getting. Overall, Sharetea has great drinks that are consistent, with great quality and service! They also have stamp cards, so make sure to grab one if you’re a frequent boba drinker!

Kung Fu Tea – Menu with Prices – 2067 N Central Expy Suite 100, Richardson

Kung Fu Tea One of my favorite Boba chains and has locations all over the US. My favorite drinks from KFT are the milk teas. The Milk Teas at KFT are my favorite because of how creamy and rich the milk tea is compared to other Boba shop chains. The inside of the place is clean and looks nice but tables can be dirty like any other boba shop. The staff can make common mistakes just like any other boba shops. Another thing is their attention to your sugar preference. Sometimes I can order 50% sweetness but it’s still really sweet at KFT. This goes for every single boba shop out their is their attention to your sugar preference that you order. The same thing applies when you ask for less ice at KFT and all boba shops can give you normal ice amount. I’ve been to many boba chains and my favorite boba chain is ShareTea for its generous serving of boba and you get a larger size for the same price as a small size at KFT. The tea creaminess of the milk tea at ShareTea is more subtle then KFT. So it’s all a matter of your preference if you want more tea and stronger tea flavor go to ShareTea if you like your tea creamy but get less tea go to Kung Fu Tea. Another thing I don’t like about KFT is that they use a lot of powder flavoring for fruit drinks like taro. My favorite drink at KFT is oolong milk tea with boba because it’s creamy and rich flavor and a nutty taste. Drinks I recommend ordering are the Matcha red bean slush, oolong milk tea, and Kung fu tea. KFT also has an app to earn rewards and points every time you buy.

Black Pearls Tea Bar Menu with Prices 2630 S Parker Rd, Aurora

I have visited this boba place multiple times since it has first opened. Initially it was very good, they have a multitude of different drinks and have recently expanded their food menu as well as finally fixing their ice cream machine. My usual drink was the Taro Milk Tea with boba and after my visit today with my friend, I will never go here again. After a very long wait, my order was called and they had messed up my order. Instead of a Taro milk tea, which the person who took my order repeated after me confirming what I had ordered, instead when I got my drink it said on the receipt Thai milk tea. I informed them that they had gotten my order wrong and when they remade my drink it was absolutely disgusting. Taro at Black Pearl is a powdered tea that requires shaking, the person who had made it did not leave it on the machine long enough because when I started drinking it, the milk and powder began to separate almost as soon as I walked out of the door. Usually the boba at this place is pretty good quality, but today it was undercooked, making it inedible. And for the final straw, I was drinking my Taro Milk Tea with Boba when I bit down on something much harder than boba. Spitting it out, it was some sort of disgusting NOT FOOD item that was like black char/paint mixed in with the boba. Looking closer at my drink I realized that there were black flecks floating in with the drink and around the straw. Sad to say their quality and service have gotten this low. Definitely avoid this place!

Sharetea Riverside – Menu with Prices – 10920 Magnolia Ave #103, Riverside

The Most Consistent Boba, Friendly Staff, Clean Place I am new to Riverside and have only been here for a few months. I moved here from OC where there are tons of good boba places and was looking for a good boba spot in Riverside, thank God I came across this place! The first time I came to Sharetea, I tried their Matcha w/ fresh milk with boba. It did not disappoint. Their matcha was good quality and mixed in well throughout the drink. Boba was the perfect consistency, not too firm or soft, with a good amount of sweetness. I also love how you can customize the amount of sweetness (and ice) in each drink! I could not just visit this place once, came here for three consecutive days! Staff is friendly and answers my questions if I want to try something new. (I tried their milk tea which is also great, but my favorite is matcha.) What’s the most impressive is that each and every time, their boba was so consistent! They have got their boba making skills down to a science. You can tell it’s calculated. They make it with just the right amount of sweetness and cook it for just the right amount of time on the daily, even when it’s different staff working. Taste is always consistent. Look no further for the perfect boba spot! Definitely, recommend! If you enjoy this place and will be going often, do get a stamp card though. I did not find this out until my fourth visit!!!! Lol.

Around the World Cafe – Menu with Prices – 5110 Park Rd 1-K, Charlotte

We stopped by this little shop for some boba tea and was pleasantly surprised by the variety and quality of both the teas and ice creams. We ordered 2 Thai Milk Teas with Boba, Strawberry Milk with Boba, Milk Tea with Boba, and Hazel Nana ice cream. The Thai Milk Tea was super refreshing and the Strawberry Milk reminded me is my new favorite drink! I wish they served something similar at boba chains that are closer to me since this cafe is more local and probably isn’t a chain. The Milk Tea was also very delicious. The Hazel Nana ice cream was spectacular!! It was the best ice cream I’ve had in a while and it’s been a few days and I’m still thinking about it. It’s the best banana hazelnut flavored ice cream I’ve had in a while. Our server was also super nice and friendly while explaining menu items. The only minor complaint I have is that some of the drink menu items don’t have prices on them but their menu is written with chalk so I’m sure they could easily add the prices. Most drinks are between $3-$5 depending on the size and the drink (the pricing is similar to Starbucks). If I’m ever in the area I’m definitely stopping by again!

7 Leaves Cafe – Menu with Prices – 18547 S Western Ave, Torrance

Based on the previous yelp reviews and all the hype about this chain, I thought 7 leaves cafe would be my new go-to place. Sadly, this place fell below expectations. The venue is small, with a long table and a bench. its mainly a grab and go place. They offer a decent selection of milk teas including Jasmin, Oolong, and Taro Milk Tea. They also serve strawberry croissants which looked good, and macarons. However, I just wanted the drinks, so I went for the Assam Milk Tea, which according to the menu is “black tea carefully balanced with real sugar and milk” and the Jasmin Milk Tea with the option “lightly sweetened with honey boba,” for my mom. the service is good, I got my drinks within minutes of ordering and then I left. But the downside is that the drinks were loaded with sugar. Now, if you are reading this and love sweet drinks, then this would be the place for you. Sadly this place doesn’t allow you to adjust the sugar levels. I tried getting both drinks with no sugar and they said the most they can do is make it “lightly sweetened” So I did that for the Jasmin Milk Tea. Sadly, the this store and I have different definitions for the words “lightly sweetened.” The Assam Milk tea was supposed to have this bold flavor of black tea, but that was negligible when doused with a concentrated amount of sugar. To top it off, I think they were out of boba and didn’t tell me or somehow confused the word “boba” with “Aloe Vera” because I ended up with a Jasmin Milk Tea with Aloe Vera instead of Honey Boba. We ended up throwing the drinks away. So, I will try and come back just for the pastries. While they offer stamp cards, I doubt I’ll be back for the drinks anytime soon.

Feng Cha Teahouse – Menu with Prices – 2701 Custer Pkwy, Richardson

My current favorite place for boba in DFW right now. The cafe is really cute and lets in a lot of natural light. It seems like a great place to read, study, or meet up with friends as there is quite a bit of space with plenty of seating and tables. Feng Cha has some of the most unique boba drinks in DFW that I’ve seen so far, and a variety of milk foam caps you can add on (taro, cheese foam, sea salt, matcha, etc), so Feng Cha gets major points for that! You can also adjust the sweetness of your drink here, which is a must for me in a boba shop. I enjoyed my rose oolong with the addition of matcha milk foam (70% sweet). This combo went pretty well together and I thought the matcha tasted pretty good. I tried it with taro milk foam once as well and this was not my favorite combination. I thought the taro was on the sweeter side, which was a negative for me. I’ve also tried the dirty boba (70% sweet), which was pretty delicious at first. It has cheese milk foam and brown sugar on top. After a while though I realized I couldn’t finish it. It is super rich, creamy, and sweet. If you want something more decadent, this might be the drink for you! We also tried the afternoon tea matcha cake. Unfortunately, it was just alright. It looked very pretty though. It was disappointing that the matcha milk foam was just thrown over some basic pound cake. I think it would be a hit if they introduced the first Japanese souffle pancakes in DFW and then they can throw the milk foam over that. It seems like that’s getting pretty popular right now. Overall, I can’t wait to try more drinks and milk foam combinations! There is also a Feng Cha in Carrollton now, which is closer to me! YAY! Summary- Favorite Drink: rose oolong with matcha milk foam cap (70% sweet) Business tip/gold mine idea: Ditch the pound cake and introduce the first Japanese Souffle pancakes in DFW on your menu, so you can throw milk foam on top of that!!

Tira Tea House – Menu with Prices – 8942 Garden Grove Blvd # 111, Garden Grove

SERVICE: The service is what distinguishes this boba place from all other places. The cashier (I’m sorry, I don’t remember your name, but I love your ear piercings!) was extremely friendly and upbeat. She offered to customize and fix our drink if it wasn’t to our taste. DRINK: The drink was DELICIOUS! I ordered the “Fruitea Pebbles” drink, an enticing mixture of earl gray milk tea and strawberry syrup. I enjoyed it at 100% sweetness with soft, warm and fresh boba. It truly tasted like leftover milk from a bowl of fruity pebbles. ATMOSPHERE: Very small shop directly adjacent to a Korean bakery. There was surprisingly lots of seating (a bar with 4-5 seats plus two or three tables) for such a small shop. It was very clean. PRICES: The prices were surprisingly reasonable, especially if you check-in on Yelp and get a free topping! I believe I paid $3.75 for my boba, which, these days, is insanely cheap for this level of quality. PARKING: Tira is located in a plaza with plentiful parking. Overall, I enjoyed my experience and wish I didn’t live so far from Garden Grove!

Cha Express – Menu with Prices – 46164 Warm Springs Blvd #234, Fremont

So thought this place was going to be good but overall the drinks are way too sweet. I went over the weekend for their grand opening buy one get one free special and tried 4 different drinks. Tried the guava and grapefruit, Hawaiian tea, kumquat lemon tea, and their classic yunnan milk tea. Ordered all drinks 50% sweet and 50% ice. The only drink that was okay was the yunnan milk tea. All the others were way too sweet even at 50% they tasted more like 125% sugar and that was without adding any toppings. If you like your boba extra sweet, this place is for you but I prefer to taste the tea in my drinks. The service was friendly but even though the line wasn’t too long maybe 20 people, it still took about 45 minutes from start to end to receive the order. Drinks are also about $5 without any toppings, a bit on the pricey side for boba. Would be worth it if it didn’t taste like straight sugar. Most likely won’t be back.

Kung Fu Tea – Menu with Prices – 1110 S 71st St, Omaha

With the weather heating up, it is officially bubble tea season! I’m hitting all of the spots in the city that serve boba in a quest to find my favorite. Kung Fu Tea was next on my list, and I was really excited to try it! Kung Fu Tea is located in mini strip mall on 71st/Pacific. They are sandwiched between a Wing Stop and a Qdoba, so perfect location to grab lunch and a boba after. The shop is small, with extremely limited seating, but its cozy, you know? The menu is pretty extensive-they offer plain bobas, slushes, milk teas, and even some more ‘weird’ flavors like an Oreo slush?! One thing I really like about this place is you can customize your drinks in a lot of ways-you get to control the amount of flavoring, the sweetness, how much or how little bobas, and whatever modifications or add in that you want..the sky is the limit! Being a traditionalist, I opted to try the Rosehip Milk Tea with chewy boba. My milk tea was mixed to perfection, with the perfect tea/boba ratio. The flavor was part fruity, part floral, and very creamy and refreshing. I wasn’t a huge fan of the boba here because it was really syrupy and almost slimy. I don’t know how often they change out the boba they use daily, so I left most of my boba at the bottom of the cup. My friend got the coffee milk tea and she really liked it. I tried a drink and it was a very smooth but creamy flavor. Tastes a little bit like a Vietnamese coffee without the extra kick. Pretty good! Prices seem to be across the board in Omaha-we paid $4.50 for each large drink. The girl who took our orders was sweet and super helpful. She gave us some great recommendations for the next time we stop in. It was completely empty inside, but we did show up around 3 on a Monday..so its probably a slow time for them. We certainly didn’t mind only waiting a few minutes for each drink! I am often in this area, so I will be back soon. We had a great experience and the more bubble tea options I have, the better.

Happy Lemon – Menu with Prices – 6349 Pacific Ave, Stockton

I am a novice when it comes to bubble boba milk tea type drinks. So when the fam wanted tea drinks, they mentioned Happy Lemon. It’s a chain based cafe started in Shanghai in 2006. They specialize in salted cheese tea drinks. I have never been to one. So off I go. This one is located in Stockton right off Pacific Avenue in a tiny strip business center. It’s in between traveling from Lincoln Center to Sherwood Mall. As I walked in, the obnoxiously adorable bright colored wall mural of the darn cute lemon headed mascot caught my eye. Luved it! The buzzer that they provide to you is also of the darn cute smiling winking happy lemon head. The seating area was large. They have old school board games and free WiFi, they encourage you to sit a spell and relax, enjoy your drink. The staff was super helpful. The late Saturday afternoon I dropped in, they ran out of green tea and boba. Aww shucks. I found out the so called cheese topping is a frothy foam made up of milk, cream cheese, and whipped cream topped with a sprinkling of Rock salt ( combo flavor profilof sweet N salty). I even found out that there is a technique to drinking this type of tea to maximize your tasting experience. It’s advised to drink it with the cup tilted to your lips at a 45 degree angle to allow you to taste the cheese topping with every sip of your layered infused flavored tea. The drink does not have to be drank with the layers intact. Hey it’s America… to each their own… no rules if you want to shake it up before drinking or sip through a straw. The drink menu includes milk tea, smoothies, slush crushed ice tea based drinks, lemon teas, dessert sweet drinks, and of course salted tea drinks. They serve no food. Plus they do not serve milk iced Thai tea. The majority of drinks come in 2sizes. $4.25-$5.50. The fam all enjoyed their drinks. The teas have a deep flavor and just the right amount of sweetness, not overly so. But no one ordered the cheese tea, believe that. We all were not in an adventurous mode to try something new. LOL. Next time. Plus darn it, I forgot to take pics of the drinks. #happylemonstockton #saltedcheesetea

Tapioca Express – Menu with Prices – 1480 Eastlake Pkwy Ste.903, Chula Vista

3 stars because I have high expectations from tapioca express. I love my thai tea with boba. I had a craving for a cup last night but the usual tapioca express I go to was closed. So with the help of Google I found this one. Filled with relief and joy I gladly drove the 16 minutes to this restaurant. I ordered my usual drink. Except this drink did not taste like the drink I desired. It tasted like heavy cream or condensation milk. I couldn’t taste the black tea.I understand the aspects of milk tea but it was to much milk…. To top it off the boba was hard and unfresh as if they were left out to dry and the effort to salvage them was useless. Overall the customer service was great the atmosphere was nice too. I just wont visit this place again at 10pm. Lesson learned