Twinkle Tea — Restaurant in Alhambra

I recently visited Twinkle Tea and had to come back a second time (in the same week). Although I live in Los Angeles, I now make a weekly commute to Alhambra for Twinkle Tea and the drive is more than worth it! This hidden gem offers exceptional service, fair prices, and heavenly tea and food! If you're a tea lover like me, do yourself a favor and pay a visit to Twinkle Tea. It's a treasure that deserves all the stars and more!

I have explored a multitude of tea shops both in Los Angeles and throughout California such as Latea, Creek Tea, It's Boba Time, Boba Bear, Wushiland Boba, Tan-Cha, Tea Brick, Tiger Sugar Boba, Boba Guys, Sharetea, Sunright Tea, Ume Tea, Yifang Tea, Jungle Boba, Cup O' Joy, Dr. T House, AU79, and many others. However, Twinkle Tea is an overall winner due to their top quality/fresh teas (yes, they use real fruits), exceptional customer service, free/available parking (ease for pickups), and competitive prices. While other tea shops may excel in one area, Twinkle Tea consistently delivers all of these qualities, making it standout.

Menu Recommendations: Milk Tea: I recommend trying the ‘Jasmine Green Milk Tea’ customized with lavender, honey, oat milk, and 75% sugar (available hot or iced).

Fruit Tea: Try their ‘Twinkle Fruit Tea,’ with light ice, 75% sugar, and your choice of topping. Note that this drink already comes with many real fruit pieces!

Food: Their ‘House Beef Sandwich’ and ‘Takoyaki’ are delicious!

Update: If you like Starbucks refreshers try Twinkle’s “Red Dragonfruit Lemonade” (pictured) and if you’re an Oreo lover try their “Oreo Milk Tea”...

stopped by twinkle tea in alhambra for some bubble tea. space itself is very small with maybe two tables plus some bar seating, and doesn’t feel the cleanest. upon entering you order at kiosks (or you can order online beforehand) and they’ll text you when order is ready. got a lychee milk smoothie and strawberry milk smoothie w/ boba for the kids and liked that we could select 25% for sweetness - it was perfect and the kids loved it. i ordered the red bean milk smoothie w/ boba (50% sweet) and it may probably be the best red bean smoothie i’ve ever had - smooth and creamy, cold but without the annoying chunks of ice, and perfectly sweet. boba was a good texture. egg waffles were a bit disappointing - chocolate was good but regular flavor was a bit off the traditional taste. plus it took forever for the egg waffles to be done and they still didn’t achieve that crunchy on the outside/chewy on the inside texture. would come back just for bubble...

Twinkle Brown Sugar is a boba tea shop that offers milk tea boba, smoothies, lemonade and snacks. This corner shop is smaller compared to their other two locations. I came here and ordered the Chrysanthemum green tea with boba. It was flavorful and very refreshing. I requested regular ice and 25% sugar. Boba was soft, warm, sweet and chewy. However, they were conservative in the amount serving on boba which was kinda disappointing. Because I really love those pearl black bobas. Moreover, they only have one size (32 oz) for all drinks. What I like about this boba shop is you can customize or make your own boba. Staff was very nice and competent. If you're a regular customer they do offer reward points so its a win, win. Prices were reasonable and competitive. Happy hour and free WiFi is available. Parking is available albeit small. Overall, I really enjoyed my boba and will definitely come back. I highly...