Spades Tealife — Restaurant in Aurora

Couldnt find anything better outside or inside Chicago vicinity! I guess once you get used to your favorite boba shop u just need something different to excite your taste buds. The staffs were friendly, they even had time to explain the grades of Tea that boba shops often used for their drinks, and i learned something here! So usual boba shops often uses lowest grades of tea to make more profits, to be honest, you wouldnt know unless you love drinking tea regularly. Because the sugar and milk and boba often kills the true tea flavor. This shop uses higher grade tea leaves for their boba drinks, so if you are a true boba enthusiast, ask for no added sugar, so u can taste the define aroma from different types of tea drinks. I ordered the brown sugar milk tea, and asked for no sugar (syrup). Drinking from top to bottom, strong red tea aroma clashes with the thickness of whole milk, making it silky smooth yet strickingly flavorful to the mouth. Then as i drink deeper, the density of sugar works gravitationally, creates a more fulfilling representation of Milk Boba, ahhh! At the bottom, the boba is freshly made, still chewy but not too soft nor hardened, gives a final contrast to the drink, so satisfying to my craving! I finished the drink in 5 min lol. I will definitely come again. Be sure to ask to personalize your sweetness! Dont let the sugar ruined your drink and become a true...

The drinks really are delicious but the service needs work. I ordered two medium drinks and as I was paying, I mentioned that I have a loyalty punch card. He said that he could not punch the car because it is only for large size drinks. I explained that if I knew that, I would have ordered large. When I asked if he could avoid the transaction and just have me pay for two large drinks, he said that it already went through and there was nothing he could do. From the service standpoint, you would think he would try to accommodate me but he did not care...at all! I ran into the store to pick something up while he was making my drinks and when I stopped by to pick them up, they were sitting on the counter and he was on his phone. I said thank you and he did not respond at all just kept his face buried in his phone. Again, great drinks, but the level of service really needs to improve if they are going to compete...

This store doesn’t know how to do their business at all. Last time I went there waited almost 40 minutes for one drink since they ran out of ice, been told they will let me know when my drink is ready, which they never. My drink sit there for 10 mins, and I went to check and asked the guy with long hair was that my drink, he said “yes just take it”. By the time I was grabbing my straw, the guy told the white guy (still waiting his drink) behind me “I’m so sorry about waiting, and thank you for your patience” with no apologies to me at all?? Yes I’m Asian, and he is also Asian, I don’t know why I can be treated like that. This time I tried to give them another try since their milk tea is good, but it came out taste so plain, it just taste like water... There’s so many good bubble tea store nearby, don’t waste your time on this one. And I Will never...