Sharetea Bellingham — Restaurant in Bellingham

I was super excited to see a ShareTea in Bellingham. I grew up north of Seattle where there are a LOT of boba shops, so I’ve had a lot of good and bad boba, including from the Lynnwood ShareTea. There were next to no boba shops in Bellingham 2 years ago, so I’m excited to see some competition. I kind of had high standards based on the Lynnwood ShareTea. Quick service, strong tea, and sweet boba pearls. We got there, ordered, and then waited about 25 minutes for 4 orders to pass. I typically try out the classic black milk tea when I try a new place. We got our tea, and the tea was sort of weak and watery. The boba pearls didn’t taste like they had been soaked in the syrup enough (although the actual texture was good).

The boba situation in Bellingham isn’t great, so in comparison to what we already have, this is a solid contender—but so far, it hasn’t blown me away. I think if you’ve never tried boba, it’s absolutely worth trying. I’m hoping a lot of it is just refining everything—but a 25 minute wait for 2 drinks is a little weird. Mochinut is a little further, but I can consistently get decent boba, with food too. I think I’m going to wait and give ShareTea some time to settle before...

UPDATE: The menu recently changed and now, only a few items (marked with an M on the menu on the wall but not marked on the computer display) have a milk alternative available. I always ordered almond milk in my fresh milk tea, and I'm not a fan of the "powdery" mouth feel of match tea. I won't be back unless more milky alternatives return to the menu. Sad.

ORIGINAL review: We've visited three times so far; we ordered the mango passionfruit tea 30% sweet with boba, fresh milk tea with oat milk and with almond milk, regular boba and crystal boba. The milk tea was perfect. The crystal boba was an experiment and I didn't like it, but that's not the fault of Sharetea. I recommend the regular tapioca boba instead. The mango tea tasted great. It had little fragments of tea in it that were bitter, and we don't know if that was an error in preparation or if it's to be expected with that tea. Friendly and helpful staff. Overall this is a great tea shop with all the options you'd expect, including oat milk and almond milk as alternatives to cow milk. (I would prefer soy but...

Got to go with my mom on grand opening day, she never usually gets any type of tea or boba but they had a sample of Mango Passionfruit tea and she ended up getting a full beverage since she liked it so much! It was a nice change and the store was super clean and cute, service was quick, employees were very kind and had good vibes all around! I was impressed with the Thai Tea as sometimes it’s just not up to par around town but this was great! I’ll definitely be coming back and trying more...