TeaSpoon — Restaurant in Birmingham

I recently tried this place after years of hearing mixed reviews, and was pleasantly surprised! The workers were so kind and inviting, and the drinks have greatly improved from the past according to what other people have told me. One of the employees named Carolyn was at the register the other day and she was so friendly and helpful when I asked her what drink she recommended. Another employee named Nathan made my jasmine milk tea one time and it was probably the best milk tea I’ve ever had! Overall very impressed by my experience, but subtracted one star for food because I’ve gone again, and sometimes the same drink did not taste good, so they can be a little inconsistent maybe depending on which worker makes the drinks.

Edit: I felt that I had to change my review since I first left it because a new small business boba place downtown called Leafly opened up, and their drinks have been consistent and more delicious while still serving me very quickly all 4 days I’ve been there, unlike Teaspoon, so the standard for Birmingham boba has been set a lot higher for me now. Maybe it’s just that the boba recipes from corporate at Teaspoon just can’t compete against the curated organic recipes at Leafly, but that still doesn’t explain the inconsistency. And they gave me a wrong drink one time and it was a really bad combination, it tasted like the ingredients in the caramel cream because it had oreos. Please take that drink off the menu if you can. At least the employees at Teaspoon are all friendly and nice, but so are Leafly’s employees. Honestly, the sitting area atmosphere at Leafly is better, but I guess not much can be done about that since Teaspoon’s sitting area is already small. 📣📣📣Overall, supporting lo...

First of all, I am a boba tea lover ever since I was a kid, I'm living in the area and was really happy to know there was this franchise coming to the city. The experiences I had during the first couple months when it just opened were great. Tea are flavorful, boba is in the right texture. I went there a few times lately and got a little disappointed, the tea flavor didn't come out like before and the boba got hard centers and not chewy, which means they have been left in the container for too long without reheated or thrown away and get the new tapioca balls cooked. I expect high quality control for its price, so it shouldn't matter what time I walk in to get a drink, the taste and texture should be consistent and in good quality.

I love the shop and this is not a bad review. I just really hope this shop will be continuedly running well and I hope it would do so by keeping the high quality. After all, I would rather not driving to Atlanta just for some good boba tea. haha

I might update the review...

Boy oh boy where do I start with my glorious teaspoon…could write paragraphs on paragraphs on how much this place changed not only my life but my families life. I thought I knew what good boba tasted like but when I tried teaspoon, I knew that I found the best boba EVER!!! Amazing staff, and amazing varieties of drinks. By far best boba in the Birmingham area. (There’s also a poke restaurant next door that I should give a try next time that I heard is reallllyyy good!) I...