Boba for Life — Restaurant in Bloomington

I am a boba fan for life.

Emily and I booked a trip to Bloomington to try some breweries and she mentioned she never had Boba before so.... luckily there was a Boba place around where we were going.

The outside of Boba for Life looks unassuming but once you step inside, you are treated to a visual smorgasbord of art on the wall, BOBA written in tile on the floor, random odds and ends for sale against the wall, and a friendly bobarista.

Emily got a strawberry/mango tea and I got the dirty brown sugar boba. The lady was working alone so our drinks took a hot minute to make due to prior people waiting and a lady coming in to place an order. Emily and I browsed the eclectic interior while waiting.

Along one wall was a lot of their options painted on the wall. Some of them looked interesting but one of my complaints is that I couldn't quite discern what each drink consisted of. The wall nor menu kind of hinted at what each one contained. There was a few things I wanted to order but just didn't know what they contained. So, I settled on the dirty brown sugar as it sounded like a safe option.

We got our drinks and booked it to our next stop. We tried both each other's drinks and I dug the mix she came up with and she dug my brown sugar boba. She did point out that the entire bottom of my drink was brown sugar so I took that as a cue to mix it up a bit before continuing my drink.

Aside from the interesting interior, I wouldn't hesitate to come back and try any of the other drinks now that I know what we are working with.

Plus boba is fun. It's like a drink and a snack...

VERT disappointed! AVOID IF YOU ARE A REAL BOBA FAN! I ordered a dirty brown milk tea today - which is expensive and overpriced for sure. The brown sugar is all at the bottom of the cup and has not been dissolved at all - which is not what a brown sugar drink should be. As the business name "boba" is up there, I was expecting something real chewy sweetened boba instead of soggy microwaved things which are definitely NOT authentic boba at all. What a shame - I would even not say it is boba. 😩 You are not even provide boba drinks. How could you as a business pretend you know boba well? How could you pretend you are one of many boba lovers? What's worse, there's NO tea at all in my drink. It tasted like just milk + UNdissolved sugar. If so, why you still named it as brown sugar milk tea? Lying to your customers? Okay, and then... where is "dirty"? Have you guys even looked up online to see how others make dirty brown sugar milk? Go check right now and do it every time before you put something up on the menu. (I uploaded 2 pictures as well.) The first one is the drink I got; the other one is one of the authentic dirty brown sugar milk tea which...

Where do I start .... the fact I ordered a shake with Boba and it was forgotten. Maybe the (what ended up being) overpriced macaroons that were as hard as hockey pucks, I kid you not it was hard to break the cookie. It could have been the fact with one worker she had to do all parts order taker money taker and preparer, we were there at 5 placed our order others came in as we paid. She waited on them and took their money another two walk in she repeats ... then she goes to make our order. Wowza people that is nuts. So take your pick of which one tops the...