TeaRak tea — Restaurant in Dallas

Brown sugar milk tea craze is taking DFW by storm. I have been to most of the Taiwanese milk tea shops in Garland, Plano, and Carrollton and this one by far hits the spot for me. Beautiful "tiger" stripes of brown sugar, wonderfully strong caramelized brown sugar taste when I get mine at 50% sweet, perfect amount of creaminess (not too creamy or watered down), black tea compliments the brown sugar, and the tapioca balls are chewy, not too soft, in brown sugar syrup but I don't detect any additional sugar in the tapioca itself. (I don't like it when extra sugar is added in the tapioca because it makes the drink too sweet). Also, I like the little detail of sprinkled brown sugar on top. I'm content to get my brown sugar milk tea here without driving so far. The menu item that I got is the...

the price of a large avocado smoothie with boba—it was just over $10. i've never paid double digits for a boba drink before! 😭

while the large smoothie is priced at $6.99, the avocado adds an extra $1. i'm not entirely sure why this is the case.

you can typically find a similarly sized avocado smoothie with boba for about $3-$4 less elsewhere. i made the choice to pay this price since i was craving the smoothie and couldn’t drive further for a more affordable option on my way to work.

i'm not complaining about my decision, but i wanted to share this insight for anyone considering the same order, so you know to expect to pay a little over $10.

aside from this, panda tea offers excellent drinks! the boba has a wonderfully squishy texture—perfectly balanced and...

Very trendy atmosphere that's modern and cozy at the same time. There only seems to be one guy both making teas and taking orders and since the place is popular, he seems stretched way too thin... Perhaps they should hire some help for him...? All that aside, I did try one of their loose leaf blend teas (blood orange I think) and it was fantastic! I added a bit of sweetener but to be honest it would've been just fine black. My friends got a honeydew milk tea and a sea salt chai, both of which were tasty! They also offer some snacks and cute raglan shirts with there logo on them. Everything was a tad pricey but since it's Dallas I couldn't imagine it being any...