The Tea League — Restaurant in League City

I recently returned from a trip to Asia where I discovered mango smoothies. I was addicted to them, sometimes drinking three per day. Haha!

When I returned to the States, I had to feed my addiction. I live in southern Galveston County and the pickings for smoothies are slim. After some searching and experimenting, I found some positive reviews for The Drink Station in League City. Needing to feed my addiction, I hustled on up north to The Drink Station.

I ordered a strawberry-mango smoothie and I was instantly gratified. It was perfect. I was happy to see that they used fresh fruit and other quality ingredients to make my drink. The flavor has been unmatched thus far by any other smoothie shop that I have visited since being back home. I have zero complaints.

The rewards program is pretty good too. You get 10% back for each purchase and if you drink as many of these things as I do, it adds up quickly.

The staff is always friendly and it is definitely a place where you can relax for a while and let the world go by while enjoying a drink. They have several choices including various coffees and teas which are probably very good if that is your thing. I am not a coffee guy so I cannot comment.

On my visit yesterday, I ordered my usual and one of the guys behind the counter laughed and said, "Just in time," as he was heading to the back with several fresh mangoes in his hand to chop up for use in drinks. With so many other locations using "juices" to make their drinks, I will choose The Drink Station every time that I am within 20 miles of the place.

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Pro-tip: On "Cash Tuesdays" order the milk teas with no ice and you will have a drink for $3 or less compared to the $5 drink price normally, they tell us not to advertise that as it costs them money even though it brought out the most customers.

From a former employee: This place had my heart at first as I had finally found a job that linked customer relations with coffee, two things I thoroughly enjoy. However, after working here and doing my duty as the employee of bringing up various problems that needed to be addressed such as our supply I was given excuses upon excuses and then was ignored. We once used dry coffee creamer bought from Kroger instead of our Normal non-dairy creamer as a way to cut costs and we continued to tell people it was "Non-Dairy" as instructed by the owners. There were numerous problems with the business as they set themselves up to fail. On a busy shift when we needed two people to work, they went down to one. Drinks came out slower as a result, then we (the employees) were to blame, after being set up for failure. This place will steal your money as they instruct us to fill the cup up with more ice and instead of getting a 12 oz. drink you will get closer to a 4 oz. or less drink. Every good employee they had quit by February 2017 after being hired in July/August 2016. High employee turnover is predominantly due to management, and in this case it was being set up for failure.

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Not impressed at all. I went there in anticipation of getting a simple cafe mocha... Unfortunately the folks running the front didn't really know their menu as well as they should have because they didn't even know how to put together a cafe mocha. After some thinking they brought a 16 oz chocolate latte to the counter, upon first sip it was lukewarm and very disappointing as there was no coffee flavor and extremely too much chocolate taste. Aside from the disappointing drink the service was pretty decent albeit I got overcharged for my drink, as their menu States a 16 oz is $3.50 and a 24 oz is $4.50. Somehow I walked away paying$5.52 for my drink including taxes. Keep in mind I was given the $3.50 16oz. Size. While I know it seems menial to split hairs to those that count every cent it does matter when you are this grossly overcharged. Honestly as sad as it makes me to say for that price I would have preferred to have gone to Starbucks and gotten the same size drink for about the same price but be satisfied knowing it would be the correct temp and taste. The only reason I did not give one star was because of the excellent service as the staff was kind and professional. So unless you're wanting a Starbucks priced coffee from a bubble tea shop posing as both bubble tea and coffee shop then I would not really recommend it for your...