Tea Boba — Restaurant in Maplewood

Thank you Tea Boba for delicious drinks. We are not from the area but will visit whenever we are near.

The space is nice and tidy, with benches to sit on while they make your drinks. This is not a sit-in cafe-like space, more like a to-go counter, which we liked since we were traveling. Menu signage is clear with product names and some images. I suggest having a directional/1-2-3 signage on how to order, like the below, because there was a little back and forth during our ordering.

First, select a size (sizes shown on the counter), then order your drink (make sure you specify which category of drink because some categories have the same flavors), and last, select the toppings you want (sign at the counter).

The lady making our drinks was friendly and quick. After our drinks, there were two people in line, so she may have been the only staff - please be patient if you're ordering alot of drinks.

Packaging was nice, having the usual cup holder and the bag holder for another drink - love this.

Pricing was fair for five drinks - small brown sugar boba milk, small fusion fruit with dragon fruit kiwi, large sparkly water fruit with dragon fruit kiwi, large strawberry milk tea with boba, and large honeydew with...

I finally stopped by Tea Boba a few weeks ago and I'm glad I did, it's another great boba addition to the area. I've tried the passionfruit green tea, pomegranate green tea, and strawberry lychee green tea. I would skip the pomegranate as it was very artificial, but I loved the passionfruit and strawberry lychee teas. The strawberry lychee tea tasted like strawberry jam, not artificial at all and more unique, the passionfruit green tea was very standard and one of my usual orders at any boba place. The menu doesn't show but you can customize your sugar as low as 30%. The have a $5, $6, $7, and $10 size and I think it includes the topping price, or at least one topping. I always get crystal boba with the fruit tea since it keeps well in the fridge as I like to buy a couple of drinks at a time. 30% was plenty sweet but I got regular sweetness the first time and it wasn't overly sweet. The cashier is really nice and there's a big bench to sit on...

When you initially see this place, it might catch you off guard a bit. It's a very simplistic place with not much in terms of decorations or "pop" to draw customers. But don't let that fool you! It's a really good spot to get boba. It's $6 for a regular cup...BUT!...you DO get up to 2 FREE toppings with your drink. With maybe 15 different toppings and a plethora of drink options, from blended smoothies to fruit-infused water, they have it all!

I got the taro smoothie with just boba pearls. I personally feel like if a boba place can get that flavor right, everything else will be good too. And they did really well. It could've had a stronger taro flavor in my opinion, but everything else from the sweetness level, to how well they blended it, was perfect 👌

Will definitely be returning to this place to get more if I'm...