Tastea 101 — Restaurant in Newark

This place is now tastea instead of teado. The service was pretty terrible, especially considering we were the only ones who were here. I really didn't expect much but when we entered we didn't even get any "hello" or any acknowledgement that we entered. When we ordered our first drink, the cashier was barely paying attention and asked "what did you order?" I ordered a black milk tea w bubbles with 75% sugar and it just tasted really watered down. I usually order less sugar so it's not too sweet and usually the tea part is stronger, but it just tasted so watered down like when you leave an iced drink out and it's all melted. The only thing decent about the drink were the tapioca pearls. Unfortunately, they gave so little of it. You're forced to search for the pearls with each sip of watered down tea. I've honestly never been so disappointed in any bubble tea...

This tea house is right at the end of a residential building. It's probably more suited to those who live on the UD campus. For folks who drive in, on the other hand, it's still a mystery to me where one is actually supposed to park. Street parking is almost always full and nearly all the parking spaces on Carroll Court are residential, although there are no signs indicating so. So it's a walk-to location.

The ambiance in this tea house is very relaxed. There is a variety of furniture but the long couch is very nice. They provide a variety of board games and customers can also use the in-house WiFi. The tea drinks didn't seem all that special to me, although prices weren't higher than what you would find at boba places elsewhere. Service was very...

New management. Love the new management, they are taking this business in a positive direction. The old management did not keep the store stocked and did not care about the customers. New menu, new items, new atmosphere.

They've always had lactaid but now they have soy milk for any vegans or those that don't like the taste of lactaid.

The steamed custard bun is soft, warm, with a just the right amount of sweet.

The red bean bun was a little course and could use a little more sweetness but that could just be...