Purpose Tea — Restaurant in Pocatello

I’m gonna give them the benefit of the doubt considering they are new, which is why I did 3 stars overall. Plus, service was friendly. But I’ve worked for boba shops before, one ran by a Korean family. I know quality products and unfortunately, Purpose Tea did not deliver. We ordered a Huckleberry milk tea with tapioca pearls and a Peach milk tea with popping boba. Both tasted genuinely rotten, as if the ingredients used were spoiled/expired. I tried to get through mine, as some of the flavor and the popping bobas would shine through every other sip. But in the end, we ended up tossing both of them for fear of getting ill. I’m all for second chances, so maybe one of these days I’ll come by again and give it another shot. But first impression...

We walked into this clean, modern milk tea shop on a rainy day and ordered a cup of classic milk tea and jasmine milk tea. After taking a sip, my goodness, what is this? Where is the milk flavor in the milk tea? Whether it's fresh milk or milk powder or anything else, where is the milk in the milk tea? Aside from the taste of cheap milk tea powder, there is absolutely no other flavor. It's terrible, it's awful. From mainland China to Taiwan to Europe and then to other parts of the United States, I've been drinking thousands of cups of milk tea over the past decade, and this is even worse than the $1 street milk tea in Taiwan. It's...

We went in to purchase since tea to take home, and I was hoping for a greater variety of options for that. Their focus appears to be on the in-person, get it to consume from the front counter. They have a couple of booths so you can enjoy your tea there or to go. The tea we ended up taking home with us was delicious. The brand is Tea Forte, and we got herbal tea Belgian Mint and Blueberry Merlot. We also picked up some locally-made honey. If enjoy tea, Purpose Tea is...