DaYung's Tea — Restaurant in San Diego

DaYung is in the corner of a strip mall, and the parking is really tight. If you can't find any in the lot, you can try for free street parking. The inside is also tight, not much space to wait. There are a couple benches only, no tables.

I made a trip to five different boba shops on Convoy to rank their "boba milk tea". I tried to get the closest to black tea if they had more than one option. I chose 100% sweetness and no ice (to eliminate dilution). Here are my ratings:

1 Camellia: boba milk tea, regular milk $6.38 2 Chakaa: ruby milk tea w brown sugar boba, regular milk $5.75 3 Tan-Cha: celon milk tea w caramel boba, non-dairy milk $7.25 4 Yun Tea House: Monkey King w boba, lactose-free house milk $7.28 5 DaYung: boba milk tea, non-dairy creamer $5.88

[Caveat: I think DaYung made a mistake on the order because it had some ice in the drink when I picked it up. When I tasted it at home, it tasted watered down and completely bland, like there was no sugar. So I think instead of 100% sugar and 0% ice, they gave me 0% sugar and 100% ice.]

My friend called them to let them know of the mistake, and the manager offered to refund the money. That was incredibly nice of them to do so.

In terms of the actual boba balls, DaYung's ranked #4. It was too mushy. There was no chewiness. That's too bad because I remember liking their boba.

They still have week day promos. The current one for every day is anything strawberry.

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First I'll say that their tea is great. All the drinks I've had here are great. However, after hundreds of milk teas I've never seen the bottom of the cup literally fall off soaking my feet in boba and tea. I just pushed the straw in with normal pressure and the bottom popped off completely in one shot all the way. So either the cups are weak or this cup got slammed on something prior to filling it up. On the other hand, it could be just my luck today. Sometimes, you have those "solar flare" days where things just don't go as they should. Bottom line though is, I love DaYung tea, it's THE best, but I don't like the cups today. Five stars coming if my next order has a cup with a...