Hard to dislike, but there's some room for improvement or a better experience. Read a lot beforehand which raised my expectations for my first visit. Ended up opting for the taro milk tea after reading reviews and recommendations hyping up the usage of real taro. Also snagged a house coffee as their take on Vietnamese coffee.
Quickly - I want to say that I appreciate the caloric information being available publicly both on the menu and online. It's not a big deal, but it's great to see and put into perspective a drink.
Taro milk tea has taro chunks in it for sure, but I'm not sure if it's just for show. There's no powdery taste, but the taro is very weak. The tea overall was more of a light refreshment. The overall beverage did not remind me vividly of taro or milk tea, but despite not meeting my expectations, it was still a great drink. I just have to manage my expectations or have none in the first place. Boba is standard in chewiness but here it's coated in a light honey rather than marinated in sugar. Honey is evident, but fairly weak.
House coffee was delicious. Strong kick of caffeine for me which is one of the reasons I'm writing this review since I'm not tired enough to sleep. Main complaint is that with ice adjustments, they will not fill up the cup. This was explicitly noted to me, but it's still a disappointment as I'm expecting a certain volume. This visit in particular, I was looking to save the coffee for a few hours later so I did not want to have my drink super watered down. Without ice, I quickly realized how little volume you actually get.
I am interested in more standard milk tea options here in the future, but for now I was satisfied. It isn't a go-to option, but it's a place I'd revisit if I were nearby. Drinks are light and refreshing, just not very strong...
Read moreThis might very well be my new go to place for milk tea. The tea is of great quality and you can definitely taste it. The milk tea has a sweeter creamier taste making you an addict for this than crack itself. I did ask for "slight sugar" and it was just a tad too sweet. They do not have the desired increments like other tea shops. The lowest amount of sugar that I requested was almost too sweet, but still enjoyable.
Only about 26 seats and I'd imagine it will fill up quickly. The long bench has plenty of outlets built within for your laptop charging pleasure. Music was not too loud so you can definitely study, but it will get crowded as it's not a huge shop.
The worst thing about this place is the parking. You literally have to pray to your beloved religious leader and sacrifice a small goat to find a parking spot. Your best bet is to drive past the tea shop, park at the complex directly west of it and take the 5 min walk to the tea shop. May God be with you when you find parking in this...
Read moreI'm going to be harsh on this place due to the fact of negative impressions from least to worst on the list below. Depending on time of day your lucky to find a parking spot,I had to park on the china town center since there was no available parking spots Small and limited choices, this has to the smallest menu I seen for a bobba tea cafe and they're 'eh' in flavor Chasiers attitude really wanted me to walk out on how rude they where. I told them I'm waiting for a friend and I was still trying to decided on what flavor since most of them didnt seem appealing. They kept pestering me to order,I wasn't even in line,I was sitting at a table waiting for my friend, geeze. Ordered the taro tea.... yeah,wasn't that great glad I ordered small, bobba was ok. Been to worse tea places but this place tops them all so far, if cashier was nicer the experience could been decent and justified the...
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