Tea Maison — Restaurant in Spring Valley

I got their melon milk tea, taro milk tea with fresh taro, and their mango/grapefruit/chia seed drink. The melon milk tea I got 50% sweet and strangely was too bland for me yet the right sweetness. I think 75% sweetness may have been better to enhance the melon flavor, but I’m not totally sure. It had a weird aftertaste I wasn’t crazy for. The initial taste is like the Korean ice cream pops Melona, if you know what I’m talking about. According to my dad, the Taro drink was awesome, but I didn’t get to try it to see for myself. I will say that it’s great seeing a place with fresh taro since my favorite boba place stopped selling fresh taro milk tea so I no longer go there anymore since that was the drink I went there for. The fruity drink was pretty good - I only had a sip because it was my sisters, but I’d recommend that one. She got it full sweet and I had no issues with the sweetness. Overall, I would say that the tea here is alright but I’d rather have Matcha Cafe Maiko, 7 Leaves, China Fresh or even Starbucks over the tea here. It’s just convenient in an area with many restaurants and sometimes I crave boba, but I think it’s overpriced and they don’t have smalls… I never drink that much tea so I don’t want to pay $5-7 since I won’t finish it anyway for average tea. It’s also crowded, and the woman ahead of us ordered 15 drinks so we had to wait 30 min… I wish they just made our drinks first but it’s first come first serve. Lots of ppl were getting annoyed and many ppl left.

Update: when I order on UberEats it is so fast and I found a few drinks I like so I decided to give a...

By far my favorite boba tea place I’ve visited in any state. I love the option of oatmilk as a non-dairy substitute instead of your typical non-dairy milk which always has milk powder. We got the Hokkaido and Taro boba with oat milk. So freaking delicious!!! I love the Taro boba. So smooth, just the right amount of sweetness and overall packs a lot of flavor. Lots of their milk teas can be made with oatmilk so you can still have all your favorite milk teas without the dairy. Some slushy options can also be made vegan.

The cup container is also the best I’ve seen from a boba place. It makes you want to keep the cup!

The space is fairly small with no seating inside. You may have to wait in line outside since the space is so tiny.

Word of advice would be to either come right when they open around 11am-12pm to avoid lines and trying to find a parking spot. The parking is nuts here and you’ll be looking for a while to get one after 5:00pm. I find that between 7-10pm is the most packed and you may be waiting an hour to...

Let me preface this by saying I've had lots of boba in Taiwan (where boba originated), all over LA, Seattle, and Portland. I drink boba at least 3 times a week.

I got the oreo brulee green milk tea and my husband got the creme brulee milk tea. Both of them were really good. The creamy brulee balanced with the grainy matcha along with the chewy and sweetly braised boba was so pleasant in my mouth. My husband’s creme brulee was blow torched to get that crunchy texture. It was kind of gimmicky but still so cool to watch! His boba was also great.

I felt like the boba was pretty good, maybe a little pudgy from being slightly over cooked. The tea could also use a little more work to make the tea stronger, but that’s just my personal preference. Otherwise, I had no complaints.

The line was long, but the service was fast and kind. Parking was easy to find since it’s part of a big plaza. We went to Miniso afterwards to...