Tsaocaa Tampa 朝茶 — Restaurant in Temple Terrace

Tsaocaa is a fun little place (part of a national chain) for yummy korean street style snack and delicious tea and bubble tea drinks. The word Tasocaa in chinese means "A Holly Land of Tea". Their brand prides itself offering "affordable way to grab to-go tea drinks with premium tea leaves and the freshest fruit ingredients that are healthy and look fashionable!". I found this part of their brand message right on point along with some bonus surprises.

They offer a wide variety of tea based drinks - fruit teas, fresh brewed tea, milk tea slush, bubble tea, mixed tea. They offer a dizzying variety of team items on their menu and for a first time this can be a bit intimidating. The staff at the small order counter were very kind to offer me suggestions that led me to pick :

Passion Fruit and Lime Green Tea for a refreshing citrus taste. Their menu doesn't list all the ingredients in this drink but it had chunks of fresh citrus fruits with a tangy sweet taste. Every sip of this drink were satisfying through to the end.

My spicy popcorn chicken were served warm with each piece packed with flavorful taste with a spicy finish. These paired quite nicely with my slightly sweet Pork Sung and Seaweed Egg Waffle. Both these items to me, were meant to be had together where a bite of the waffle acts nicely to subdue the spice kick after every few pieces of the spicy popcorn chicken. The waffle has a very subtle hint of pork sung (which add the slightly sweet taste) and seaweed adds a very distant hint. The waffle is served in a visually appealing way half wrapped inside its container and the bubble shapes act as easy single bit sizes to tear off.

Tsaocaa has a cozy, comfortable, and spotlessly clean seating area and is meant to a quick stop for these snacks and drinks . Bring in some friends or stop by when you get the hankering for some delicious tasty snacks. You won't regret it. I will return to try many of the other items on their menu like their wings, sandwiches, and various other teas...

We went at around 7 pm on Thursday night. Place was PACKED. USF is right around the corner so majority were definitely college students. We waiting quite a bit for our food but understandable as to the reason why. The chicken sandwhich was so-so… a bit bland and under cooked unfortunately, bread wasn’t toasted either ? Again it was slammed so food might have been rushed? The wings however much better. Not the best Korean wings I’ve had. The drink, I ordered the watermelon green tea with milk foam. to my surprise it was made with real watermelon. The French toast fries were a nice suprise and super good, same with the egg puff. In Regards to the food, Might give them a try another time just to try the chicken again as it was slightly disappointed for the...

You can get both boba and korean fried chicken at this place! What more can you ask for? This place is my go-to when I'm craving both but too lazy to drive to 2 different places for it. I always get the honey garlic boneless wings. Their chicken is so flavorful and moist. And their boba drinks are great too! A big variety to choose from. I used to be a big fan of their milk teas but I think I'm leaning more towards their fruit teas now. They are refreshing and has real fruit pieces in them! I tried their Korean corn dog and mannn it was so good. The batter they used is so fluffy and a slight chewy texture to it. I had it with no sauce but I think I'd like to try it with...