Amai Tea & Cafe — Restaurant in Torrance

Finally!!! I swear I have been passing AMAI forever, just waiting and waiting and waiting for it to open up. It’s on the path to my daughter's school, so I literally pass it up daily, and every time, I would peep out to see if it had opened yet. Until one day…. I saw a huge line! At that point, I knew they had finally opened their doors.

Tragically for me, now, every time I pass by, there is always a massive line out the door. It just wasn’t in the cards, I thought. But I’m glad business was booming for them; the lines were just a bit too long for me.

But…. last nite I got lucky, and I made it in! My daughter had open house at her school, and we could make it to AMAI right before they closed for the night. Phew! There was no line, and I could walk in and quickly order. I was greeted immediately when I entered, and I ordered 2x T.I.T (Thai Ice Teas) with cream puff and boba, of course. While my order was getting prepared, I took a look around. I had a cute Aesthetic, and I’m sure they’ll add more as they grow. They just opened.

I was a little sad when I saw my drinks because they didn’t really look like the pictures. They were in different cups, and the whole look was off. You know, you have this expectation because of how it's promoted. But maybe they ran out of cups. Who knows… but luckily for them, I REALLY enjoyed my drink! It was so delicious and just perfect! My daughter really enjoyed her drink as well. YAY! I’ll be back...

Update:

This has become my go to coffee spot now after trying a good bunch of coffee places around me. It's close to me. I've found a few varieties that I really like: Vietnamese coffee, Amai house special, matcha latte and the service is always pleasant.

I just found out the other day they serve goodies but unfortunately they were all out that day. Can't wait to try them out when they're available!

Original post: Wanted to go to my new coffee spot but was not going to make it as they close at 6pm so I searched for something similar and this place popped up. So many great reviews from people I follow so I decided to take my meeting here. We ordered the mocha latte as that was what I'm craving for and immediately we can tell the coffee's really good. It wasn't on the menu so I was very pleased they were able to make it for us. It wasn't as good as the place I'm craving for but we enjoyed it thoroughly. Place is nice, clean and open and great service! Also it's so close to me! I'Il def be back again to try out other coffees. I'll order something on the...

Trying the shop at Santa Monica first and certainly got sold to their bold flavorful coffee. Want to try different vibe, I visited the Torrance outlet and I would say I even loved this one better, being more spacious and probably a more convenient space when I wanna sit for awhile and worked.

The baristas were all super sweet and welcoming and I wasn’t 100% sure if different shops carried different menu, but the one in Torrance seemed to offer more options including for milk tea and even boba toppings in case you’re non-coffee drinker.

I went for one of their top options, the Vietnamese coffee which was slapping and felt like literally gave me wakeup slap being super strong like classic Vietnamese drip. The condensed milk and creamy salted foam certainly gave it perfect balance, both in texture and flavor with the sweet-salty play. Add cocoa powder on top and...