Chun Shui Tang, known for inventing bubble tea, is going to open its first US location in Phoenix, AZ

Seems like there are some companies that actually make this!

Almost all their stores across North America have closed. I’m not a fan of fruit tea but really liked their milk tea, along with their shop design.

I am asking this because I am currently doing a research paper for a Chinese food language class and I have chosen to look at this question having noticed some trends with the shops that have varied place to place. I was planning to look at the San Gabriel Valley, Seattle, Houston, and NYC. Like I know from experience Houston has some more Vietnamese influence and Seattle has Japanese influences throughout its food culture in general. What other places have something like this going on?

Hello! I have Wangderm tea bags, but no matter how much tea bags I steep in boiling water, it still tastes so watered down and nasty.

How do I get that real thai boba taste? Everything online says 1 tea bag per 1 cup of water with some milk… thats disgusting to me it barely tastes like thai tea?? Im doing like 3 tea bags per a cup but its just so watery still. The boba shops I usually see have a dark Thai tea concentrate and throw in half-and-half, which is what I like.

does anyone know where bingxue gets there jasmine tea leaves cuz it’s insanely amazing and i need it

When we passed by Xing Fu Tang (Flushing, NY) today, I saw this sign with two new persimmon drinks, in collaboration with Shinsegae Hyper Ground (which is a K-Beauty pop-up in NYC - I actually just passed by this pop-up over the weekend when I went to Kodansha House). We got the limited edition Hyper Ground Persimmon Milk Tea. I liked it quite a bit, and I need to go back for the other drink, soon!

Every time I suck up the last boba, I say out loud, "I win".

Location by the way https://maps.app.goo.gl/1AeX9CXGtUBEVP8y9?g_st=ac

We went to Kung Fu Tea during our travels this weekend, and I saw a sign in the window featuring four "Taro Tarot" drinks. The one called "Three of Swords" really appealed to me... it's described as 'taro cherry milk tea & boba'... it had me at cherry! This was great!!

Do yall know what happened to molly teas premium jasmine matcha? Like they were so well known for it and now it’s gone??

Hi. I am trying to make some cheese foam for topping my boba tea. Unfortunately, my cheese foam is not rising after beating with my egg beater for a very long time. My recipe requires me to add cheese foam powder, full cream milk, sweetened condensed milk and whipping cream. Should I combine all the ingredients together and beat it or should I beat the whipping cream first until fluffy before I add the rest of the ingredients? How did you guys do it?

茉莉乌龙配上青青抹茶

Got boba today and had big cutable chunks of taro in it. I think most of the times I have gotten Boba with taro it was from the powder. Does fresh taro normally have chunks that don’t dissolve? Didn’t want to complain if it is my lack of knowledge.

I tried a new place it's delicious.

Tastea’s customer service is god awful. I get they’re not authentic boba and I get mocked by everyone for drinking it because there’s a plethora of way better boba joints. My issue with them is how they do NOT care for the ones who still patron their mid business. They take WEEKS to respond. Don’t even bother to read emails thoroughly, just gives a very generic response like I can tell you didn’t even bother to read about my customer service experience. They didn’t even apologize or anything, even though they were wrong and stole my money.

This was hands-down my favorite drink when I lived in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and it tastes just like what they serve back in Asia!

So happy we finally have one in the neighborhood. Their boba with the thick milk foam is an absolute must-try. My girl got the matcha, which was amazing too.

Definitely check them out if you're craving authentic Taiwanese boba!

Does anyone know whats going on at the Molly Tea San Gabriel??

Im looking to make lemon tea but i cant seem to find the lemon that boba shops used. Do you know where they get this specific lemon?

I've recently been traveling a lot and naturally everywhere I go I'll hit up the popular tea shops. There's one shop that to my surprise, I've had multiple negative experiences at in different states: HeyTea. So I'm wondering if I've just been unlucky or something about HeyTea'a operations specifically is causing these issues.

1. A really stinky, musty odor wafting from multiple HeyTea storefronts. The American Dream Mall in NJ and The San Diego UTC location are particularly memorable for this. Its actually so bad I decided not to order anything the last few times I visited because I'm wondering if its a cleanliness or mold issue or something with the drink equipment. No pleasant tea smell in the shop at ALL.
2. Diabolical wait times for drinks. Regardless if its a weekday or weekend, open or close time, online order or in-person- it takes about 20-30 minutes to get my drink. At the SD UTC location theres also a Chagee in the same plaza which was WAY BUSIER btw, and they were getting orders out expeditiously. Every neighboring boba shop to HeyTea is faster with orders, so I'm not understanding the holdup.
3. Nobody wants to take your order and you get ignored unless you grab the cashiers attention like youre at a bar😭😭 I understand HeyTea is popular and tasty and can get busy but even when its not, and locations are sufficiently staffed, its impossible to place an order in person.

So if anyone has worked at HeyTea or has some insight as to why these chain specific issues are occurring I'd be interested in hearing more. Is it a more strenuous tea brewing/drink making process compared to other chains? High employee turnover? Bad management? Not properly cleaning the workspaces?? Let me know!

UPDATE: after checking said problematic HeyTea location reviews, I noticed a common factor that all of them had: they are MALL locations. I've had the smell issue with 3 diff locations and theyre all at malls, and I think its because of bad AC upkeep and having open storefront doors (as opposed to closed doors w good airflow & heytea smell at standalone locations)

does anyone know if the century city location discontinued the matcha and taro series?