One of my favourite places when I want bubble tea. They have great options & always have new…read moremonthly special features. The staff are also friendly & the place is clean. I usually get their milk teas.

Trie - the alley trio milk tea. The 3 different (i wanna say) toppings are interesting toping with…read morebasic tea with milk. Good combination! The barista who works here was efficient to deliver the drinks on time and maintained the drinks counter and everything clean. The ambience of this alley is really cozy. If you want to hang out on a date or read something really good place.

I quite like this place! It's a little out of the way for me but they're pretty much your standard…read moreboba shop. Service is adequate and since it has limited seating I would recommend that this is more of a "drop by quickly and go location" as opposed to a sit down location. Decor definitely reflects Thát as well.

Came on a Friday afternoon and it was pretty empty. I tried the jasmine milk tea with whipped cream…read moreand pecan toppings. I really enjoyed the pecans because they added a nice salty crunch. They also give you a little spoon to eat the whipped cream. I ordered it at 70% sweetness with less ice and it was perfect. Even the whipped cream wasn't too sweet. You can really taste the jasmine in the milk, which I loved. There are a few tables where you can sit and I could definitely see myself coming back here to do some work. I'd love to try their other drinks next time.

I rarely use "hidden gem" to describe a restaurant or store, but I think Now Tea is a true hidden…read moregem for bubble tea and coffee. Commerce Gate is famous for being packed with countless bubble tea shops. Most are famous franchises, such as Chatime, CoCo, Tiger Sugar, Yoyo , etc. Now Tea seems so different among them. I had never seen this store before visiting Commerce Gate. After Googling it, I found that it is also a franchise, but it operates only in Ontario, with three stores in total. Being low-profile alone does not qualify it as a hidden gem. That just means it does not spend much on marketing. What really impressed me was the flavour of its bubble tea. We tried the Milk Green Tea and Milk TieGuanYin, both with bubbles. The tea flavour was strong and full of the unique aromas of green and oolong tea, but it was also smooth going down. The bubbles had been boiled for the perfect amount of time: not so briefly that they had hard centres and not so long that they became too soft. They were very chewy, among the best bubbles I have ever had. The inside of the tea shop is spacious and has plenty of tables and seats. The lighting is bright, and I always see customers working or studying there. Other tea shops usually have very few seats and dim lighting; basically, they do not want to give you a Starbucks vibe and let you sit for too long. Another interesting fact: if you come to Commerce Gate early in the morning, before 11:00, Now Tea is the only tea shop that is open because it also serves coffee. The drinks are also less expensive than those at more famous brands. I guess they save a lot of money on marketing: lower prices and higher quality. I tried this store for the first time this week, and we have already been here three times. As a tea lover, I ask everyone reading this review: you must come here and try their drinks!

Reviewing 2oz of Coffee (located inside Now Tea)…read more This coffee counter is known for doubling up their espresso shots in their lattes, so get ready to be well caffeinated. I arrived right when they opened, and there were already a few people waiting in line. The menu is small & curated, focusing more on the coffee than specialty flavours. However, they do have a good selection of flavoured lattes. I wasn't able to see which beans they used for the espresso, but overall, their roast seems to be a bit darker/stronger, which balances out a sweeter latte well. I tried the iced biscoff and pistachio lattes. The biscoff is slightly sweeter and nuttier - definitely my fave of the two. The pistachio latte, in contrast, was disappointing. It was $1 more than the biscoff latte, looked nothing like the photo on the counter, and didn't taste much of pistachio at all. Although it looks like a separate counter, I realized that you can order drinks from either "shop" from their one main counter. I also found it a bit confusing to figure out the hours of operation, as Google said 2oz of Coffee opens at 11am, but the Now Tea shop isn't open until 12pm.

Chinese bubble tea place that has really good drinks!…read more Their milk teas have a nice balance of milk vs tea flavour. I've tried their no 2 and no 3 best sellers and both were really good! Highly recommend no 3, their toppings is made from the sweet fermented rice drink I love eating growing up. Service is fast and lots of seating available.

I visited this spot with my friend for the first time to try fun, unique matcha drinks…read more I ordered a plain matcha with oat milk, no sugar. My friend ordered a blueberry matcha. The matcha wasn't the best i've tried, but it was definitely unique. I took a sip of the blueberry one, it was a good, subtle taste. Not too sweet, or bitter, just the right balance. The server was kind and they served us our drinks very quickly. The seating is very cute. The ambiance is calming and cozy, with a touch of modernism. It was a great spot to study, which is exactly what we spent the next few hours doing since it was empty.

Y'all Canadians here don't realize how lucky you have it with a Chicha San Chen operating with no…read morelines and actual space to chill inside the shop with your drink. That is unheard of here in the States. As a boba connoisseur, I was ecstatic when I saw Chicha having a location on the way home to our hotel. I knew the quality of their drinks would be up there, and the fact that there was little wait really sweetened the experience. I ordered the DongDing Oolong Milk Tea with Oat Milk and Boba, light sugar and ice. Their boba here is slightly different from a traditional black tapioca pearl, but it still hits the spot. The tea was well brewed and not too sweet, just how I like my boba. The shop itself was wonderful with its cute aesthetics and the smell of tea filling the air. You could tell there was quality based on that alone. Give them a try if you've yet to experience higher quality boba.

Excellent staff. Friendly, patient and let me sample grass jelly as I was worried about sugar…read morelevel. Also helped me fix a transaction when I used the wrong payment. Very great group. This location is more relaxed than their China town one. Has a better seating area and much cleaner.

I am glad that they opened a few stores in Canada. I tried their drinks in China a few years ago, I…read moreloved it and always wanted to try it again. The interior is simple, clean and busy. You can actually download their app and order online to save some time. We ordered Crisp Grape Boom and Cheese Cloud Mango. They were perfect and fresh, exactly like what I had in a few years ago. If you like cheese foam, they have the best one.

Heytea is one of the best place for fruit drinks, matcha drinks and high quality bubble tea in the…read morearea. The staff was friendly and tried to help me solve an issue with their online ordering app. My favourite drink is the Triple Supreme Matcha Latte for a rich, creamy matcha drink. Parking might be an issue as there are not that many parking spots and will need to wait for a spot during peak dinner times and on the weekend. Also, there are no seats inside so its not the best place to hang out with friends and people usually cluster outside to enjoy the drinks.

Came here to study for a few hours. I got the jasmine green milk tea with crystal jelly. Drink was…read moregood, not super strong in tea flavour but I could taste the jasmine. I think it's a great place to have a bubble tea shop here because I saw crowds of business people coming here during lunch time and high school students afterschool getting drinks. Overall, comfortable seating.

I loved the milk tea here! The teas are very flavorful, with a perfect balance of boba toppings…read more Easily accessible, and the staff are very friendly and welcoming.

Tip: The sparkling fruit drinks are amazing…read more Last month, after work, I drove directly from my workplace to CF Markville for dinner. I was craving my usual from Bourbon St. Grill and hit the food court. While heading downstairs after walking through mall entrance 3, I saw this Chicha San Chen store. I flagged it for a visit. After having a satisfying, casual meal at the food court, I returned to the second floor and walked over here to check out the drinks. It was almost as if this store knew that I like fruit and sparkling drinks. I saw a sign that said I could get two sparkling fruit drinks for $10. Three words: Sign me up! I got Kinson at the ordering area. He was great stepping me through everything. I let him know that this promotion interested me. He asked if I wanted one of each fruit flavour. Yes! My order consisted of the following: - Sparkling orange - Sparkling peach Each drink contains fruit, sparkling water, and konjac. I paid with a credit card. I tapped and I was done. He let me know that it wouldn't take long for my drinks to be made. The wait time wasn't much. The seating area had just cleared, so I could take photos of the branded throw pillows, various decorated bear figures holding tea cups in slings, and a wall celebrating a hundred years of tea love. It's my kind of tea joint. I stood next to looseleaf teas in mini containers. I smelled a number of them as I waited. They were so fragrant that I didn't want to leave! I love smelling these teas: - Cassia black - Dong ding oolong - Green - Black - Osmanthus oolong - High mountain pouchong My drinks came in one size. It seemed to be the case for all drinks on the menu. I like that you can customize your drink. There's a menu that steps you through it, from the type of tea that you want brewed, to the flavours and toppings that you want in it. If you find this method to be too complicated, it does have popular teas that are already configured, so you don't have to. I liked that I didn't have to fuss with my order. It was exactly what I wanted. My receipt had a number on it. Their system has an automated voice that calls out your order number. it was a nice change of pace. I could clearly hear my order number called out. I'm sure staff were happy to save their vocal cords, too. My drinks were on the counter. You can help yourself to a tray, which I did. My drinks looked good. What I should have done was sipped both before walking to my car. This place was so generous with the pour that my drinks were topped to the brim. One of my drinks did spill out a bit as I was about to go through the doors. Oops. I stopped to sip both of them. I was good! I got to my car and safely put my drinks down in my caddy. Just from sipping them, I loved the flavours so much. The orange one had slices of orange and chewy konjac. It was slightly sweet and fizzy. It was cheerful to drink. I had the orange slices, minus the peel, of course. Yum! The peach drink was equally as awesome. It was bubbly, with generous chunks of peach and konjac. It was fruity and chewy. So good! Both were so refreshing on a hot July evening. I'm glad that I got two drinks. I enjoyed my first two drinks from this tea place. I'll be back for more! (301)

First time coming to Chicha San Chen inside Markville Mall 2/F. The store was bright and clean, and…read morethe service was courteous and speedy. We saw that they just launched the NEW Pineapple menu and decided to try the caffeine-free, Creamy Pineapple Tart drink (sugar and ice level is fixed) - it was surprisingly tasty the mousse, fresh milk, pineapple bits, and topped with a pie crust crumble(?) on top.