This review is simply for the milk tea which is the only thing I tried at this venue.
I thought the drink was a little watered down and not as flavorful as other spots. Also the boba was not as fresh as other places which seems to be a common them amongst places that don't turnover a lot of boba drinks.
I still have them at 4/4 which is slightly below average on my milk tea/boba taste ratings scale.
Rod M tours San Francisco area in search of the BEST standard milk tea with boba. I have individual reviews for all the places listed below. I have a more comprehensive Tiered Bay Area boba list 104 boba spots and counting.
I recently embarked on a completely pointless quest to rank most of the Milk Tea/Boba Places in the area.
Rules: I ordered a simple milk tea with Boba (regular sweetness, ice etc.)
Ranking explained: #1 (listed at the top) is my favorite/ #42 (listed at the bottom) is my least favorite.
Rod Boba SF Rating = (Taste of Milk Tea / Taste of Tapioca Balls) on a Scale of 1 to 10 (10/10) being the best score possible
* Please note that I like my boba a little bit sweet. I don't like it too milky, too strong of a tea taste or too watery. I prefer fresh tasting larger "boba". Powdery drinks (those places that simply have a plastic carafe that they pour out of ) and boba that tastes "old" get docked on my rating scale. A place could have a higher Yelp rating than it's boba score would imply , if it sells things other than Boba that are good.
SF/Daly City Rankings:
1 Itea,2 Puppy bobar, 3 Caffee Central,4 Cool Tea ,5 The Boba Shop,6 Little Sweet, 7 Good Earth Café, 8 Hanlin Tea,9 Keep it ,10 Wonder Tea,11 Enter the Café, 12 Urban Ritual ,13 Tpumps,14 The Ramen Bar,15 Eightea, 16 Super Cue, 17 Enter the Café,18 Steap 19 Tea Hut , 20 Sharetea , 21 Tanca, 22 Boba Guys, 23 Steep, 24 T&T Café, 25 Bobo Drinks & Pho , 26 Samovar Tea, 27 5 sweets, 28 Kestourine Macrons, 29 Asha Tea House, 30 E Tea , 31 Little heaven Deli, 32 Maggie's Café, 33 Belly Good Café and Crepe , 34 Tea Bear, 35 Sweet Heart Café, 36 Honeycreme, 37 Elixiria, 38 Quickly, 39 Plentea, 40 Mi tea, 41 Ten Ren Tea, 42 Wonderful Foods/Desserts , 43 Out the Door, 44 I Café 45 Phusion
Just a little taste of my greater Bay Area Tiers is below (there are 6 tiers I have in total, I've reviewed over 112 + boba spots now but obviously not enough room to list them all here)
Rod's SF Bay Area Boba Tiers: This is based on my milk tea taste/ boba taste rating scale with 10/10 being the absolute best. I have actual ranked lists for the South 880 corridor and San Francisco in case you're wondering.
Tier 1 (Alphabetized) "Magnificent 4" aka" I'll get some even if I shouldn't..."
Bubbly, I-Tea, Pekoe, Teatop
Tier 2 : (Alphabetized) "The Almost Elite..but not quite" aka " I'm a fan but not a die hard"
Caffe Central, Cool Tea, Factory Tea Bar, Good Earth Café, Gong Cha, Hanlin Tea, Little Sweet, Passion T snacks and Dessets Puppy Bobar, Soyful Desserts, Tea Station ,The Boba Shop,
Tier 3 (Alphabetized) "The Above average spots" aka " Sure why not..let's roll" : 85 Degree, BlackBall Desserts, Bobapia, Cha Express, Che-Lo, Keep it, Super Cue, T4, Tastea, Tata Tea, Tea Six, Tea Station, Teaspoon, Teatime, The Ramen Bar, T-Lab, Tpumps,Urban Ritual, Wondertea, read more