This location is fairly small with cute decor and great customer service. The service was very bright and welcoming as they greeted every customer with a smile. This is not a boba shop you can come and expect to study or chill inside. There are no tables or seating available except outside. I ordered their oolong milk tea, which I read somewhere on the menu is brewed daily, but it does not taste like usual oolong. Instead it tasted like roasted milk tea with a lot of sugar. I let it sit so the ice can melt hoping it would even out the sugar level, but no difference. I probably won't ever order their oolong again. They should probably fix the menu and label it as roasted oolong milk tea. I want to give this place another shot because of their beautiful designed glass bottles, but next time I know to order something different. Btw, they are discontinuing their sago boba. read more

Roasting Water - Oolong and green tea macchiato - Bubble Tea Near Me - Long Beach, California

I was totally craving the Tropical Storm and was hoping this spot was open. I walked into music blaring and two people sitting on stools without a mask near the register. They ask that you don't cross the white line to order. However, with the music blaring, the guy who showed up behind the register could not hear me and I couldn't hear him. After three attempts of repeating himself, he removes his mask and looks over to the guy sitting on the stool who then lowers the music. Seriously, why put signs everywhere to social distance and wear a mask when the employee and his homies are just chilling without a mask and having a party among themselves. I chose to walk out without ordering. Till next time Tropical Storm. I won't be back until things blow over. read more

I love this place because of their delicious drinks . The cool part is they always have cool reusable bottles. Seems like every other week or so they have different designs. At the moment, they have these really cute sailor moon bottles. I've tried almost all the drinks. Among my favorites are the Just Mango , Avocuddle Buddy, Jack & Jill and the Guilty Pleasures. read more

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I love their Vietnamese coffee! As so alot of their other drinks. The only thing is that they aren't as organized when they have promotions so it takes the workers forever! read more

Sorry Roasting Water, but drinks were not good): I used to love coming to this place because it's so cute inside & the bottles used to make it SO worth going. Then they stopped with the really nice glass bottles & I hadn't have gone in a long time. Stopped by Michaels for a pick up order & thought why not come here. Definitely regret it. We ordered a Mango smoothie & a green milk tea with boba, and both tasted like water.....would not recommend): but the inside was still super cute, they even had a little picture moment. read more

Roasting Water - Inside - Bubble Tea Near Me - Long Beach, California

This place is cool because when you order a cold drink they put them in cool bottles. They switch up the bottles every month or so. They use to have really cool glass bottles with cork tops those were so cool. read more

I love boba drinks. I'm a huge fan! But my Thai Tea was too sugary. And my Sea Salt Jasmine drink had a weird after taste. But i do love the designs of the cups because they are reusable and i love reusable things because i can use them to take to work or on trips which i like a lot. P.S. their coffee drinks tastes better! read more

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Good tea and smoothies, but very disappointed. No special glass cups, which I drove very far to get. Instead I just got my drink in a plain plastic cup. I even called the location to see if they were open during this"quarantine" and she did not even mention that they did not have any special glass cups in stock. In the store she said they would start using the cup after the quarantine is over. When I asked her if I could redeem the cup later with my receipt, she said no and that I would have to buy another drink. So, I basically paid for a very overpriced boba drink. Not worth my $6...... Roasting water, please offer a 15% discount if you want to keep your customers happy during this quarantine since you aren't giving us the cup we pay for. Also she needs to speed up her drink making. Very slow. And my fruit toppings kinda taste fermented aka old. read more

Roasting Water - My $6 drinks in ugly cups. - Bubble Tea Near Me - Long Beach, California

So many delicious drinks!! The cutest cups. It's always busy but worth the wait. Cute stuff for sale.

It's super small but a really nice spot and the cups are random but the ones we got are really cute. Overall it was a good experience and good boba read more

Roasting Water - Milk tea boba 8/10 , strawberry banana smoothie 9/10 super good - Bubble Tea Near Me - Long Beach, California

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The ambiance and the service was amazing. The matcha was solid and the placement of the chairs was set up nice to people watch on a nice weekend morning. Would recommend people to check it out read more

First time here love love the cute reusable cups I got the guava tea with boba. My daughter ordered the strawberry lemonade and I got the sunrise with added peach and boba. I tasted all three and I really liked the blended sunrise the best. Great place to visit for a yummy drink and cute cup read more

Roasting Water - Guava tea with boba - Bubble Tea Near Me - Long Beach, California

Drinks are always yummy here! I've tried a variety of drinks and all leave us in smiles. One star less on this review since they used to give away cute reusable plastic bottles with their drinks. Price has remained the same but no more bottles. Bummer read more

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"Yeah no, I'm not taking this girl's order." Great drinks, horrible service. The server with black hair and bright red streaks called me rude for asking a product question and refused to serve me a few months back. Her coworker kindly stepped in and had no problem. I won't be coming back. read more

I've been here a couple of times and instead of getting their smoothies I got their strawberry lemonade it was was soo good. Awesome choice from the cashier who suggested this drink to me by the way! This review was originally going to be 4 stars but im dropping a star because by the time i had finished my drink I noticed that is was filled with ice by more than half. I finished my drink within a couple of sips which sucks cause I was really trying to savor the lemonade. Overall the service and the strawberry lemonade were great. Only thing I was disappointed with was the large amount of ice that was in my drink. read more

Roasting Water - Way too much ice :/ - Bubble Tea Near Me - Long Beach, California

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Full disclosure, this wasn't our first choice for treats the evening we were at Long Beach Towne Center. I actually was craving a specific ice cream flavor from next door but they didn't have it so I was (sad face) walking passed this location & spotted the word "Ghirardelli" on their menu. As a fan of that particular brand of chocolate (the hot fudge is toe curling for me), I was almost hypnotized to try something. I ended up ordering an aptly flavored drink called "Frozen Hot Mess" which, let me just tell you, is sweet and sweet. And for me, it was DELICIOUS. I mean, if you're gonna go for it, just go for it. It's ironic that the drink called "Guilty Pleasure" which was also ordered this particular evening is actually less sweet than the "Frozen Hot Mess". So pick your treat. And choose wisely. Oh, and the bottles they serve with the drinks are too cute. I don't know how cost effective it is for them, but they are reusable so I appreciate them. read more

Roasting Water - Boba Plushies, I mean, what else can you say? - Bubble Tea Near Me - Long Beach, California

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One of my favorite places . Love the selection and also love that I could pick up a panda frying pan their and my panda bottle.

This location has been a huge disappointment. It is located in the Long Beach Town Center near the Edwards Movie Theater and there is always plenty of parking. I was really looking forward to trying this spot and had read that it was a great coffee shop. We had ordered two of their Roasting water Iced Coffees, and they tasted overly sweet! This place shouldn't even be considered a coffee shop because of its pre-made coffee. We tried to get the sweetness level adjusted, and they said that their coffees are premixed/made, so there is no adjusting the sweetness level, no customizing your order to different milks and no adding anything. As soon as we got to our car, we threw the coffee in the bushes and kept the cup. They serve their drinks in a variety of cute reusable cups. There weren't many choices on the menu, without sugar already added to your drink. It's a cute place to get fun drinks in their cute bottles if you don't mind all the sugar they add. Sadly I'll never be back here for coffee. read more

Love the kawaii theme of plushies and souvenir that they have. Drinks are ok kinda wish they had much more colorful theme bottles like they used to. read more

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The drinks I've had here so far were mediocre and not worth getting again. Last time I got the Sunburst smoothie (strawberry and passion fruit), and it was a little too milky/bland/unflavorful for my taste. Today I got a hot Thai tea, which wasn't bad but it was a little too sickly sweet after the first few sips. Summary: The drinks are unremarkable; adequate but not excellent. On the plus side, the cold drinks come in cute bottles you get to keep (which is why I gave 3 stars instead of 2). read more

Roasting Water - Sunburst smoothie- it was ok. - Bubble Tea Near Me - Long Beach, California

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I love this place and the friendly staff!! Originally went to the one in fountain valley and then had to look up their other locations. Not only are the drinks delicious (only had milk teas and coffees) but they serve them in the cutest reusable cups (used to be screw top bottles). Only reason that this was not 5 stars is it is a little hard to find and the boba wasn't ready lol. read more

Roasting Water - Caramel macchiato iced coffee and black milk tea - Bubble Tea Near Me - Long Beach, California

Do you like Jamba Juice, 85 Degree, Boba Drinks or Starbucks? Then, This is the place for you. They don't serve food, but if you are looking for variety of drinks from smoothie, fruit tea, lemonade, hot drinks, coffee and chocolate. These drinks will hit you in with right palette in your mouth. I was craving for boba drinks and found this place through Yelp. Thanks fellow Yelpers. This was a great find. They have several locations from Westminster, Garden Grove, Foundation Valley, and Huntington Beach. Based on these locations, this is mostly located in the OC area I like that this place is really into natural fruits and organic elements, so their drinks are healthy. The price is ranging from $3.95 to $5.25. I like that the drinks are served in a glass or plastic bottle. The bottle design changes every 1-2 months. This can become a collectible if you are into things like that. Look at their instagram page to know when the design changes. There is no discount if you bring back the bottle for refill. This location is at Long Beach Town Center and it is right off the freeway. It is right next to Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream. There is not much place to sit down and it is more of a to go place. The line is long and out the door, but it goes by fairly quickly. Staff were friendly and offered recommendations. The place is super cute I ordered the Lots of Lychee Fruit Tea with Green Tea and Strawberry Lemonade. All drinks come with two free add on such as: boba, grass jelly, chia seeds, honey aloe, strawberries, jackfruit...If you want additional add-ons, they are $0.50 per add on. The drinks were refreshing and yummy. I enjoyed this experience and definitely will return again read more

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Yep, I've been lured by the cute bottles especially with the bottle size and cap. I didn't really care for their glass bottles and cork caps. I usually order the RW coffee with boba which is tasty - light viet coffee flavor taste and chewy sweet boba. I like the size of this location and big parking lot. However be warned that this place gets really busy when a new bottle comes out. It's best to go to another location to avoid the crowd, read more

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Sad to say that we were quite disappointed with our orders tonight. We've been to other RW locations and felt we had better experiences! Something about the flavor was just a tad off in all of our drinks: hot green milk almond tea, hot green milk tea, sea salt jasmine, and cool raspberry. Unlikely we'd return unless we're in this plaza for another meal or reason... there are plenty of other boba places in the LB/Cerritos/Artesia areas with better drinks :( read more

Cutest glasses ever!!! Love that they offer 2 free add ons for their drinks but hate that their drinks are in such small containers that it means less drink =T I do think their drinks are a bit watered down. The almond milk tea didn't feel as creamy as other places and they're 0-3 for making my drink half sweet. I should probably make it a point to try the drink before I walk away. read more

Roasting Water - Pandas! - Bubble Tea Near Me - Long Beach, California

I would definitely not call this a boba spot because their specialty is fruit and tea-based drinks. When I say fruit, I mean actual fruits - not the frozen fruit-blended stuff you get at smoothie shops. Anyhow, my coworker introduced me to this place, and I have been hooked. I really like the "LOL" or the "lots of lychee". Their boba has great texture and freshness too. I usually get the LOL with herbal tea, though I have tried it with black tea (which makes it a little more bitter than the herbal tea). It is a small shop so there is no indoor seating, but there are plenty of patio seats outside in the town center. Sometimes the wait can be a little bit long, but the employees do their best. Some patrons can get annoying (high school kids, college kids), but the drinks are good and come out within reasonable time. Parking can get packed as it is near the movie theatre and Lucille's. read more

This place is so cute! The boba is just right, soft and chewy! The Thai Tea here is always good! The blondie, and regular milk tea! The cups are always cute and you get to take them home! 3 drinks cost us around $14, all had boba in them as well. I'm not sure when they change the drink cups, but they're always cute! I wished I could honestly purchase one of the glass bottles on display. There are some bottles/mugs/cups that you CAN purchase with your drink, every location is different. If you haven't came here please give it a try! Inside is super cute too, there is no inside seating but on the outside of the store there is tons of seating by the water fountain etc. :) read more

Roasting Water - Thai Tea, blondie, milk tea! - Bubble Tea Near Me - Long Beach, California

Our favorite location They never run out of add-ons They have time to let you look at the current bottle selection and choose read more

This is the Strawberry Blonde which consists of blended strawberry and mango topped with strawberry and mango bits 100% real fruit and juices are used. It also comes with this cute bottle that can be reusable! 10/10 would return! read more

I have seen so many posts about this cute place and never had a chance to visit until a couple weeks ago. I went at the butt crack of dawn at 8am on a Saturday. I was craving boba milk tea but the cashier told me they make the boba every morning so it was not ready. The other flavored balls were available but I really just wanted regular boba. After the kind lady reviewed the items they have and what the procedure was for ordering, I decided to get the guava tea with grass jelly and chia seeds & I got my husband a strawberry banana smoothie with extra strawberries. I was the only customer so the order was quickly whipped up and placed into two very cute, plastic beach/luau themed bottles. The appearance of my Lychee drink did not look very appealing so I was worried about the decision I had made. I was so excited to leave with the two cute drinks, I completely forgot to get those long straws. Luckily, I went home straight after so I just poured it into a regular cup for consumption. My guava tea ended up being so refreshing and not overly sweet. My husband loved his strawberry banana. It tasted like it was made with real ingredients and no artificial flavoring :) This place is definitely worth the hyper. Next time I will know to go at a later time for my boba fix :)) read more

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Found out about Roasting Water from a friend who repeatedly checked in and posted her bulk purchases on Instagram. I was intrigued with their bottles. It looked like a great souvenir. I was wary, though because I remember visiting a place because of their great "packaging" but found out we have to pay extra for the nice bottle. Not so here at Roasting Water. All your orders will come in the nice bottle. I came one day and our drinks were in a cork-stoppered glass bottle printed with a beautiful circus scene. The drinks were so good, and the bottles too, that we came back two days later. We were wondering if it would have the same design. No they did not. For our second visit, the bottle had a screw-top with a looped string for easier transport. The bottle was not glass but bottle. But the print was still beautiful, but this time, a peacock. HOT MESS is a frozen hot chocolate with whipped cream, chocolate chips, and Ghirardelli Hot Fudge. It was so good we ordered it again on our second visit. WHITE PEACH TEA was very good and it came with pieces of fruit, which were tart, and two free add-ons, for which we chose boba. The boba was cooked all the way through and sweetened well. The tea was just the right amount of sweet and so refreshing on a hot SoCal summer day. OOLONG TEA with boba was also very good. The tea was not bitter, but it was strong enough not to taste watered down even thought there was melting ice. That means they used more tea to flavor, not over-steeped their tea. There was no line on our first visit n a Friday night. There was a long line to order on the Sunday afternoon we were there. Roasting Water is part of the Long Bach Town Center and can be found between the Starbucks and Edwards Theater. There are multiple free parking lots within the town center. read more

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ReAlly fun place... hello kitty meets boba bar meets millennial hangout meets a melting pot of all different ethnicities. Love it! -Long Beach town center.. park by Lucilles and just walk your cute little tushy over to this place. 2 doors down from starbucks... Service: meh.. not bad meaning they say hello, take your order and seem mildly annoyed they have to work at such a busy shop..maybe i'd be too?? Oh well that didnt stop me from not liking the joint.. im here for the free cute bottle and to taste the teas..and this is closer to my house than battling south street to cerritos for some asian tea.. The Tea: On a 90 degree summer day in the LBC this place hit the spot.. awesome drinks, free super uber cute bottle that you take home... i mean come on.. makes a great vase, water bottle ..and its surprisingly heavy duty.. And... yes there is a line... it moves fast.. would be cool if they had pix of the drinks because some of the words on the menu seem like super funky combos but in the end they all Im sure taste delish! We had: -berry smoothie -almond milk green tea (Seems like a generous portion size... maybe Venti-ish)... Almost 9.00 bucks later... Would I come back? yup... Im hello-kitty like that on the inside... sucker for cute bottles, containers.. beautifully made drinks. We enjoyed both! Most of the drinks are 4.50-5.00 ish dollars (remember free cute bottle). -Worth it? Yup i think so. The bottle seriously sells this place for me.. as i would pay maybe 1.00 less and get a cheapy plastic cup at other asian tea places. Ps: Guys... a suggested Improvement????? -add more seating or high boys in your lobby.. and that green bench needs the dirty fabric cover ripped off.. throws off the wrong vibe for your joint. read more

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I came here with my friends a few weekends ago after months of waiting to go! (this review has since been added on to) FOOD: They didn't have boba ready but we were in a hurry so I didn't get boba :(. BUT I got egg pudding and lychee jelly with thai milk tea ( I know its a weird combo stop judging me) SERVICE: fast service. It was my first time so they helped me choose what to order which was sweet. AMBIANCE : They had so many cute products but it was so much that it was almost chaotic! They had some pop music playing and have a cute mural on the wall too. There isn't much space to hangout inside, but there are nice covered outside sitting areas PARKING: There is lots of parking in the mall area but sometimes around mealtimes and on fridays and weekends it tends to fill up read more

I was craving Roasting Water and so I came here with my friend. There was a line out the door on a busy Saturday afternoon. I got my usual fruit tea and obviously came here for their cute bottle. Can't go wrong with Roasting Water! read more

Roasting Water - Bubble Tea Near Me - Long Beach, California

Affordable drinks in cute bottles. I've seen RW bottles all over social media and was excited to give it a try. There were 2 parties ahead of us when we came in. Naturally, we expected the line to move quickly, but for some reason, they don't separate out their duties here. There were three employees working (from what I could see) and one of them would leave the register and leave the customers waiting for 5 mins at a time. It literally took forever for us to simply order our drinks. One person should be at the register while the others are making drinks. The prices here are very reasonable considering that they offer 2 free toppings per drink order. I got the almond green milk tea with boba and sea salt foam. The drink itself was honestly really disappointing. It was way too sweet and there wasn't enough sea salt foam to balance out the flavors. The boba, however, was the right consistency. Their fruity drinks seem to be the most popular here, but they're not exactly my cup of tea. Overall - glad I gave it a try, but probably wouldn't drive all the way back here just for boba. read more

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Love this place and the anime figurines they carry. Sure helped me at Christmas when I needed a few gifts. The drinks are the best! read more

Roasting Water - Vietnamese coffee and Thai tea - Bubble Tea Near Me - Long Beach, California

This review isn't about the worker, it's about management or whoever let her work alone. Poor girl was busting her ass on a holiday all by herself! I felt terrible for her. She had to be cashier and make the drinks. All while the door bell kept dinging. That would've been my 13th reason. :/ on top of all of this the computer was running slow. I would've made this my last day. Please give her a raise or a bonus or a week of vacation because she definitely deserves it. She was still so kind and handled the chaos well. read more

My goodness. Two words: glass bottles. Comes with your drink, free. All drinks come with free two toppings. The design on the bottles rub off easily (full disclosure by store) so they have an option for you to take the bottle and they will serve your drink in a plastic cup. Expect line out the door read more

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Fairly decent boba place in long Beach. The place is located in a outdoor shopping center near a movie theater. The atmosphere is relaxing with retro pokemon decorations. Come and check it out if you're in the area. read more

I wanted to try Roasting Water ever since the original location opened in Westminster, but never got around to it. It was out of the way and always seemed too busy, and I hate waiting in line. I decided to give this location a try since it's on my way to and from work, and I can avoid the crowd by coming here right after work. After my first visit I didn't want to come back because I didn't care for my drink. I got the Royal Mango which just tasted extremely bitter. Mango bits were hard and had no sweetness. I only came back today because I just wanted to kill some time while I was waiting for my tire to be fixed at America's Tire. This time I got Ginger Lychee Green Tea with boba. The tea was way too sweet and I couldn't even taste any ginger. All I could taste was lychee. Boba was sweet but didn't really have any flavor. I think most people are initially drawn to this place because of the cool looking bottles, but it's just a gimmick. None of the drinks seem all that unique. They don't even give out glass bottles like they used to. Now it's just plastic bottles, and you can't even bring them back to reuse or get a discount. Maybe I still haven't found the right drink but I don't have the patience to keep trying. I love ginger and mango, and this place failed on both flavors. I will just stick with Fusion Tea Bar and Sharetea in Cerritos instead. read more

Roasting Water - Ginger Lychee Green Tea - Bubble Tea Near Me - Long Beach, California

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