If you thought I was crazy about the first boba tea place that opened in Louisville, I'm even more in love with Sharetea. With the first boba place, it quickly became a place I visited multiple times a week place. Eventually, that stopped because a trip to St Matthews Mall isn't something I want on my regular agenda.
Lucky for us... Sharetea moved into our city and it's open for business! It's delicious and it's in a much more convenient location than the other place.
We went on opening day so it was packed. The place also seems like the perfect size. It's around the size of your typical ice cream parlor. There are a few tables along the wall and a front table/bar area facing Bardstown Road.
There are plenty of options on the menu. You can choose from fruit tea, milk tea, fresh milk, signature, ice blended, and brewed tea. There are so many options! Most boba places let you choose ice and sweetness level but this place makes sure that you know those options exist. Other places sometimes expect you to know and if you don't specify they'll default you to 100% sugar and full ice.
Plenty of topping options here too: Boba(pearls), mini pearls, ice cream, pudding, aloe vera, red bean, herb jelly, ayu jelly, and lychee jelly. The menu makes it easy to see which drinks are available hot too.
I wasn't entirely sure what I wanted this time. I usually go with fruit tea at these places but this time I wanted milk tea. What did I decide on? Mango Green Milk Tea with boba and aloe vera. A little bit of fruit. A little bit of milk. It was BOGO day so the three of us ended up with four drinks. The Mango Green Milk Tea was tasty. The flavor completely outshines other boba tea places in town.
The other two drinks were Taro Pearl Milk Tea. Wow! I'm ordering this the next time. I was jealous after trying a few drinks of this one. It was delicious. The more I think about this drink, the more I want to stop by there on the way home from work and pick up one today.
The matcha and red bean drinks are on my immediate to-do list.
I can't find it in myself to rate any boba place lower than 5 because I want boba to flood Louisville. Who needs bourbon when there's boba(fight me!). In comparison to the other boba place in town, I think this one tastes much better. It's fresher and you don't have to fight the mall crowd to have it.
The only drawback I think is when I went to claim my rewards. It took me to some random Heartland Payment system app. I'm familiar with Heartland Payment but the app seemed a little clunky and unofficial. I'm not sure... I need to do more research on it but if it's not Google Pay, Bitcoin, Venmo, or Paypal... I'm not using a phone(app/third-party) with my bank card to pay.
Next time you want that Starbucks or ice cream or froyo or whatever, skip it and head to Sharetea! read more