Don't know what's up with the hype, but I'll return anyways to order their signature and like their wrapped straws. What I don't like is cash only, but let's give some leeway to a new biz. Ordered the coffee jelly milk tea, nothing special. For marketing, they have it right, slick look, makes you want to come again. Their sig is the oolong latte. 2nd floor, at Aberdeen Square. Funny how you get a free one after the 10th one, that will take me a year or so, now that I prefer coffee. read more

You can literally smell the tea down the hallway ! I love their milk tea so fragrant and their pearls are always fresh and chewy - it is probably because they are constantly making it. As for their brown sugar milk tea I would not recommend. It is totally mediocre, their Panda drink is better! read more

They have lots of choices, even for sugar content (something along the lines of calculating by percentages) It's interesting to see them use traditional tea choices (Pu-er, tie guan ying, etc) , but I didn't particularly taste the distinctive taste of the chosen tea read more

Came here after a recommendation from a local at the Richmond mall saying that Shiny Tea is the place to go if you really want a place that has good tea. There is a sign in the back of the spot that says the Inventor of Boba approves of this place or something like that. This place was kind of hard to find since its not really near anything but its in Aberdeen Square, 2nd floor and faces the windows to the Metro thing. At first we wanted Osmanthus tea but they didn't start serving it. Then we wanted Jade Green tea but they ran out. So we ended up getting a green lemon tea with less sugar and a green tea with fresh milk. The Lemon green tea was a tad on the sour side but still kind of refreshing. The green tea needed more tea since I could mostly only taste the milk. I also tried the white pearls for the first time and I think the states needs to get this next. I wish the boba there was honey boba because plain is just boring now. read more

I have actually had bubble tea from Shiny Tea both in Taiwan (it's birth place) as well as Canada. My thoughts for both locations is average average average. The quality of the tea very average (as I may have already mentioned). I've had the following drinks at Shiny Tea and here are my thoughts for each: 1. Panda milk black tea - panda milk tea has 2 kinds of pearls - the typical black ones you see in regular bubble tea and a small white coloured variety. I quite enjoyed the small pearls as you can't seem to get this kind of pearls at many places in Canada. This is the best item I've had here so far. 2. Green milk tea with grass jelly - I'm going to assume most people know what grass jelly is - this being said, the grass jelly here is not very chewy or fresh tasting and they are quite stingy with it. I ran out of grass jelly when I still had like 30% tea left. I got green tea because they ran out of black and due to the watery quality of the tea, I couldn't quite taste a different with the black tea. I got 50% sugar and the sweetness level is on point for me. 2. Awkeotsang jelly lemon green tea - Awkeotsang jelly is a white square shaped jelly that is suppose to be very chewy. However the ones in the drink I had here was not chewy at all and tasted very much like the grass jelly I had in the green milk tea. This was by far my least favourite of the 3. Despite getting only 80% sugar, it was extremely sweet and had no lemon taste whatsoever. The prices here are decent. However, my recommendation would be to skip the line-up here (baffling) and go to well tea, chatime, bubble queen or the bubble tea shop for much better bubble tea. read more

Shiny Tea - Milk green tea with grass jelly (they ran out of black tea) - Bubble Tea Near Me - Richmond, British Columbia

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latest BBT fade/trend in Richmond! hum, $4 for medium size of the original creamy sweet BBT, $4.50 for 2" taller cup. OK once in while, but definitely not worth for my regular cup of tea. just around the corner in the same mall, another BBT vendor may have better offer to try. read more

Shiny Tea - 50% of all orders I saw for this "original" BBT - Bubble Tea Near Me - Richmond, British Columbia

They serve very tasty bubble teas. They claimed their bubble teas to be the authentic and original from Taiwan. The teas they use are very strong flavored. They are flexible on the sugar and the taste of how strong the tea and temperature, etc. I usually order their oolong latte. Worth trying and revisiting. :) read more

Located in the cavernous and still very empty new Aberdeen Square, this bubble tea cafe's claim to fame is that it is officially approved by the so-called creator of bubble tea in Taiwan. I don't know if it's true or not, but whatever, the BBT here is pretty good. Rich flavors, not too sweet (you can request different levels of ice and sugar as usual). Prices are reasonable. They are very new still, and they seem to be focused on quality. Each drink is hand-shaken, which I find to be a novelty these days. read more

Very difficult to find but I like their pearls especially the white ones, very very chewy. Their tea is very sweet. I still think it's a bit too sweet when I asked for "less sugar". read more

don't waste your time. Went when it first opened, unprofessional staff and ran out of tea two hrs before closing. Gave it another chance recently, unfortunately, not much has improved. Basic items are still out early before its closing time. Don't take it as a sign that it's busy. It might have some traffic but not more than any other bbt place in richmond. Flavour is fine but don't expect to get what you actually want to drink until the third try. What can we order at a bbt place when it's out of pears and tea?? milk? read more

I got the Panda Milk Tea which was original milk tea with both traditional black pearls as well as their special "white pearls". The pearls were cooked nicely and they weren't stingy with it, but I couldn't really tell the difference between black or white tapioca. Their tea was not too sweet and syrupy and tasted decent. A bit on the expensive side, considering their size is much smaller than other places. They also have very traditional Asian flavours, eg oolong and pu-er. If you're craving for some colourful strawberry/mango/taro drinks, this isn't the place for you. read more

While there is a lot of hype for this place, I would skip out on it. I've been here 3 times and always have ordered Original Milk Tea as that is a basic of a bubble tea you can get. The first time was when they were fairly new and it was pretty good. However the second time and the third time the quality kept dropping. The tea isn't the best quality but as I was waiting the third time they kept reusing the same tea leaves again and again which explained why there was barely any tea taste. The pearls were okay but with the flavour of the tea it just tasted like milky water with some chewy pearls. There is also a line most of the time but the way they took orders (the cash person kept leaving/waiting for previous orders) explains it. If you really want bubble tea then this is an okay place but not the best. read more

I came to Shiny Tea in Aberdeen Mall craving a refreshing fruit tea because it was so hot outside today. Decided on my order: passion fruit green tea sounded really nice. Sadly I didn't even get to order anything, because a couple were busy chatting in their native language to not just the cashier, but also the barista. Both staff looked clueless at the counter as the man and women talked over each other. I don't know what they were saying, but it surely wasn't an order, so I don't know why both staff thought they should simultaneously listen. My main problem is not one of them even acknowledged my presence for a whole 5 minutes. What type of customer service is that?? I am in the customer service business myself and the number one thing you must do is make yourself aware of a customer. It's not hard, just say "I'll be with you in just a moment". It means all the world and makes customers feel more welcome and willing to stay and spend money. If you really want to go above and beyond maybe even give a smile! Nothing from here. I don't know if it was because I have white skin and they prefer to be racist, or they are just stupid or if they always do a poor job. However, I do know that if you travel down the escalator in Aberdeen, you are just steps away from 2 other bubble tea shops that actually serve people. No need to go to Shiny Tea at all. In fact, Shiny Tea is really rather dull. read more

I've been to this place twice, they have lots of options on the menu, milk tea are decent tasting and the prices are fair. The store front area can be crowded when there's line since that area is small. I will go back when I'm in that area again. read more

One of the best bubble-teas in Richmond (they now have locations in Vancouver and Burnaby). I would say Shiny Tea's "Panda milk tea" is delicious and my favorite beverage there - it has black and white pearls in a house made milk tea. It is located on the Skytrain friendly side of Aberdeen mall, which can also be accessed through the parking lot. The wait time is about 15 minutes on a busy weekend, but the rest of the time it is not too bad! read more

Closer to Aberdeen station. I came here 'cause my girlfriend who lives in Richmond talks this place up. I love my bubble tea. The bubble tea was okay but how was this any different than the other bubble tea places in the city? They didn't charge me for extra pearls which was appreciated. The line up outside was long, however, turn around from order to pick up was decent timing. Very reasonable prices. They're open to allowing you to mix flavors. read more

hidden in a random empty part of the mall drinks always taste great but the fact that there is no pearls or you have to wait for pearls is a bit ridiculous always a long lineup will definitely be going back! read more

In my top 3 for BBT in Vancouver. Tea is very good and you can actually taste it in the bubbletea. Choose your sweetness and ice level. Pearls, coconut jelly here is very soft. My favorites are 3Q tea, 50% sweet with less ice and Honey Tinguanyin Tea, 50% sweet. I've also tried the Mango Black Tea which is also delicious. I don't think you can go wrong with anything you choose here! read more

Shiny Tea's bubble tea is basically a watered down version of those one would find in Taiwan, including HanLin's. The ingredients are probably of legitimately higher quality, but they seem to use less of them, creating a beverage that is still vastly inferior to Taiwanese bubble tea. read more

I ordered a hot grass jelly milk tea , Luke warm drink with few piece of grass jelly doesn't worth to paid $4.75 , I won't come and recomanded here . read more

Ordered the oolong milk tea with grass jelly. Very delicious. However order 2 mango slush waited 20mins which was disappointment. We only had 3 people In front of us who ordered milk teas so I don't understand why it would take 20 mins to make a slush drink. They seem to have full staff but people there were a few who just stood around doing nothing when they could have contributed in making drinks and what not. read more

You can easily spot them from Aberdeen Sky train station , I think they will make a landmark with the quality of their tea. I took my young nephew and niece all the way from Surrey after reading some great reviews about their bubble tea, and they did prove right. Amazing tea, with right amount of sweetness and taste.The service was pretty fast too, would like to revisit time and again ! read more

I've tried their bbt twice and definitely disappointed with the quality....first time I went they ran out of all of the specialty tea drinks other than the jade, green tea and black tea. Plus...black pearls. So in the end I got the hot jade milk tea plus white pearls. Second time I got cold tieguanyin milk tea plus black pearls. But for both times, I feel like the drinks are simply watered down and the tea flavour isn't rich enough. There are def better bbt places in Richmond. If you do decide to come here, be prepared to line up for at least 5-10 mins to get a drink. read more

The tea taste exactly like the Hanlin tea in Taiwan. I got oolong milk tea with half sugar this time with not much wait time. Drink is prefect for me. I'll definitely come back to try other drinks in the future. read more

This place is definitely going downhill, it used to be really good since you can tell from the aroma of the tea down the hallway and their strong tea taste from their milk teas. But recently (maybe starting beginning of this year?) their milk teas taste a lot weaker, it seems like they dilute it with more water now, the whole drink just taste like a watered down milk tea, and my usual "go-to" drink is their Tieguanyin milk tea which taste stronger than regular black teas already, it just doesn't taste the same anymore! I hope its not because they opened a new location at crystal mall and they have to cut cost by using less tea leaves to make their drinks now. Good luck to them with their watered down drinks and slow service! read more