Boba Adventures!!!: March 2016

Tea Arias

7184 Edinger Ave
Huntington Beach, CA 92647

My classmate Teeng-Ting and I came here after eating Thai food after surfing! It was my first time surfing and I was exhausted afterwards so I definitely needed a boba drink. I yelped this place and the name caught my attention. As we entered this boba shop, it was very spacious and clean. There were nice pictures hung on the walls. They also had tea for sale and had it all displayed really nicely.

Anyways, other than the wonderful indoor decorations and arrangement, they also had a lot of tea drink options so I spent a good 5-7 minutes deciding which drink to get. Teeng-ting had a much easier time deciding lol I finally the Strawberry Twist with chia seeds and Teeng-ting got the Pacific Sunrise with basil seeds. The drinks came out to be soooo pretty!!! We didn't want to mix it up or drink it because it was very pretty.

My drink was a bit too sweet and I couldn't taste the lime that was supposed to be in there so I went back and asked them to make it a bit more sour. The girl was very nice and she explained to me that if she makes it more sour, then it would also become a bit more sweet because the strawberry juice is pre-made with lemon juice in it so increasing the sourness will increase the sweetness too. I was willing to take the risk and it turned out to be really good!

The drink on the right is the strawberry twist and the one on the left is the pacific sunrise. They were both really good, but I liked my drink better ^_^

TEA: 8/10

CHIA SEEDS: 9/10

ENVIRONMENT: 7/10

New Sharetea in Fullerton!

2445 E Chapman Ave
Fullerton, CA 92831

I was so excited when I saw that a Sharetea was opening like next to my apartment LITERALLY! So on the first day of their soft opening, I went and ordered a drink. I didn't really know what soft opening meant so I thought they would have every drink, but nope. I was going to order a fresh milk green tea, but they didn't have that available yet so I couldn't decide on what drink to get. I talked to the girl at the register and asked for her opinion on what to get. I told her I like the classic milk tea, but I want to try something new. She recommended me the honey milk tea. That enticed me because I do like for my fruit teas to be sweetened with real honey, but I have never tried it in milk tea. I was adventurous and went for it!

I was excited to try it, BUT it disappointed me :( It was too sweet and my tummy didn't like the mixture of milk with honey. The boba itself was really good, but the drink was so sweet that I think it might be one of the only drinks that I bought and didn't finish :( Such a sad start! Oh well, there will be better days! :D

TEA: 3/10

BOBA: 8/10

ENVIRONMENT: 7/10

Cafe Bing

124 W Wilshire Ave
Fullerton, CA 92832

I went here with my classmate, Sujin. We wanted to get some school work done so we came here on a Friday afternoon. I ordered a pepperoni panini along with a jasmine green tea with boba (they had a deal for buy a panini, get the drink 1/2 off). I wasn't a fan of the panini bread because I was expecting the "normal" panini break. However, I was too hungry to complain hahaha The jasmine green tea was very standard, not great, but not horrible. The boba was also just okay.

This is a great place to do work if Bolu Cafe is full hahaha, but I prefer Bolu. After coming here with Sujin, I came back a different night to do more work and so I tried another tea drink.

I ordered a passion fruit green tea because that was the safest bet. I was going to order a grapefruit if they used real grapefruit in the drink, but they didn't so I stuck with my usual. The drink was pretty nice, but it was a bit too sweet for my liking. One thing I do like about this boba shop is they have really nice seat cushions and sofa benches so it makes studying/working very comfortable.

TEA: 6/10

BOBA: N/A

ENVIRONMENT: 6/10

Bolu Cafe

101 N Harbor Blvd #100
Fullerton, CA 92832

Bolu Cafe is my favorite place to go study and get my school work done. I used to only get their iced mochas because I didn't realize that they also sell TEA! That was really exciting so I tried out this drink: Passion Fruit Green Tea. At first, I asked for less sugar, but then I tasted it and it just tasted like green tea so I asked the lady to adjust it back to normal sugar HAHAHA Very refreshing drink! I've also tried their Honey Green Tea and that was also very good (don't have a picture for that one though).

TEAS: 7/10

BOBA: N/A

ENVIRONMENT: 9/10

Green Bliss

305 N Harbor Blvd Ste 103
Fullerton, CA 92832

So...since I haven't updated my boba blog in a while, I have forgotten what this tea drink is called :'( Anyways, this is a fruit tea, naturally sweetened. It was really good and refreshing. This restaurant is a vegan restaurant just in case you didn't know. It was my first time eating vegan food, which I don't think I can do, but it was a good experience. Out of my meal, this drink was definitely the best ^_^

TEA: 8/10

BOBA: N/A

ENVIRONMENT: 7/10

Dragonfly Tea Bar

19208 Colima Rd

Rowland Heights, CA 91748

The exterior of this boba shop is very enticing to me. I've always drove past this place, but I never stopped. I really like the architecture of this boba shop so far.

This is the counter where we ordered our drinks and snacks. There was no one there when my sister and I entered so we rang the bell before someone came to take our order. There was only one other customer in the shop, granted it was a Sunday early afternoon. My sister and I ordered and then took some pictures as we waited LOL ^_^

Choua ordered her usual iced coffee drink lol I believe I ordered a strawberry green tea. We were a bit hungry so we also ordered the golden fish balls and then the squid nuggets! I ordered medium spicy because my sister can't handle spice as well as I can, but oh man, this shop makes their snacks SPICY even though it was just medium! It's a good thing we only got medium spice lol I didn't like their dipping sauce though. The texture was not appetizing and it didn't really have a taste to it.

The drinks were not good :( My drink tasted too much like syrup in water, so that was sad. I did like the basil seeds though lol Choua's drink was even worse. It tasted like chocolate milk instead of coffee :/ It was pretty bad. The boba was also not great, but still edible. However, it doesn't make up for the low quality drinks in my opinion.

TEA: 5/10

BOBA: 5/10

ENVIRONMENT: 6/10

Bird's Pick Tea & Herb

10 S De Lacey Ave
Pasadena, CA 91105

Pasadena

I decided to drop by this boba shop after my amazing morning at the Descansco Gardens. There was traffic so I thought that I might as well get a boba drink to accompany me on the ride home. I yelped and found this place so I tried it out.

When I walked in, the shop was very spacious and had a lot going on. There were tea pots, study tables, a wall full of different types of teas, and a bar area. The inside was amazed me! They had a really nice ceiling, nice music, and comfy cushioned chairs. They also had a huge selection of teas so I didn't know what to order.