Notes: always ordering regular milk tea with boba at 100% sweet for comparisons

Tea Cafe

• 5/5
• it's the customer service and delicious drinks that makes it <3
• BMTw/B need evaluation
• current go-to as they are the closest and most convenient
• when in season, the watermelon juice is AWESOME! uses fresh watermelon from chunks <3
• two reasons for not being a perfect score:
  • plastic straw usage (they put it in for you if you don't say anything)
  • no adjusting sweetness

Inifitea

• 4/5
• BMTw/B good
• good assortment of drinks, good sizes
  • 6/10/18: Taro, Coffee Crunch were delicious

Shaka Shaka Tea Express

• 4/5
• fresh fruit, natural ingredients, no artificial powder
  • 6/14/18: BMTw/B regular sweet (100%) was good but seemed weak, watery; taste disappeared after the initial hit
  • 4/23/19 Salt Lake: BMTw/B regular sweet (100%), good! Boba was nice and chewy with little to no stickiness; updated score from 3 to 4

Hana Tea

• 4/5
• nice squish to boba
• warm bottom, cold top
• regular/100% sweetness is just right
• tea is present with a little bitterness at the end

Taste Tea

• 4/5
• 2016: tried wintermelon drink without knowing wtf it was, WINTERMELON IS GROSS
• will DEFINITELY try again with BMTw/B instead
• 8/25/18 update:
  • too sweet
  • tea tastes a little different, bitterness only an aftertaste, but the the tea taste disappears altogether
  • boba: springy, chewy, thick
  • molten boba: VERY soft, almost melts
• random 2019 update:
  • score increase due to being able to go down to 0 and 20% sweetness

Tea Time Taiwan: PC

• 4/5
• nice variety of toppings and drink flavors
• twin cup option! (ask first, not always available)

Teapresso

• 4/5
• multiple locations=convenient
• 7/12/18, Ke'eaumoku location: free but limited parking; BMTw/B @ reg sweet was good, not too sweet

Top Tea(Formerly Friend Cafe)

• Updated 7/22
  • 3.5/5
  • boba was tougher
• 4/5
• location might be tricky: walked there from Walmart/Sam's
• delicious milk tea and boba!
• awesome sweetness at regular
• has stamp cards redeemable for drink OR items
• cheese foam: cheesecake-like flavor, takes up ~1/3-1/4 of drink; can be overwhelming
  • 6/20/18: Rose MT was OVERPOWERING

Mr. Tea

• 3/5
• can be too sweet if adding toppings and don't adjust sweetness
• cereal drinks are p. good
• can sometimes taste the powder
• Ala's relocation: BMTw/B had some bitterness even though sweetness was regular (100%)

QQ Tea House reopened ~Jan 2019

• 3/5 (updated from 4.5/5)
• THE BEST
• #30: pudding & honey boba!!!
• watermelon milk is AWESOME TOO
• sweetness adjusting isn't always available, best to ask when not busy or they ask first
• only one size drink
  • Jan 5 2019 update: reopened with different staff, pudding & honey boba still tastes the same, seems more expensive?, serving plate lunches but haven't tried them yet

Tea Time Taiwan: DLH

• 3/5
• nice variety of toppings and drink flavors
  • ex: panda boba (black and white boba, only served on weekends), dolphin jelly
• ok tea: a little bitter, but also a little watery

-__Da Boba Place__ [CLOSED 8/15/18] -* 2/5 -* tea flavor light, but disappears over time (couldn't taste it near end of drink); watery -* chewy boba: flavorless????, sticks to teeth

Thang's French Coffee & Boba Tea

• 2/5
• TOO SWEET, boba was chewier than like
• willing to try again

7-Eleven Hawaii

• 1/5
• TOO SWEET, WEIRD boba... almost crunchy jelly? (think kanten)
• would drink if it was the only thing available

Yet to try list

• Hana Tea
• Teapresso Bar
• Nice to meet you Tea House
• Bestea Cafe
• HiTea Cafe