Sharetea

Excellent food, excellent service. Called store today and spoke to manager, I had a question. Tika called me back. Double A#, she was the bomb. 2÷6÷16 2:50pm
Susan

ShareTea needs to reconsider their name because I’m reluctant to «share» these delicious drinks with anyone! – This famous tea bar is #1 in Taipei and nearly my #1 choice for milk boba tea in SoCal.
—-The Drinks — -
Okinawa Pearl Milk Tea ($ 4.00) — MUST TRY. Made with roasted brown sugar, this drink has a refined type of sweetness, containing a subtle earthy element that I can’t quite explain. I just know it’s addicting and my number one choice of drink here. Add $ 0.50 cents for boba.
Hokkaido Pearl Milk Tea ($ 4.00) — A-​OK. Made with caramel toffee, this drink is notably sweeter than the Okinawa above. Admittedly, ShareTea is generous and heavy handed with their sweeteners so beware.
Classic Pearl Green Milk Tea ($ 4.00) — MUST TRY. Quite possibly my favorite green milk tea order anywhere. I love the ambrosial quality of the green tea here; it’s seductively light with sweet notes from the milk.
Beauty Almond Hot Tea ($ 4.50) — MUST TRY. WOW. The best almond drink I’ve tasted. An off-​menu item, ShareTea actually takes real almonds and powders the nuts to elicit the aromatic smell. You even get little soft clumps of almond mixed with the almond milk! Hands down my favorite hot drink to order anywhere.
Passion Fruit Tea ($ 4.50) — MEH. This drink was extremely fragrant, but not in a good way. It reminded me of the time when my older sisters tricked me into drinking perfume as a prank. Bad times.
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Conclusion: 4.5 Stars. ShareTea is popular all around the world for their handcrafted drinks and exquisite tastes in each. I feel fortunate to have them in Cerritos. Their boba is superiorly fresh, inheriting a sweetness that marvelously creeps on your tongue. The downside is that these drinks are pricy, but the quality is evident. Their fruit teas could use some work, however. Half N Half is my favorite milk boba joint… SharedTea proudly slides into second place.
Extra Notes:
–Accepts credit card
–Check into Unilocal for 10% off your order
–StampCard available but has a 40 – 45 day expiration date
–Love the option of sweet levels – I’d recommend to get one level below the norm
–Fantastic, suggestive service
–Indoor/​Outdoor seating – although not the best study place
–Free WIFI
–Restrooms are clean

I love this place!
The staff was so friendly. I had so many questions because I didn’t know what to get. When the worker noticed that I had a tough time deciding between 2 drinks, he said I can take a sip of it & if I didn’t like it, he would exchange it for me! They were really patient with me. I love that you can tell them if you want a drink less/​more sweet.
The boba pearls itself are so good! I hate it when places have it too chewy, sweet, or hard. I really liked the boba itself.
Hakkaido milk tea: I asked for it less sweet so it was perfect!
Handmade taro with fresh milk: real taro (instead of the powder) with whole milk. I didn’t understand the fresh milk so I had to ask. It wasn’t my favorite. I didn’t like the taste of real taro. Next time we’ll get the powder.
For both drinks we paid about $ 8.50 total.
There were other drinks I wanted to try so I’ll definitely be back!

FINALLY cerritos gets a boba place that isn’t just mediocre! Sharetea is truly the best place to go for your boba cravings. Totally beats Dolphin Bay, Lollicup, Tapioca Express, Fusion Tea Bar, 85 degrees, Class 302, Boba Time, Guppies… I drink a lot of boba if it isn’t obvious yet!
Every boba place I go to, I always order the black milk tea with boba because its a standard drink that every good boba place should be able to make perfectly. Sharetea does just that with their creamy milk tea and their sweet and chewy (never hard) boba balls. Ice to drink ratio is never a problem, and you can even adjust the sweetness ratio. I would bathe in this stuff if I could!!! The peach green tea is good too!
BUT, some downsides are:
–The weird stamp card policy!!! They put expiration dates on their stamp cards (usually a month). 10 visits within one month for a free boba??? (Not to say I haven’t been able to fill one up but still… Odd)
–Sometimes the line can move really slowly, even if there are only a couple of people ahead of me.
–One size only.
But still by FAR the best boba shop in Cerritos.

I have been to a fair share of boba/​tea places in SGV. This is the first time I have been to Sharetea in Cerritos and the experience was really just A-​Meh. Nothing really special for me to write home about. The place is somewhat tiny so you cannot hangout with a large group of friends to chitchat unless another party left and you were lucky to grab that table.
They do have variety of tea drinks on their menu. However, they were out of some fruits to make some of their specialty drinks on their recommended menu. I ordered a passion fruit drink but it was super sweet even with request to get half sugar. Their cup size was larger than other boba places but they do put in quite a lot of ice even after you requested «little ice» in your drink. It said a lot about the place when the only thing I really loved was the design on their cup which featured monuments from different cities around the world.

More of a 3.5 but I rounded up because they have High Mountain Tea and my boyfriend loves that stuff!
I was thinking about trying something different but I just went with their Classic Milk Tea with pearls (boba) and it was pleasantly sweet but not too sweet. Boba was very soft and sweet as well! They have options for less ice/​sweetness so maybe next time I’ll take them up on that offer!
We got a total of 3 drinks for under $ 12 and they were a good size! I’ll be back one day to try another drink or two!
Friendly cashier and huge parking lot for those that care

I found this spot from a friend who comes here often. Ao far tried the okinawa pearl milk tea iced and mango green tea creama, both with boba and half sweetened. I think the boba quality and drink flavors here are solid. I loved how the sea salt cream foam on top of the mango green tea mixed in to make a creamy, decadent drink that isn’t overwhelming. The milk tea was solid too. Boba texture isn’t super chewy, an authentic texture.
There are a wide range of toppings and milk teas along with teas. I’m pretty down to come back and try other flavors.
Inside seating is small and limited, it gets crowded.

Their mango milk tea is so awesome with mango meat at the bottom. Even thought I got the boba at 10:20pm, they are still soft-​chewy like fresh batch. The aiyu jelly is slightly sweetened and had herbal flavor. The Okinawa milk tea is ok, not bad with bold black tea smell and roasted brown sugar taste.
Will come back to try other teas soon.

Their oolong tea was pretty good. What amazed me about this place was their output time on 4 drinks came in at a quick 1minute.
Their staff are friendly and polite when calling out orders

I’ve had this boba spot bookmarked for a while and i finally had a chance to come by on a Friday night around 10pm. They have a lot of different and unique drinks, many that ive never heard of. I got the Hokkaido pearl milk tea and my boyfriend got the Okinawa pearl milk tea. They were both delicious and not too sweet! Ill definitely be back to try the other drinks. :)
Dont forget to check-​in on Unilocal to get 10% off your order!

When would you visit a chain while you’re on vacation? When it’s a reliable chain that may be the best locally in its genre.
Sharetea is a chain from Taiwan, homeland of bubble tea, that has only relatively recently expanded across the Pacific. I first tried Sharetea in San Jose not much more than a month ago, and I enjoyed one of the creama drinks. Not to be confused with milk tea, these drinks have a fairly hydrophobic layer that separates pretty quickly from the rest of the drink if left alone.
I went with the mango green tea creama today, 80% sweetness per the cashier’s suggestion. I could have easily left well enough alone and just shaken the entire drink rapidly before jamming a straw through the thin plastic cover, but they actually presented me with a tiny plastic knife (not the case at the San Jose location for some reason), which contains fine print instructions about cutting two separate 2 – 3 cm holes in the plastic.
This practice actually allows you to get creama into your strawless sips without stirring. Like in the case of poking two holes into the lids of cans of liquid, air will be allowed to enter the container from the second hole, so pressure won’t build up and stop the flow of your precious sweet drink.
OK, technique lecture over. The mango flavor is true to the fruit, and there’s real mango purée at the bottom (perhaps the one reason to continue using a straw for this particular drink). The tea isn’t all that strong. I’d say 80% sweetness is reasonable, although it oddly tasted not sweet enough at the start. The creama has a nice salty component and really makes the drink feel rich enough to distract me from the relative lack of tea flavor. The only size available is 24 oz, and it is great.
I’ll definitely consider returning to this Sharetea on my future SoCal trips. It might not be convenient for people who don’t live in the immediate vicinity, but if I’m going to make a trip from the Little Saigon area up to Porto’s in Downey, then Sharetea is a pretty quick detour off the highway.

First tried sharetea up in norcal and I was sad coming back home because I wouldnt be able to get my fix anymore, but lo and behold — I was ecstatic to find that there are socal locations as well!
Mango green tea creama!!! Holyyyy fudge this stuff is good! It’s like salty foam/​cream on top of mango green tea. One sip and I was hooked! You’re supposed to cut open a little slit on the lid so when you drink it, you get a bit of the cream with the tea. Or you can just mix it up all together. Whatever you want, s’all gravy. It’s great either way. So creamy and delish and there’s even real bits of mango in it too!
This is the one boba place me and the bf won’t share a drink because we like it so much! No sharing here :) bf got the strawberry black tea creama because we wanted to see how the other creamas tasted. It was good, but we both prefer the mango one.
Ask for a stamp card and check in on Unilocal for 10% off :)
Will definitely be back!

My drink was better than I expected!
I always see my co-​worker check-​in to this place (10% discount on Unilocal!). So when my co-​workers and I were in the area, we decided to stop by. The line was long at 2pm on a wednesday but my co-​worker said she’s never seen this place so busy before. I guess 2pm is boba o’clock.
The Mango Green Tea had just a tiny bit of sweetness which the cashier warned me about when I asked for 0% sweetness. I can’t even imagine what 30% or 50% sweet would taste like, let alone 100% sweet. But 0% was the perfect amount of sweetness for me. There was even bits of mango that caught me by surprise. Yum!
I’ve had my share of boba and I’m usually pretty mediocre about it. So it’s a bit of a big deal to say that I would come back to Sharetea for the Mango Green Tea :)
Also, don’t flush your hopes and dreams in their restroom:

I’m a boba fanatic and this place has easily become a part of my top 3 boba places. I came here and ordered the Okinawa milk tea with boba &egg pudding. Everything was so good! The boba was chewy but not hard and the egg pudding was great. My friends and I ended up going there for 3 days in a row and their drinks are consistent. The place is cutely decorated and pretty open. Their bathroom is clean and it has a pretty funny don’t flush list.
The service is good also! The workers were nice and friendly. The drinks didn’t take long to come out.
OH & DONT FORGET TO TIE YOUR STRAW WRAPPER FOR GOODLUCK!
¹⁰⁄₁₀ would recommend

Came here just to try since I was in the area and got a peach green tea. It was okay but nothing too crazy and surely not worth the $ 5. Just nothing special and all together meh. Service was great and the ladies were completely ready to help me make a decision but it could not save the feelings I had about the tea. Maybe I got the wrong thing, maybe it was not what they were known for or some specialty, but overall I would have rather had a coke slurpee in the end.
Thanks, no thanks chances are I will not be back.

Their boba is legitly good. Their stamp card is a nice perk since it’s our current top choice for our weekend boba fix. This is not your average cheap-​and-​decent boba place and feels more like a treat. I justify this to myself since we only get it on weekends. And of course I always check-​in on Unilocal to get 10% off!
I always get their drinks with 50% sweetness. That is the perfect sweetness for milk teas and mango crema green tea, but made the passion fruit yakult too sour.
Everyone raves about their Hokkaido milk tea, which I do like a lot, but my current favorite is the mango crema green tea. It’s creamy and fruity but not too sweet because it’s balanced by the tea. Plus it has bits of real fruit at the bottom! It was truly love at first sip!

Sharetea has a special place in my heart. Yes it’s that good!
The way they make their drinks is just like how they do it in Taiwan: pre-​made teas sitting in containers all-​ready to fill amazing drink concoctions! And just like they do it in Taiwan, you can adjust the sugar level and ice according to your preference. Ask for less ice if you want more to drink! The sizes of the drinks are comparatively large though– a bit bigger than your average boba drink at places like 7 Leaves or Cha2O.
Some of the ones I’ve tried:
Bubble Milk Tea– chewy, fresh-​tasting boba. Ask for easy ice.
Grapefruit Green Tea– one of my favorites. Super refreshing and used real grapefruit. Tastes as good as the one from Tea Bar Metro just a few streets down on Pioneer.
Okinawa Bubble Milk Tea– really sweet and kind of heavy on the cream. Personally not my favorite but some people like that!
Pina Colada (Blended Ice Drink) — A limited time option during the summer– I liked the idea but the execution was quite disappointing:(It just tasted like I was drinking a can of full fat coconut milk with sugar and ice blended in. Little to no pineapple flavor T^T
Taro Milk Tea– uses REAL taro! It’s more grainy and milky than the typical dyed powder and sugar based drink taro drink most people are used to.
Matcha Red Bean Milk Tea– I DEVOURED this in less than 10 minutes. If you love all things green tea and don’t mind red bean, you’ll LOVE this. Instead of boba, they put real red bean (azuki) for your chewing purposes. I guess it could be considered healthier since I recently heard that boba was made out of car tires… O_​O
Last Reminders:
— Adjust sweetness level and ice: even if you have a big sweet tooth, 50% sweetness might be enough. Adjust ice especially for milk tea drinks!
— Ask for a stamp card if you like their drinks!
— Customer service is great! Workers are super nice and helpful

Location: You know that area in Cerritos where all the asian foodies go? Yeah this place is there. Shocking! Haha. Its located in a plaza that has places like Pinoy Pinay, BCD Tofu House, etc. Parking is actually pretty good for that particular area. Usually the plazas around this location are packed to the brim. We haven’t had a problem parking there if you go around the back… even on the weekend!
Service: On our last visit we came on a Saturday night and just happened to walk in right before a large crowd so SCORE US. The woman working the register was very polite and nice and offered us a menu immediately and explanations of drinks as needed. When we were ready she took our order with no problem and explained the difference between the Taro Fresh Milk Tea and the regular Taro Milk Tea easily. Our drinks came out within 2 – 3 minutes (NICE). I did note that a lot of people in early reviews mentioned a frequent buyer card and we weren’t offered one of those. Wonder if they still do this??? Will have to check next time.
Drinks: Holy c*rap but this place may be comparable to Cha For Tea! Ahh! I’ve been to a lot of boba places and the Honey Green Milk Tea with boba from Sharetea is the ONLY place I’ve been too where I can’t easily chose between it and Cha. Usually Cha wins hands down. My drink had just the right amount of green tea taste and sweetness and the boba was the perfect texture for me. Chewy but not fall apart and a little sweet which goes fantastically with the green tea. My husband also greatly enjoyed his Taro milk tea. Where Sharetea may have an edge? PRICES. They only have one size and its comparable to the large from other places and cheaper to boot. For two drinks with boba it only came out to about $ 8 total. Crazy.
Overall: We will most definitely be back when we are in the area. There are a lot of places to chose from around there, but Sharetea has definitely won my vote.

For the Strawberry Ice Blended alone, I am a fan;)
I was so used to this place being Red Ribbon Bakery. So I would purposely ignore Sharetea, before or after eating Filipino food at Pinoy Pinay. Just carried a bit of uncertainty I guess.
Well, that uncertainty has since shattered and transformed into delight.
Either the crowd was dying down once we arrived or a crowd had never emerged. Not packed on a Monday night and no line = perfect. Seats inside and out, with a unisex bathroom in the back of the lounge.
The making of beverages took a tad too long to complete, considering we were the only ppl at that time waiting for drinks (which is why a star was withheld from this rating). But we had a cheery cashier who was friendly and the blendedrinks we ordered were cool and enlivening. I asked them to substitute the lychee in my Strawberry Ice Blended w/​boba and my husband got a Coffee Ice Blended w/​boba. He liked his. And we both loved my drink (yes, he tried some of it and almost wanted me to order one for himself, funny guy!).
I’ll definitely no longer skip the action over here. I’m just wondering, what else is good to try next…

— Hokkaido Pearl Milk Tea– tastes different enough from regular milk tea to warrant a different name. Comes with boba that you can change to pudding/​mini boba if you want.
** You cannot change the sugar level on this tea. I guess it’s already pre-​mixed. Not overly sweet (less sweet than Tea Station’s ‘less sugar’ option).
— Fresh Taro Milk– very good as well. Icy, blended drink
— One size only. Tall cup and definitely enough
— Most fruit teas and milk teas are between $ 3.50 and $ 3.75
— Toppings are $.50
— Boba is chewy, with a good texture.
— If they get busy, they won’t answer the phones. There is sometimes a line also. In the middle of the afternoon.