FrosTea Boba Tea and Shaved Snow Cafe

Good boba texture
Drinks on the sweet side.
hipster chubby cups suck.
Bad drink
Walked in and asked if the lychee was syrup or canned fruit. He told me they have both. So I ask is the lychee the jelly or fruit. He said they have both. So I tell him I want the fruit in a green milk tea. Two minutes later, my drink comes out with lychee in the syrup form. Keep in mind lychee is kind of acidic and some brands of lychee don’t work well with milk. Well, the milk was curdled. I know this from experience and never order lychee unless it’s just blended canned fruit. I am super picky with my boba I daily jasmine milk tea no matter where I go. but I decided to take the chance. Big mistake. Did I mention I’m super picky with my boba? (I worked in a boba shop for 4 years and I still drink at least one drink a day) Frostea still needs to work on their recipes. Boba was good though. 3 stars for them still having good/​fresh boba on hand before closing. (My old work throws away the boba every 3 hours no matter how much is left. So I hate old boba) I also hate when shops tell me they only have small boba left. I walk right out the door when that happens.

been here plenty of times and tried a various amount of drinks to the shaved ice to give a decent review.
honestly i was curious about this location because there’s not a lot of boba places near by or in daly city so it’s beneficial for the area to have a boba place. it’s exciting, so i wouldn’t have to travel into san francisco with such hectic streets and sidewalks that’s constantly busy.
highly recommend the mango rose with black tea, it’s a favorite of the customers including myself. though i do wish they would remove the petal, distracting from the toppings they contained depending if you want to add it or not.
pricing is understandable, for the size you’ll be receiving. the cups are more on the chubby side (if you’ve been to quickly’s you’ll know what size i’m referring to.) and another size that’s large. hoping for a smaller size that’ll be included later on especially since there are a lot of kids who visit with their parents or families. it’s impossible for them to finish such a delightful drink, you know?
the arrangement of how to pick a drink is based off of flavors — one to two along with the tea, size and toppings for an extra 50 cents. overall the average price is four dollars.
the shaved ice is good, it comes with a various and good amount of toppings and one free syrup drizzled too! green tea is a favorite, hands down. sometimes it’ll taste a bit subtle than other shaved ice i tried but it’s still good regardless.
they also sell little sweets on the side, macaroons /​pocky /​hi-​chew ect.
– parking is limited, if you live near by just walk. i do, usually a 30 minute walk but hey; good exercise.
– the atmosphere is cozy, games are included inside to kill time if you stay a little longer and music is dope.
– hoping that later on they’ll include savory snacks; popcorn chicken? crossing my fingers for that!
overall, i would definitely try it out even just once to see how you’d like it. there’s still so much to look for but they started out a couple months back, so give it some time and tries.

Love this Place! Specially the pOpping bOba’S! We happens to be in the area and come across this place. Wish they had a reward system

Still giving FrosTea 2 stars. I warned my friends that it wasn’t good, we went anyway. They left disappointed.
2 stars for being a boba spot with board games.
Tea: Options are black, green, black milk, green milk, thai. Not good, really not good. Weak flavor. Green tea was SUPER floral, it was like rose tea. Couldn’t finish it, each sip was sadness. You might want to order sweeter than you usually would. 50% isn’t very sweet at all. Boba is a bit al dente which was actually nice. Personally I dislike the chubby cups.
Shaved Snow: Not good, not good at all. Gummy texture, poor artificial flavor. Toppings were mediocre.
There is definitely a need for boba in this area. FrosTea is busy, it just isn’t good.

Cozy interior that can probably accommodate around 20 people. Looks like it’d be a nice place to hang out with friends as they do have a couple games available, as well as a TV playing music/​YouTube videos.
I ordered the medium lavender milk tea, half sweet. Sweetness level was perfect but the tea was diluted. I also didn’t taste the lavender so it was just diluted milk tea to me. However, the mango lemon tea they had for sampling tasted promising, so I might come back to try their fruity teas and shaved snow! Good portion size for the price! Medium is a chubby cup for a little over $ 4 (tax-​included).
Parking is super difficult in the area. If you’re just planning to grab-​and-​go, you can probably risk 30 minute parking at Walgreens around the corner. Their menu also doesn’t include milk teas, so I was confused as a first-​timer. I did enjoy that they are part of the FiveStars rewards program, that they take credit card with no minimum, and that they have a really clean restroom. Decent place that I may stop by when I’m in the area and want something to drink.

Huge huge HUGE turnoff was the screen at the back which was set to some ghetto channel where some lady was screaming «what the f? What the f?» Over and over. A rap video? I dunno.
I don’t know what that was all about but it was upsetting to me. I would have gone back to complain but with my kiddo it is better to ignore it. Such idiocy on the part of the staff. clueless!!!
I was in there with my 7 yr old.
NEVER going back there again unless the owner clears this up and addresses this, seriously.
Also, we ordered 2 drinks and it took almost 20 minutes. What? And it wasn’t busy…
The guy noticed they were out of green milk tea 12 or so minutes after we initially ordered. Huh?
Extra $ for adding your first type of tapioca so it’s not cheap at all.
Pluses :
Clean
Good supply board games and such
A nice addition to the hood
I wish i could add more positives.

Great place to hangout or study. They have board games and a TV! When I walked in, the cashier was on his phone texting or something. which I thought was a little rude.
I tried their boba and their shaved snow. I got the regular milk green tea, and my drink was a bit watered down in my opinion. Didn’t taste much of the tea. Maybe there was too much ice?
The shaved snow was yummy though. I got the green tea shaved snow with condensed milk and passion fruit popping boba!

Five stars for fresh Thai ice tea with actual tea leaves. No powder from what I could tell. Not an expert on teas but there was actual tea leaves in my Thai ice tea.
Parking is metered parking only but in DC a quarter goes 30 minutes.

I have to warn you… The large size is HUGE. Check out my pic with the fat straw for scale. Other than that, my taro drink tasted watery. Boba was too hard.

Funny story, my friends told me to apply to this place because we were all looking for a new job, but I didn’t. So from then on, I knew about this place because all of my friends wanted to apply here before they opened up the store and I’ve always wanted to try it, but I ended up forgetting about this place. When I was going to meet up my boyfriend at the vape shop up the street, I decided to give this place a try with one of my other friends.
When you walk in, you notice how colorful and spacious this place is. When I went, there wasn’t a line and there was only a few people that were inside the store. They also have games that you can play with your friends, so that’s a plus. They do accept credit card, but I believe there’s a minimum fee (but I forgot). Also, if you do happen to come here, make sure you park alongside the street or find parking across the street because there isn’t a parking lot near by.
Anyways, I remember ordering a passion fruit green tea with boba and a green apple slush for my boyfriend. My friend got something else which I can’t remember atm. When I got the passion fruit green tea, it was pretty big. Flavor wise? It could have been better. I remember it tasting a bit off to me and the green apple slush wasn’t even a slush. It looked like green apple juice with a few pieces of ice inside.
My expectations weren’t that high for this place and I kinda regret coming here after that first experience. Maybe I’ll come back and try something else, but meh. You can go somewhere else for better boba in SF.

I don’t see anything too special about this place… we came in wanting hot milk tea and they didn’t offer it. I don’t know if this is weird to some people, but their night customers may want something to warm them up, yennoe? The place is pretty small so i can’t imagine too many people dine in. Plus they don’t have their own parking lot so you have to bank on street parking or park at the plaza across the street.

I had chance to try Frostea earlier today. I ordered the Black tea with pearls and a shaved snow for my girlfriend. Both were perfect. Shaved snow was delicious and I had strawberry mochi with it. The honey boba had perfect texture and the tea was perfectly made. I will make this my regular boba tea shop.
I bought pistachio macaroon for the house and it was delicious. The cost is very reasonable for the fat cups they serve the tea in too

Drove by a few times and decided to stop by this time…
Sunday: 1÷17÷2016 4:30PM
There was no street parking so I doubled parked in the red zone right outside. I walked in and there was 3 people. A younger girl working the register. An older lady working the back and a old man doing some cleaning i think. Lucky there was no line. The menu was easy to read and follow. I ordered a medium black milk + hazelnut +honey boba half sweet for my boyfriend and a medium green tea + reg guava + honey boba slightly sweet for myself.
Took about 5 minutes for me to get both of my drinks. The drinks come in the chubby cups so it doesnt fit in the car cup holder.
Got back home and popped opened the drink. The sweetness was perfect for me but there is nothing honey about their honey boba. The boba is chewy but I think it can be cooked for another 5 minutes or so. The guava is like any other boba shop where it is a syrup.
The hazelnut black milk tea is super sweet even though we asked for half sweet. The hazelnut over powers the tea so you cant really taste the tea. There is a lot of boba but the boba isnt good.
We understand they are still new and with some improvements it will be better.
Purely my thoughts and opinion:
1. Boba can be soaked in honey and brown sugar to get them to taste sweet.
2. Use less hazelnut next time so people can taste the tea more.

I’m not a fan. Flavors were disappointing.
My daughter ordered the passion fruit popping boba, and it tasted funny. Actually the entire shaved ice order was off in flavor. No wow, nothing special. My friends ordered tea and even them did not find those good.
I give them high scores for their macarons but unfortunately, we won’t be coming back here.

Frostea, up on top of the hill near walgreens, is small but surprisingly spacious, and had a really nice vibe that would bring me back with friends when I have nothing to do. But here’s the thing, it’s cold on top of the hill, and this place only serves cold drinks/​snacks. While that’s totally ok, adding hot drinks will definitely bring in more guests to this quaint little shop.
I say that because when I came in it was literally empty and the two employees were definitely bored out of their minds. But they were friendly enough and helpful when answering my questions.
I got the taro milk black tea with honey boba. I liked the tea, but I do wish it was a little stronger. As for the boba, maybe it’s because I went later in the evening, but it was way chewier than I prefer, and the honey flavor was weak. If your boba is honey boba, I want to taste the bee that made the comb.
I sound unnecessarily strict, but it is worth checking out. I need to get a smaller cup next time because the portions are generous and I’m the type that doesn’t come up for breath.
I hope this place improves and sticks around so I don’t have to go to quickly’s and wait 3 hours for a drink

I came here on a Monday night with 2 friends. It seemed to be a slow night, but there were a few customers here and there. The workers would be in the other room when no one was ordering.
PROS:
1. Cute interior & menu
2. Friendly workers
3. Board games
4. BATHROOM
CONS:
I ordered a green tea shaved snow w/​strawberry mochi, passionfruit popping boba, and condensed milk. The mochi tasted really weird and artificial. Also the shaved snow had this gummy tacky texture and not a light fluffy one I would have expected. Also, I could barely see the condensed milk on there.
The order came out to ~$ 6.50. Probably won’t be returning unfortunately. Just wanted to try the place out and have a place to chill after dinner that night.

Haven’t been inside FrosTea but have been dropped off some taro milk teas. I was a little saddened because I was so excited to try boba from a new boba place and found the tea to be just ok. It definitely needs some improvement; It was too watered down and bland to my liking. Maybe I’ll have to give this place another try.

This place has great potential. It just opened, so they’re still experimenting. Really good place to chill with friends and play some games and stuff. Would visit again. :)

Plain. Lacking flavor. Basic syrups. Nothing special. Too much competition, must step it up.
Good for a convenient pick up if necessary.

New establishment that’s still working their kinks out. Painfully slow in ordering. Drinks are extremely sweet and barely taste tea. 8 tables, 1 TV, clean and nice bathrooms for local kids to take their dump. They charged for every detail (cup size, tea, each flavor, each topping) so considered expensive IMO. Might as well charge for the straw too! Also noticed the teas are pre made like in quickly. Ewwww! I guess quality & freshness isn’t a priority, smh. Maybe their shave snow is their strengths. For $ 6 of ice it better be the best.

Got a Milk Tea with Boba and Pudding.
Each part was really bland.
The milk tea tasted flavorless
The boba had no flavor either. Cooked just about right, but no taste
I’m not sure what kind pudding they used but it was just a thin layer, maybe about 1 mm and was also somewhat tasteless.
The staff is incredibly nice and friendly. I think with some improvements on the drinks FrosTea can grow to be a better place.

I wish I liked this place, but there nothing special about it other than the décor which is slightly above average. Came here around 6pm on a Sunday, no customers. The 4 workers didn’t greet us at all considering we’re literally the only customers in the store lol I’d assume you’d make some type of eye contact.
As for the drinks, I’ve only tried the milk tea. They say regular sweet but goddddamnn how many pumps do you guys put? Regular sweet is extra extra sweet to me. Also id like to point out that the guy with the beard that rung me up doesn’t know much about his menu. He had to look at the menu board when he was questioning my order which was a peach mango black milk tea with honey boba. The boba though… Probably the best thing there.
I would have gone to quicklys instead

Happened to stumble upon this place randomly. Took the 14 to the last stop. When I got off, I saw TEAA! Hot day, need something refreshing.
It’s a really tiny place, fit for maybe 20 people. There are games in the corner by the store front window so help yourself to Sorry, Connect Four, etc. On the counter, there were free sample of drinks. For the teas, $ 3.25 medium/​$ 4 large for Green, Black, or Thai tea. If you want it flavored, slap on another $.50 for 1, or $.74 for 2.
I got the Thai tea for my friend and a Black tea passion fruit (they ran out of pomegranate SO SAD). Took them a while to make my drink. They are served in chubby cups! The Thai tea tasted a little powdery… That’s a big nono. The black tea passion fruit tasted better. You can’t control the sweetness level but the drink wasn’t very sweet.
I might come back to try their shaved snow and MAYBEEE another tea…

My review is for boba tea only! I will return to try out their shaved snow.
Tea: Only three options, black, green, and thai.
Flavors: Tons. But I think these are syrups? Or powders? I don’t know, they don’t say and I saw both behind the counter.
Toppings: Lots. From honey boba to popping bobas.
Everything costs extra. $ 3.25 for a regular tea then start adding .50 for any additions. The regular size is a chunky cup which I do not like at all. I would have preferred a normal cup, these chunky short ones are awkward and would never fit in a cup holder.
Black tea has a nice black tea flavor. Honey boba are fine.
The woman at the register was not well trained, couldn’t answer any questions about sweetness levels in the flavorings. She actually shrugged at my question instead of answering. Menu is bad, no information about ice levels or sweetness so you really don’t know what you’re going to get or if there are standards for each drink. My black tea wasn’t that cold and had no ice, my husband’s milk tea did have some ice but wasn’t sweet. Menu tries to be simple but in the end they have to clarify milk or plain tea because they leave that out in step 2 (picking a tea).
So overall FrosTea loses stars for their lack of information and ridiculous cup sizes. The place is clean, new, and has some fun games in it like Jenga. I’m still really looking forward to trying the shaved snow.

Omg what a wait! I’m sure this isn’t normal. I’ve waited 20 minutes for my drink. There was only about 5 orders ahead of me. A younger girl works the register and help make drinks. An older lady makes the drink and there are a line of cups waiting like Starbucks. The only difference is that a drink comes out once every 5 minutes. Most of the kids here are half my age. Do they hang out here for hours playing games? The intersection is a bit difficult to navigate with metered street parking.
Anyway, I am not complaining because beggars can’t be choosers. There’s no bubble tea in the near vicinity — Shengkee at Westlake does not count. This is not one of the stores that you would go out of your way to get to, but for convenience, I’m giving it at 4 stars!

A-​Okay. It’s close and usually not busy. Got a regular half-​sweet almond black tea with lychee gel and it was good. They also have games for people to play and it’s quickly become the it place to hang out with teens.
The second time around I got a large and it was a bit watery, so I’d stick with the smaller size.

Found this place through Unilocal.Visited on Friday around 6pm.
My husband got a black milk tea. Tasted a bit watery. Needs a little more sweetness also. Honey boba was ok but not the best I’ve tasted.
I got a milk shaved snow with mochi and condensed milk. That was good but I should have probably added some more flavors or some fruit to go along with it.

Would give 1 star, but feeling nice, so they get 2
Ordered two drinks and a shaved ice
*Almond green milk tea with egg pudding
–tastes like water, not enough almond flavor.
–Egg pudding did not have enough sugar, lack of flavor
–Customer after us ordered almond flavor but they told the customer they had ran out of almond flavor
*Honeydew green milk tea with lychee jelly
–Way better than the almond
–Had some taste to it
–Lychee jelly just same old lychee jelly
*Mango snow ice with condensed milk and Mochi
–Better than both the drinks
–Had good texture to it
–Taste is not too sweet and not sour
–Mochi sucked, is was the hard and chewy kind, not like the other froyo places with the pillowy soft Mochi.

I’m always down to try a new boba place and luckily this new place was located near Daly City Bart. This boba place is located on Mission St. next to the Hideout and parking is located all on the streets and metered till 6pm unless you go for residential parking but that might be a little harder to do.
The inside of this shop was cute with large windows allowing more sunlight to come through. There are board games on a fixture to the corner right and a few tables and chairs to sit at. One large TV in the room so you can watch music videos while you chill.
The menu itself is pretty simple. You got some options for snow ice and smoothies and then there are the tea options with different flavors and add-​ons.
I ended up getting a small black tea with peach mango flavoring and honey boba. The total came out to around $ 4.60 I think? A decent price since the cups they use are the chubby ones that aren’t really cup holder compliant.
There was one older lady working when I went and she was multi-​tasking between being cashier, making the drinks, and making the snow ice so I had to wait a bit but it wasn’t a big deal.
When I got my drink, I was pretty darn excited. If this place was good then I’ll have a new place to go to all the time. At first sip, it was good. My boyfriend even said that the flavors were really strong in this drink so that was good. And it stayed good until a few hours later when the boba ended up getting too hard to chew and the drink just tasted like straight up sugar that I couldn’t even drink it anymore.
Overall, I’m down to try this place again. I’ve read some good reviews on their snow ice so I’ll be back to try that out when I get the chance.

This place finally opened up. I live so close. been waiting for quite a while. Seems somewhat organised for just opened for the first 4 days. They have a nice ambiance with music videos playing and board games for customers. There are fresh plants at the tables which can go wrong because my table flower container had a worm crawling around all lost and confused lol… Seems like not all the workers know what to suggest to customers tho. I would give this place a try. Low sweet was way too sweet if you add gelly. Red guava with green milk tea low sweet was good to me. Next time even less sweet. Lavender flavor was great tho. just don’t get the lychee jelly with it too sweet. The cup seals are like zodiac signs