MomoCha TeaHouse

Best boba tea place! My faves are momo milk tea, passion fruit milk tea also the papaya.

Cute cups but tea was just meh. It’s all in premade containers. The chick also didn’t know what aloe is. Def not a legit boba place.
Funniest part of the story. Our two cups of boba cost 8.03 and I gave the cashier a 10. Then I gave her a nickel. She looked at me annoyed and stood there for 5 minutes trying to figure out how much change to give back to me. Then she gave up and busted out her calculator.
Moral of the story — if you can’t figure out how much change to give back from 10.05 for 8.03 without a calculator, you’ll prolly be working at the boba place for a very long time.

Love this place very much! As a Chinese I would say the milk teas are not very American Asian style. They are not as sweet as those you have in Asian Fusion restaurants but it is the taste in my hometown. The store is very neat and it has some Japanese snacks as well. The best milk tea in Miami!

Love the tea here. I always stop in for my coconut milk tea. Unfortunately the girls who work here are not nice. I walked in at 10:40 and the girl refused to make my drink because they have to close 15 min earlier to clean. I’m sure the owner will be very upset to hear this. Very rude young lady. I walked off.

This was my third or fourth time visiting this place. Usually, there’s no problem. I get my tea and I happily walk out. This time, the server acted like she had something against us. She was just rude and unfriendly. The three of us were really taken aback by her glares. I was somewhat scared that she was going to start throwing things at us. All we wanted was a nice sweet bubble tea to finish our night off… and instead we got death glares and insensitive remarks…

I am never disappointed by anything on this little street. This place is so cute, with so many options and authentic snacks. Would come back in a heart beat.

I really hope the owner of this shop read this because everything about this little place is awesome but they really need to replace the girl employee who has a face of death. No kidding… No smile no greetings… Seems like working there is the last thing she wants to do. Not only she refused to take orders before closing time (10pm) but she just rude for throwing our credit cards. By the end of the night only half of our group got our drinks. And while she makes out drink she shakes her head… I mean if she really battle working there she should just quit. Jesus Christ…

This place is adorable. I love the inside. The coconut bubble tea is soo good. This place is truly a hidden gem

MomoCha TeaHouse really has one of the best bubble tea I ever had in South Florida! The reason is because they use real tea and their tea has a rich tea taste. Their boba was cooked just right, not hard or too smushy. They also sell some asian snacks that goes with the boba tea. It’s a cute little place to cool your core down!

Well considering there’s nowhere else to get bubble tea in South Beach that I know of (in Miami at all, really,) I’ll be lenient. My Thai bubble tea was okay, though not quite shaken enough to dissolve the flavor powder, which is odd considering the mixing was done by this automated cocktail-​shaking machine that was pretty amusing to watch. Aside from that, everything was good. Prices were okay, the tapioca was a good consistency, and the location was nice for grabbing something cold to drink while wandering around South Beach.

Jasmine Bobba tea they dont take amx it is the only place to get bobba tea in Sobe!

When it comes to Asian eats in Miami, I grade on a curve. The foodie scene in the city is burgeoning but it’s not as diverse as one might think for a city the small, scale and location on Miami. So, when I deign to eat something that’s not of Latin origin, I tell myself to be patient and taste it as though I have never encountered the particular food before. So, with this preamble written, I can safely say that I am a fan of MomoCha.
First off, how strange is it that it’s the only bubble tea establishment on the Beach? I mean, how is that even possible? See previous comments re grading on a curve. Realizing that the pickings are incredibly slim, I walked into MomaCha eager to sip on some some sweet tea with flavorful jellies.
I got my wish.
The employees were rather green and I could tell that the entire experience/​process was new to/​for them, but they gave it the old college (high school?) try and followed the owners’ instructions as best they could. For a storefront of such a small size (seriously, this place is TINY), I was pleased to discover the relative breadth of choices available at MomoCha. Even better, you can get samples to make sure that you’re picking the right one. After a couple of tastes (and knowing that I wanted a light, fruit-​based tea with jellies rather than a creamy milk tea with tapioca), I decided upon the peach red tea with jellies. Since the large order was only a dollar more than the regular, I went big. The taste was very close to the sweet-​tart (the aftertaste at the back of your mouth) I was expecting and the straw was big enough to suck up the jellies while getting plenty of liquid at the same time. This matters. If you’re hailing from California or NYC or Chicago, you might not be overly impressed but for Miami, this place is aces. Check them out and try something new. I think you’ll like it.

There are literally NO milk tea places in SoBe, so if you’re a milk tea connoisseur, you’re SOL! Seriously… my beau had a hankering for some milk tea and the only place that we came across was MomoCha TeaHouse and their milk tea was only okay. I am sure the fact that we’re from California makes us harsh critiques too, as we’re spoiled with tons of milk tea places; however, the milk tea was seriously just okay! I wouldn’t recommend the boba/​pearls though, as they were overcooked and mushy.

It’s about time a bubble tea shop opened up around the beach!!! Because this drink is darn right refreshing, delicious, and comes in a wide variety of flavors.
I came here last weekend with a friend, and I just have to point out that the shop is quaint, and the worker I met was friendly. However, the worker needed to refine her bubble tea making strategy (it isn’t a secret art at all), but when your drink tastes watered down after a few sips, you cannot help but think that this drink was prematurely prepared. Disappointed, but the shop is worthy of forgiveness and ordering a few more drinks.
Looking to try something different? I highly recommend the tarot. It’s hard to describe the taste, but it isn’t overly sweet, and it is just delicious.

I’ve been back a couple of times now (the preggo status got me craving boba of all things)…
Happy to say my experiences have been much better. Ask to taste the boba first to try it’s consistency before you order – they had no problem letting me try ‘em first. The kid working acknowledged that they don’t always get fully cooked/​softened.
Honeydew is delish but super sweet; he also recommended letting the staff know if you want the sweetness turned up or down, cause they can do that…
Keep it up MomoCha… I’m definitely a regular (at least for the next 9 months!) :)

On my last day in Miami before relocating to a new city for a job, I made my mom drive me to south beach in order to get a bubble tea from MomoCha. And good thing I did because it was DELICIOUS. I have a new obsession with jasmine green tea and that’s the flavor I chose for my bubble tea. It tasted exactly the way I wanted it to, with their adorable logo cup and that good thick straw.
Definitely satisfied my bubble tea craving. Can’t wait to come back!

Tea? I will admit I am not the most knowledgeable when it comes to teas.
Met up with Professor Johnny T. for our weekly Unilocal 101 course and this was the designated classroom.
The place is TINY, as expected with most SOBE small businesses. It is literally the ordering counter, and a small bar with stools that sits 6 comfortably. That’s it.
Don’t mind the holes in the walls that have been patched up, yet not sanded yet — or painted– it adds to the charm.
I ordered a grape red tea. Professor T. recommended I try the tea first with out the jellies or bubbles to get the basic experience first. They prepare the tea in this crazy mixing machine that reminds me of the machine that mixes your paint at Home Depot — just smaller in scale. Man is that thing loud.
The teenager serving me grabbed my straw, with out gloves — or even a napkin — and jammed it into the sealed top of my tea. See, that was a bit of a turn off. He grabbed the straw — bare handed — and now all of that funk on his hands was literally IN MY DRINK. I thought, «Maybe I am just being a paranoid, germaphobe. Let me drink this tea and come to peace with myself.»
The tea was actually delicious and refreshing. I gulped down the entire regular sized cup (about $ 4) like it was nobody’s business.
The location, the straw incident, the loud mixer (read: cement mixer), and the patched holes all took away from the experience and that is why I give it 3 stars. Had all of those — or at least most — not of been an issue this place would be hovering around the 4.5 rating. The tea itself was great and I plan on returning for more!
Hopefully by then they have the walls painted?

Cute place on Espanola way, but the coffee was not good. But they had many other items to choose from.

For those unfamiliar with Boba Teas, this is the quick version: Boba Tea comes from Taiwan. it’s sweetened milk tea with flavors such as mango or coconut or almond, or just tea. Optionally they are served with «pearls» or «bobas,» which is essentially tapioca balls the size of peas, flavored with black tea. These stories are plentiful in places where there are high densities of Asians and Asian Americans, where people usually get teas and eat snacks while playing cards or watching Korean pop music videos.
When I moved to South Beach from San Francisco two months ago, I made a couple of assumptions: there would be a beach and there would be a lot of beautiful people walking up and down said beach. Check! My choices for Latin food would shoot up a thousandfold and there would be many, many Latin eating establishments to choose from. Check! And moving away from the Bay Area, sadly, there would be less awesome authentic Asian food and drink. Sadly, check.
So when I heard that there was going to be a boba tea shop in Miami Beach I nearly fell over: there are other Taiwanese people? And they’re opening up stores? A block away from me?! I tried not to get my hopes up — I’ve had a lot of boba tea back in my day, and the last time I went to a «boba tea» stall at Aventura Mall, their served their tea unsweetened, with soy milk and pearls the consistency of wasabi peas. That’s blasphemy.
Thankfully, I was not disappointed at Momo Cha. The owners of the store also own an Asian market in North Miami so they have a lot of imported food items from Taiwan, so my boyfriend and I were able to grab some red bean mochi. I ordered an almond tea with pearls and I wasn’t disappointed — big straws, decent sweetness. The bobas didn’t have the chewiness that I had back at the RenRen in Fremont, California, but come on now, this is a Boba store on super touristy Espanola Way, and beggars can’t be choosers.
As Boba Tea is an Asian thing — and not just an Asian thing, but a young adult Asian thing — they don’t get a lot of business, even with all the street traffic, and I want them to do well. Here’s hoping they get that business, and they get an instant five stars for making me feel just slightly less homesick, if absolutely nothing else.

Stumble a upon this place in a cute alleyway while exploring the streets of Miami beach right before my flight and being miles away from home, I was deprived of boba and all its glory. It was a sign for me to come here!
Upon walking in, there were Asian snacks to the left. The place is a long narrow passage way and you could see the employees making your drink in front of you. They have these really tall stools, which I had a difficult time trying to get seated because I’m short and not as tall as most Miami people. They also have this tea shaker machine which I found to be quite interesting because you don’t see that in south california or not that I know of o_​O
Anyways, I got the momo milk tea with boba. The boba is a far cry from the bobas in southern california, it was depressing to eat it. It’s not as soft and chewy like most boba places you can get in Southern California. The tea, however is good, that’s the only thing that’s going for them.