Tea Station

The best Boba Honey Milk Tea in the world! You can still taste the tea, and the boba is cooked just right!

Drinks are pretty good. My drinks seem to be extra sweet. so I think ¾ or even ½ of the sugar would be sufficient. I always get the peach green tea, peach yogurt snow ice, or the matcha milk green tea (with ice cream!) The red bean shaved ice, however, was not very good… 20% off to-​go cold drinks right now!

This specific tea station is an ok place, the service is a bit under par. Bowl can be very dirty at times. The server seems a bit lazy and no smile at all!!! A smile can go very far you know! Definitely not recommended but you can still go when other places are just too far or super full.

I love this place but they seriously need to hire someone who understands better english. My order was wrong twice in a roll. –_​_​_​_​–

Our server Cindy is really awesome!!! She’s so accommodating and friendly!!! I haven’t gone to Tea Station for a long time. They moved. I remember them being on Azusa. But anyways.
Ordered drinks here. Drinks are expensive and can get even more expensive if you plus size it to Large. It’s like $ 1.50 for a Large. That’s a lot of money to add. Drinks are around ~$ 4.50+ and ordering a Large drink can put the price to ~$ 6.00+ and then you have tip on top of that. Usually drink places would add a few cents… Honestly, there’s so much other places that do not cost as much. I feel that this place just charges way too much for drinks that people can get in comparable places.
I ordered Red Bean Slush. When I drank it it wasn’t as good as I had imagined. I bought it in other places that had red bean but this wasn’t it. I could taste they added a lot of sugar or artificial stuff to the drink. I couldn’t even finish my Large drink I ordered. I sat there and the slush melted. You can always ask for less sugar (¾, ½, etc…). I feel like if the drink costed that much… it should be good and enjoyable to drink. However, it was sub-​par to my standards.
I saw a lot of people studying with their laptops and books here. The table are fairly big. They have at least 3 different outlets I have seen near the left side of the wall when you walk in.
It can get very noisy. Most people come to social and drink tea.
I’m not sure if they honor this because I don’t usually come here on weekends, but on their menu under each page it says: «Minimum one order per person, $ 4.00 service charge applies if minimum not met. On Fridays, Saturdays, and holidays, minimum applies every 3 hours»
They have discounts:
20% off drinks that’s MEDIUM size and to-​go ONLY
Parking: There’s a lot of restaurants around Tea Station, so parking when it’s prime hour can be a hassle esp if you come on a weekend. There’s parking spaces outside the restaurants and underground.

I don’t love the Ten Ren/​Tea Station chain, and this one is not even my favorite Ten Ren (the one at Colima and Batson, that has chocolate milk tea). But even though I am not a huge fan of this place, and it’s expensive, we seem to end up here a lot just because it’s open late. We also tended to end up at Ten Ren up in Fremont, CA, just because the Chinese food up in the SF bay area sucks monkey balls *and* costs an arm and a leg of your firstborn.
The regular size drinks are around $ 5, closer to $ 6 if you get boba and stuff in it. At most places, like Jungle, $ 5 gets you a large. At Tastea, $ 6 will buy you a cup the size of your face. I prefer to eat in (or drink in), because the pretty teacups and teapots they use and the civilized feeling you get when using them instead of plastic cups, along with full table service, help justify the inflated price.
Food is ok, not great. Service is ok, not great. Cleanliness is pretty good, except the bathrooms which are — again — ok, not great. There’s free wifi and they don’t care if you sit here for hours. We sometimes bring board games or our laptops and just chill.
What we usually get:
DRINK:
* Coffee milk tea or green milk tea with boba or mocha jelly — no sugar, no ice, $ 3.99−4.99 (+50 cents for boba or 75 cents for jelly). The boba or jelly juice makes it pretty sweet even getting it with no added sweetness. Sometimes in the winter we’ll get this hot instead. You can upgrade to the large for $ 1.50 more.
* Passion fruit or pineapple jelly ice, $ 5.25. Just what it says on the tin, fruit flavored «juice» over little jelly cubes and crushed ice. This is delicious, but a total sugar bomb. I can never finish this because I always get sweeted out about ¼ of the way through this. A lot of drink and jelly for the price, compared to the teas and coffees.
FOOD:
* Spicy Wontons, $ 5.75. A decent iteration of a classic (though of course the wontons aren’t as good as my mom’s were, may she rest in peace). As a snack-​sized item, this is less expensive than many other options.
* Pu-​Erh Beef Stew with Green Tea Noodle, $ 8.75. I don’t really taste the tea in this. It’s just like a non-​spicy version of the beef noodle soup I like to get at noodle houses. Noodles are not particularly Q, but not so soft that they are mushy. They’re not even green like they are in the picture. They look like normal wheat noodles, and they taste like normal wheat noodles. The stew is rich and hearty, with beef, carrots, and turnips. This is also topped with preserved vegetables, which I am not normally a huge fan of, but they don’t really have a flavor that stands up to the soup, so I don’t really taste them (or I just leave them). The soup itself is flavorful and not overly salty.
* Tea Flavored Dumplings. Again, I don’t taste the tea. These are just like the frozen dumplings you get at 99 Ranch and boil, steam, or pan fry at home. Nothing to write home about, especially at $ 8.25 for 10, but the plus side is you can get them late at night and you don’t have to cook ‘em yourself.
* Taiwan-​style Cabbage, $ 5.75. Expensive for what it is, but I am a cabbage fiend.
* Peanut Butter Toast, $ 3.99. Not any better or worse than the brick toast at most of these kinds of places.
* Tea Flavored Wonton Soup with Noodle, $ 8.25. I’m sensing a pattern with their «tea-​flavored» items. I don’t taste the tea, but it’s the same decent wontons with the same ok noodles as the spicy wontons and beef noodle soup above. This soup is also flavorful and not too salty, but not as delicious as the beef stew.
* Tea Flavored Beef Stew, $ 9.50. Basically the same beef stew as above with rice, sides, and a small soup instead of a big bowl of noodle soup.

$ 35 for 5 drinks. I expected the best tea quality in town but all 5 drinks were mediocre at best. We ordered them half sugar and they were still TOO sweet.
If you enter through the Jazz Cat entrance they rudely inform you to go stand in line on the other side where they have 3 menus to share among the queue of people.
I don’t know what the hype is about but I’d rather go to half and half around the corner.

My boyfriend and I regular this place for teas after a delicious meal at Jazz Cat since it’s become a tradition for us. However, I really do think this place has a lot it could work on.
Service: As you may notice if you read the other reviews, their service is horrible. The employees here never smile. I once had a question about their stamp card and it was never answered. When I come here on a Saturday, it doesn’t take too long to get the drinks but I came here once on a weekday when no one was here and it took forever!
Drinks: The milk tea tastes old so I’m not a fan. The Thai tea is good but they put a ton of cream in it. The hazelnut milk tea is tasty. The peach yogurt drink is really good but they often don’t remember it’s on the menu and will give us the wrong drink or make it wrong. Their boba is chewy and sweet. I always get 25% sweetness in my drinks but I swear the amount of sweetness changes depending on who makes it so sometimes it’s overly sweet, sometimes under, but most of the time it’s fine.
Tips:
— This place has a «B» and if you look around you can see why… it’s filthy! I have never gotten sick from the drinks here but I couldn’t imagine ordering the food just judging by the way they keep the drink station.
— They never wipe the drinks down after making them so there’s tea all over the outside and it’s sticky. Make sure to grab a napkin to wipe it down before leaving!
— They have a buy 10 get 1 free card. They forget to mention it so make sure to ask for one and remember to hand it to them.
— There used to be this woman that worked here that had a really high pitch/​loud voice. I LOVED hearing it every time I came in! I don’t think she works here any more but she was the best part about this place. She always had a huge smile on her face and was incredibly friendly. Always brightened my day :)

Pretty standard Tea Station. I come here at least once every time I am back in my hometown and what I like about this location in particular is that if you ask them to make it less sweet, it really is going to be less sweet. None of that, «Can I get 50%?» and then you taste the beverage and mutter under your breath, «This is so sweet!»
I came here most recently with a friend and they couldn’t make Hot Passion Fruit Green Tea. They were only able to make Hot PF Black Tea, which I thought was really strange because they had green tea. they just couldn’t make it hot?

My friends and I usually end up coming here after a meal at Jazz Cat or Karoake. It is the most convenient as there are seating indoors, as compared to Half & Half, especially during the cold nights. Parking here is a bit tricky but it depends on when you go. There is also parking downstairs if one cannot find parking on the same level.
I remember when I used to frequent Tea Stations often for their drinks but nowadays there are just too many options. My friend ordered the winter melon milk tea (hot) and I ordered the almond milk tea (hot). Half sugar for both of us, and without boba. When the server brought over my friend’s winter melon milk tea (hot), I could smell the sweetness coming from the pot. If this is half sweet, I cannot imagine how much sweeter the «full» sweet is! The almond milk tea wasn’t anything special. It tasted as if it was made from a powder. For a place that is «known» for their teas, it is very disappointing especially since the price of their «teas» are quite high. I could just purchase some almond milk tea powder drinks from 99 Ranch and just drink those at home at a fraction of the cost. Throughout our time there, there was also a loud shrill beeping every now and then. Very annoying. The only good thing is that the place was pretty empty, so service was fast.

Just please do yourself a favor and go to another tea place. I went here yesterday with my girlfriend and ended up spending close to $ 15.00 for TWO drinks. If you think TenRen/​Half and Half is pricey, this is worse.
I ordered a large mixed fruit tea and my girlfriend ordered a large peach green tea, ¼ sugar, with lychee jelly. Just for your info, here’s the breakdown of their pricing:
Peach green tea — $ 4.25
Large size — additional $ 1.50 (at least that’s what it said on the menu)
To go cup — $ 0.25 (they charge you for taking drinks to go)
Lychee jelly — probably around $ 0.25 — $ 0.75
Overall, each drink came out to be about $ 6.00, which is absolutely ridiculous. Pay the $ 3.00 — $ 4.00 at Half and Half and get a bigger cup.

Many places had Holiday Hours, but Tea Station was opened and working on regular store hours, which was nice considering it was Black Friday. Other from that it was a disappointment.
The Register is by the front door, so you can order right when you walk in. I ordered 4 drinks all just plain teas large sizes. Our total came out to $ 23!!! It was just 4 Large Teas with no add ons.
My friend ordered her Peach Green Tea with No Sugar, and I had a Peach Green Tea Half Sugar. It was jammed packed with sugar. It was so overwhelming that we dumped out ¹⁄₅ of our drinks to add water. Before doing that you couldn’t taste much except the Peach Syrup. The Green Tea tastes definitely wasn’t there.
After adding water it was slightly better, but it definitely didn’t feel statisfying know that we paid roughly $ 5.75 for each drink and having it dilute it with water.
Sadly that would be my last visit to Tea Station

Today I ordered a large honeydew smoothie in this restaurant. Holy shit it costs me $ 7 and more. Only come a half size like a medium. I also heard their staff talked about my drink. One said that the drink supposed to be large, but why the bartender made a medium. They realized their mistake but they didn’t make it up. And just brought it to me. All right. Never going to come back.

Matcha ice cream milk green tea. Matcha ice cream milk green tea. Matcha ice cream milk green tea.
Yes. It’s a mouthful name for a drink. But it explains it perfectly. And I LOVE it! Since their drinks are more herbally and have a strong tea flavor, the matcha ice cream is a great complement to sweeten the drink. I recommend everyone trying this if you’re a fan of green tea!
I can’t remember the exact price but I feel as though they are raising their prices and it’s a bit on the pricier side which is a bummer.

Amazing boba! I had the large milk tea with tapioca (boba) for $ 4.50. The drink was very delicious! I like that they give you the option to choose the amount of sugar you have in your drink (regular, ¾, half, ¼, sugar free). This was my first time here and I asked for the worker’s recommendation and she chose ¾ for me (I told her that I typically like my drinks sweet). The ¾ sugar was just the right amount for me!
The boba was PERFECT. The boba were soft, chewy and a little sweet. Just the right amount of chewiness and softness throughout.
I would have given this place 5-​stars but the price for the size of the drink was a lot. I wouldn’t come on a regular basis, but the quality is great!
I also tried my friend’s rose milk tea and it was also good. Interesting flavor. I didn’t know that «rose» was a flavor, but they make the flavor very potent in the drink. Something interesting to try if you want to try something different.
This place had lots of seating options indoors and some tables outdoors as well. Well kept and a very large selection of hot/​iced teas/​coffees on the menu. Some dessert and food options available as well.

I came in wanting boba but unfortunately they don’t have or prep it til after 4pm. I really wanted to try it (kill two birds with a stone). I tried their Rose Milk tea which was aromatic and a hint of rose. It’s a beautiful thing whoever came up with this is genius!
I asked for less sweeten…
They have two sizes small or large. it’s pricey for their drinks.$ 6.05 for a large rose milk tea without boba so I can’t imagine with boba (probably the price for an arm and a leg) lol kidding. I can buy two large gallon of milk for that pice.
I’ll try it but I wanna also save money too! I won’t be bck! A girl’s gotta eat also! If only have a rewards card (wink wink)

Lunch on Tuesday, 5÷26÷15
Large parking lot and there’s no wait for a table during lunch hour. The servers came by immediately to take our order but we weren’t ready.
My usual is the minced pork and rice plate that comes with sides. Their green tea is great too. I haven’t had Tea Station in a while but I feel like their minced pork was a bit too salty. The sides are usually average tasting to pair with the entrée.
I also ordered a peach yogurt drink to go and it was delicious! It tastes just like a peach yogurt but in a liquid form. Another one of my favorite drinks is the fruit tea.
I highly recommend Tea Station for their tea drinks. It’s not made with powder and I really enjoy good quality beverages especially when there’s competition in the nearby area.

One word. EXPENSIVE. Holy crap. 3 drinks cost me almost $ 20, Jesus Christ what are you putting in my drink? There better be gold flakes in there.
Seriously, I understand marking up some prices but this place is trying to rob us. Ok. I always knew tea station to be taxed. Taxed up the butt because it was the traditional boba store. It was on point boba, or at least the one back on Azusa used to be. It would be that quality boba I would spend the extra dollar or two for because it was just SO good. It made me feel like I was drinking the boba of the inventors of boba milk tea, but damn. What happened.
I lost $ 20 that night, that’s what happened. I couldn’t decide on a drink so I went with my go to drink, green milk tea with boba, the generic choice, but the go-​to! It was horrible. The boba was so soft it felt like it was melting on my tongue! Pretty gross. The tea tasted weird and not creamy enough, everything just tasted off. I couldn’t even finish my drink, I gave it to a friend and went down the block and got some half and half. That’s how disappointed I was.
The friend who took my drink liked my disappointing drink more than his disappointing drink, talk about sad! He got a white peach oolong that tasted like diabetes. I have never had a white peach oolong taste like diabetes at LEAST SUGAR. The cashier said it would be sweet, but oh my lord how are you guys making this drink? My friend couldn’t drink it because it was so ridiculously sweet even at least sugar… the only bright side was my less picky boyfriend who finished his almond milk tea. It was still sweet but he expected it, so whoop. The one star for the one drink that was liked.

Location: It is located in a shopping plaza with plenty of parking. The restaurant has a relaxing atmosphere and it is fairy well decorated.
Service: staffs are friendly and not pushy. They give you plenty of time to decide on dishes/​drinks that you want. Also, they do not pressure you to rush out the door when you are done. Bills only come upon request.
Food: I ordered a cold almond milk tea and it was very delicious. I also ordered two appetizers. Butter bread and Taiwanese sausage. Butter bread is only average and the Taiwanese sausage was a bit overcooked.
Rating: I will come back here again to try other appetizers and side dishes. Overall, I think this place is average.

Decent place in the corner. Ordered the Ma-​cha ice cream milk green tea. Prompt service.. in English. I mention that because a different Unilocalers mentioned there was no one who spoke English.
Further review to come. First picture.