Tea Era
Tea Era
This drink does not contain milk.
This drink does not contain milk.
Roasted brown rice.
Roasted brown rice.
Iced drink only.
Iced drink only.
Iced drink only.
Iced drink only.
Iced drink only.
Brown rice.
Large only.
Large only.
Large only.
Large only.
Large only.
Large only.
Jasmine green milk tea w/ pearls $3 + tax & free size upgrade if you check in on Yelp! Pretty yummy and the pearls have good texture.
Taro Milk Tea
Counter (cash only)
Grass Jelly Green Tea
Interior
two people toasting drinks at a coffee shop
Menu April 2022
drink
Order ahead
yummy
Menu 3/2024
Almond milk tea
Papaya Milk Juice with rainbow jelly
Roasted Barley Milk Tea w/ Grass Jelly
10-16-24. Interior
Specials
Menu April 2022
Jasmine Milk Tea with boba
Hole in the wall, popular place it seems :)
interior
Emery N.
Dec 31, 2024
I ordered the Red Guava Green Tea, 50% sugar. It's very sweet and tastes like artificial red guava. It came out within 5 minutes. Unfortunately, you only get to choose between 50% and 100% sugar. It's a small shop with a bit of space to stand around. I recommend you walk in and order and take a look around. Great placement for this shop as it's in a nice street that's closed off with lots of restaurants, dessert places, and boba places.
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Brian Y.
Dec 30, 2024
I haven't had Tea Era for 5-7 years. This was one of my favorite boba spots back then. I was excited to try this again this past Saturday, but I kept my expectations low just in case since my boba palette is grown. This spot use to be cash only, but there's a kiosk that accepts card. No line. Cost was less than $6/drink for my group. I ordered the earl grey milk tea with boba. When I got my order, the earl grey was a dark brown color similar to a chocolate color. The drink was definitely more tea like than milky. Personally, I like my milk tea more milky. The liquid content looked a little clumpy and needed to be mixed a bit more. I wasn't a fan of the taste of the milk tea. The boba pearls however was very good. Not too hard, not too chewy, very consistent. Overall, it wasn't a good drink, the boba pearls were the saving grace. A little disappointed but I won't be returning to tea era.
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Lloyd C.
Oct 16, 2024
Tea Era is located right in DTMV. It's a relatively small place but popular! The service was friendly and quick. My drink came out immediately! Pudding Milk Tea - The pudding was good and the milk tea was flavorful. Overall, 3.5 stars!
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Matthew P.
Jan 2, 2025
really straightforward, no-frills boba. If you're not into marketing gimmicks and just want pearls with good texture and solid tasting tea, this is a great spot. Service is quick and the selection is more than enough.
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Kevin L.
Mar 31, 2024
Located in Downtown Mountain View, parking is plentiful but gets crowded during the weekends. The interior is small with no seating from what it looks like.Lavender Milk Tea (3/5): super sweet. I only got 50% and I felt like every sip was 10 spoonfuls of sugar. It wasn't super fragrant, but the lavender flavor was good. The boba was firm and chewy, definitely has changed from the soft texture they previously had.The now accept NFC! Tea Era has changed quite a bit over the years. The boba has dropped in quality. Overall, Tea Era is a mediocre boba shop.
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Calvin T.
Jan 5, 2024
Tea Era had existed at a time where boba culture was starting to emerge in the Bay Area. The Mountain View locationhas won numerous awards for best pearl tea in the area, and has survived at least two recessions. That is a bulletproof business, if you'd asked me. I rarely drink boba anymore. Prices have been too high for me to justify purchasing a drink anymore. When I was in the Mountain View area and I saw a recently uploaded picture of Tea Era's menu on this app, I could not believe it. The pricing resembled how boba was back in 2010s, but it's priced that way in early 2024.The place has a huge menu! Many people come here for the Roasted Barley Milk Tea and the Taro Smoothie. Of all the incredible things I could get here, I ended up getting myself the Thai Smoothie ($4.20) with 50% sweetness. I know. Basic! The check-in offer allows you to upgrade your drink to a large size for free, but since smoothies only come in large, you get a free topping of choice instead.Look. I had set my expectations low. I've been to so many boba places. And I'm drinking the Thai tea flavor, which is incredibly difficult to mess up. But let me be the first to tell you that Tea Era in MV was not pulling any punches. It was beyond good. It was appropriately sweet (though I imagine 100% sweetness would still work, and I personally don't have a sweet tooth!) It was well-blended to the point where it was consistently easy to drink so long as you mixed it from time to time. The pearls were... warm?! That may be a giveaway they were fresh pearls. Have not had fresh pearls like those in a long time! It was so well worth its price that I've even less incentive to order boba elsewhere. Riddle me this: how come a boba spot that has priced their drinks significantly lower than a majority of other boba places, makes better boba than a majority of other boba places? The MV location in particular was so good, I wanted to see if there are other Tea Era locations closer to me. Sure enough, there are: one in Cupertino, and one in South San Jose. I cannot claim to know how they are like. I'm sure they're good, but they cannot match the pricing strategy of the MV location. Probably for the best. I would have rekindled my boba addiction, otherwise.Additional notes: cash preferred! There is a surcharge if you use credit card. The orders come fast. The inside is not spacious, so get your drink and then explore the rest of downtown Mountain View.If you have never been to Tea Era, please do! You will not be disappointed.
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Danielle Y.
Feb 24, 2024
Super cute Boba place on the main drag and we were really surprised at the price especially since some Boba places are eight dollars to get to Boba for $10. It's a steal. The service was quick. The place is cash only so make sure you bring cash although there is a machine you can use for card we asked for half ice and half sweet 50%. It's very sweet I probably get 30% next time still a great Boba spot. There's also side seating.
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Trevis M.
Feb 24, 2024
Cash only!!! Ordered the passion fruit and dragonfruit kiwi, 50% sugar and half ice. Overall great taste but still a tad sweet. $ per value is on point. Small interior and fast service. Outside seating area is a nice touch, great experience.
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Randy F.
Jan 12, 2025
So good! I love going to tea era. The workers are super nice. Also, they have really good fruit smoothies!
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Jared N.
Oct 20, 2024
Tea is decent. I enjoyed it and the place it is in is pretty cute. What I cannot stand is the rude employee at the front. He was extremely rude to me when I politely asked him to remake a drink that was wayyyyy too sweet. And I honestly never ask for that unless it's really difficult to drink. I honestly would have preferred if he just told me no. That would have been better than him remaking it for me based on his attitude. Guy fought me on it from the spot, then he slapped the drink down and straw with such attitude, I was really offended. I even said thank you and he gave me a huge side eye. Like what the heck man? Id be a regular if you didn't treat your customers like that. Who does that? I hope he's not the owner. If he is, get it together man.
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