Tibear

I was driving by the Berkeley area and wanted some boba. I usually have my go to boba spots around here but wanted to try something new. This place popped up on my radar and it was their three year anniversary! They just opened when I parked and there are two kiosks to order. They have lots of apps that bc an be downloaded such as snack pass and hungry panda. The pictures have a discount code for a free drink. I got lucky because from 8/27-9/7, they are offering buy one get one free jumbo drinks and buy three get two free drinks with the options on the kiosk. I got to try the Thai green tea tornado and the dirty lavender. The cups were huge and it ended up costing ~$11 with tip for two drinks. I think the jumbo size is 1.5x a normal drink. The dirty lavender was my favorite and was very sugary at a normal sweetness. I enjoyed it as is because I have a sweet tooth. But might be "too sweet" for most. The Thai green tea tornado had too many things happening at once and it was good for looks. Not the worse but not the best. The cups and designs are cute.This place is more of a to go boba spot and not a cafe to sit down and hang out. They did have a claw machine if you are waiting but not much of a waiting area or chairs. Location is near the campus and around other boba spots and food. They're catering to the students which is why it makes sense to use two different apps for delivery and convenience. Would come back again and happy third anni!

Boba: 3/5Service: 3/5Ambiance: 3/5Overall: Pretty standard fareThe extended review...Boba: Passionfruit - 3/5 - Standard fare in terms of taste. Nothing particularly unique or different about it.Service: 3/5 - Standard service.Ambiance: 3/5 - It's a small place with a few seats. For the most part seems more like a grab and go place.

Parking is street parking and depending on time of day you can find parking easily! I walked in and used the machine to order and one of them didn't work so I used the other one. The drink took about 5-8 minutes since there was only one staff. I got the rose black tea with cheese top. Since there's cheese on top, I wish they had the lids where you can sip the cheese with the drink. I got 0% sugar and less ice. It was not sweet which was good and I can taste a bit of the rose. However, I wish the tea taste was stronger. The boba quality was good and I liked the texture.It is a small space and no bathroom in case you are wondering.

They sell 34-ounce drinks but give you a 24-ounce cup. Not good/worthy of a report to the department of weights and measures.What a ripoff.

My boyfriend and I found this place on Yelp since we were in the mood for some boba before we embarked on a hike at Wildcat Peak on a sunny Sunday afternoon. Ti Bear had a BOGO special going on so we ended up just doing that. The BOGO deal had to be the 24 oz drinks for some reason and the free drink was from a limited drink menu. I liked that you have the option to adjust ice and sweetness level and they also have a wide range of non-dairy milk options. Their drink topping options are also pretty solid. I ordered the Strawberry Matcha Latte with oat milk with aloe and less ice and my boyfriend ordered the Lavender Brown Sugar with black sugar boba. I actually really enjoyed my drink - there was an even ratio of strawberry puree and matcha to taste so I had a bit of strawberry and matcha taste with every sip. Unfortunately, the Lavender Brown Sugar drink was not very good.. It was very watered down and you can barely taste the lavender or the brown sugar :( Overall, there were two Self Checkout kiosks and ordering was very user friendly. The place was clean and had very cute decor. The wait time wasn't too long but I would probably order ahead next time since there were a few people coming in to pick up drinks after we ordered.

It was a hot day, so we decided to get boba at Tibear in attempt to cool off. We ordered our drinks on Doordash and showed up 5 minutes before the estimated pick up time. The store was tiny and had a claw machine along with some cute bear decorations. But after 15-20 minutes of waiting at the store, our drinks were not ready, yet people who ordered after us received their orders. In the end, I had to ask the shop worker about our drinks for her to finally make them. Our drinks unfortunately did not hit the spot. I got the taro mochi milk tea with salted cheese foam, while my sister got the mochi qq milk tea. My drink was not sealed fully and barely any cheese foam at the top even though the topping costed $1.5 extra. The taro milk tea base of the drink was made with fake taro powder, but there were some small chunks of overly sweet blobs of real taro at the bottom. There were some blobs of mochi as well, but the texture was more like a pudding than drinkable mochi. Meanwhile, my sister's mochi qq milk tea barely had any mochi, and the tea's flavor wasn't super special for the price. I was hoping that I'd like this place since its reviews looked promising and its decorations were cute, but I feel like Berkeley has better boba elsewhere than here.

As an update to my previous review, one of my more recent visits at Tibear was not great. I ordered a hot milk tea with Boba and the Boba was sour. I winded up, having to throw the whole cup away to avoid an inevitably painful experience.Check your food quality Tibear. Not worth losing longtime customers by being cheap.

TLDR pricey and limited menu offerings I hope fellow boba fans will understand when I say this: there is your afternoon pick-me-up boba and then there is your dessert treat yourself boba, and this is definitely the latter. (I know all boba is technically always a dessert and a treat but hear me out...)I wanted a plain Thai green tea or matcha latte, but didn't see this option on their menu? There's a mango matcha... strawberry matcha... and Thai green tea float which I ended up getting. I say this isn't a daily boba stop for me because their menu is lacking the basics. Since they don't have more simple drinks, their everything on their menu is well over $6 (I think I paid $8 after tax and tip). The service was good and fast. The drink itself was sweet and rich with the green tea flavor. Their boba was nice and sweet. The ice cream scoop was really tiny (maybe I'm just bitter because I didn't want it in the first place but couldn't order without), but the flavor was good. The interior was cute and well decorated with limited seating. Not really doing anything wrong, but Berkeley has so many boba shops that I don't see myself being a regular here.

Thai green tea with Thai tea ice cream! I love how tibear includes Thai tea ice cream with their Thai tea drinks. So good- both the green and the regular. I've ordered online on multiple occasions and pick up has been mostly easy. Sometimes it can take a while cause they're busy. I've also tried their drinkable Mochi topping. Pretty interesting, more so for textural purposes. Our frequent drinks here are their Thai tea drinks since they're amazing, esp with the ice cream. Their ice cream is from Mitchell's and they have a few flavors here. This boba place is small on the inside, but really cute.

Service and drinks were great! I love the cute bear cups which can be reused. The service was spectacular and the drinks were delicious! Will be back!