Ten Ren Tea

Ten Ren is a classic, but I've never been to the SF location. Stopped by while in the Chinatown area, and was pleasantly surprised.The store itself is pretty quiet; when I went, there was just one super friendly older lady doing everything. I got a classic pearl black milk tea, and it was solid. Tea flavor was good, but a tad bit diluted. Overall creamy, but doesn't quite feel like they're using whole milk, and more like a mixed creamer. Sweetness was also quite not sweet at 50%, so honestly would go 75%-100% (I usually get 25-50% at boba shops). Overall, really solid! Definitely satisfies the boba itch if in the area.

Autumn is evidently here and the tree leaves have been falling. Leave it to Boba that is good for all four seasons. One tea company in San Francisco which has been serving tea leaves since 1953 with people coming and leaving from and to this place for their variety of teas. Ten Ren Tea have been serving variety of herbal teas from Asia to patrons for seven decades and also offers the now popular Boba tea as one of their more modern draw for customers. Entering Ten Ren Tea you feel like you are inside a tea shop where there are people congregating for tea tasting in the back of the shop. In the front you can order Boba tea which I ordered a Mango and Lychee Green tea Boba. You can customize the Boba tea which is good since I was making sure my drink was not too sweet. The Boba is a little different and is served in a non transparent cup ( can't see what's inside the cup on the outside ). The other difference is the Boba tea has more of a herbal tea flavor to it which I appreciate and the mango and lychee flavor made it a bit more tastier. You can add aloe ,aiyu jelly, boba , and lychee jelly to the drink. The drink was refreshing and had more a medicinal feel to it than most traditional Boba teas in the city. It's more my cup of tea. Come to Ten Ren Tea and try the Boba and do a traditional tasting of their herbal teaTen Ren Tea has been around since 1953

Pu'erh milk tea is amazing and I can't recommend it enough. Fair price, about $6 for a milk tea that you can customize sweetness level of. Enjoy browsing the tea selection while waiting for your drink and carry on with your Chinatown stroll!

Fiona!!! We will go wherever Fiona goes! Her customer service is amazing. She is funny and sweet and so informative. The tea is great but you can get tea anywhere. Come for Fiona tell her we sent you!! Tell her the bully bears sent you!

3.5 but I'll round to 4 stars based on service. $6 for a drink and 50 cents extra for drink add on toppings. Personally, I found it hard to eat the toppings after I finished my drink. I wish they had straws to help me out.

We got the oolong milk tea! It was $6. My sister LOVES this place even though there are a lot of boba places in Chinatown. This place is extremely cute on the inside because it is also a tea store. The milk tea here tastes really fresh and authentic. Would recommend if you love Oolong milk tea :)

Tea was good 3/5 but it's pre-mixed and like other reviewer mentioned, they used creamer, not milk. A chubby sale girl was very unfriendly. They didn't put a trash bin at counter for straw paper, she asked me to go to the back of the shop to put it away! She said, "you have to put it away! In the back, under the sink!" With a very unfriendly tone. I remember they used to provide bad service on my last experience, but it's has been so long and I forgot so I came back again, but I won't go there next time!

This place is a rip-off. Salesperson made me commit to buying a tea leaves fbefore tasting. She did not offer any other tea samplings then charged me 55$ for a tin of said tea. Don't go there- terrible place, just out to gouge tourists.

Amazing spot if you like a more pronounced tea flavor! I usually get the black milk tea or oolong milk tea. I'd recommend getting 100% sweet for the milk teas as they don't add too much sugar and the flavor of the drink tastes watered down when you get reduced sugar. They also sell/sample actual tea here which is also pretty good.

RIP OFF! DISHONEST, TERRIBLE TEA. AVOID THIS PLACE! TOURIST TRAP.Ten Ren Tea has nothing to do with good quality tea at all. The teas are not produced correctly and the tastes are bad.Even the manager who conned me out of $ 6.00 for a cup of Tie Quan Yin which had absolutely no flavor at all, wasn't honest enough when I told her before I paid for the tea, to try and replace it or give my money back. She did what she did in an underhanded way.She and the others know nothing at all about tea.PUT TEN REN OUT OF BUSINESS, SPEND YOUR MONEY ELSE WHERE.