R&B Tea - San Jose

I needed an afternoon caffeine pick me up, so I browsed on Grubhub for coffee shops. Never heard of R&B Tea but their selection of coffee drinks, like nitro cold brews and lattes, looked very interesting. I got a House Nitro Cold Brew with egg cream, half ice, half sweet. The order came out great. I appreciated the boldness of the coffee. The egg cream was silky and was an interesting alternative to salted cheese. Wish they had an option to go less than half sweet, because half sweet still tasted too sweet to me. I don't typically order boba or toppings, but my drink did come with coffee jelly and there wasn't an option to remove them. That being said, the coffee jelly was probably the best I've had. I liked how firm the texture was. Funny story, I actually wanted more of the coffee jelly. Speaking of not enough, I also felt that I got through the drink way too fast. Next time I would order no ice. The ice chunks are really big, so it appears to displace a lot of the liquid.

My review is based on my favorite drink: My favorite drink is their coffee with brown sugar and oat milk. It's the only thing I drink from here. I love this drink so much, that whenever I'm in the area, buy one.I don't live in the South Bay, it's a rarity for me, to get this drink.

They were 3 big stores combined: R&B, Sweet Box and one other I didn't remember the name. Hence, this shop was really big with spacious seatings.You can order items from any of the 3 stores from the same kiosk, take the ticket and go to the respective shops to get your orders.I ordered Jasmine milk tea from R&B and 2 other dishes from Sweet Box.While waiting, they have this claw machine game for the customers to spend their time and money.

Such a beautiful tea shop with Vietnamese music in the background. Sadly, the drinks were meh. There was a 15 minute wait for drinks. We ordered three fruity drinks and there was a promotion for a free chrysanthemum tea. It all tasted watered down with little fruity taste. There was some confusion to where the drinks would come out as there are three counters.

The ube brown sugar boba (4/5) was good! I got 75% sweetness and it was still very sweet. I could taste the ube a little but it is overshadowed by the brown sugar. Nice treat after dinner :)

One of the few consistent R&Bs in the area! Solid menu and quick service. If you're looking for something sweet and refreshingly, I recommend the lychee green tea with aloe Vera! This is my go-to, and I tend to get 75% sweet. Came by on a Sunday and ordered the green tea with cheese and boba. Self-order and no wait time. The green tea with cheese was creamy, perfectly sweetened with just the right amount of salt added. It can get pretty packed in this building during peak times since there are 2 other shops as well.

Their watermelon slushies/juice with the popping boba & aloe vera... FIRE! So refreshing and I love how they aren't stingy with their toppings - well bottoms. It's not too sweet & just perfect for hot/warm days.Their milk teas are also delicious & they're pretty accurate when it comes to sugar levels.

We ordered 20 teas for a large group. Everything was delicious, although it took a long time for the order to be completed. Unfortunately , the one thing that was a misstep was that we wanted them to reduce the amount of sugar and almost all the drinks came out at 100% sugar. it just made the drinks super sweet. But otherwise, it was a great experience and I'll definitely go back. I'll just be more careful about making sure the drink is the right sweetness.

I was in Korea and saw Kiwi juice for the first time BUT apparently it was SO ppopular, it was SOLD OUT. At R&B, I think it was meant to be, I finally got to try what I missed out on -- Fresh Kiwi Juice (My ALL TIME favorite drink now), Taro comes in 2nd.The strangest dessert craving hit me HARD and I had to do the tiramisu foam on top. I do not suggest mixing though! Anyways, I definitely recommend y'all stopby and try them out while you're in the area.

Just picked up a basic honeydew milk tea with boba at around 5pm...today was a cupsleeve event and there were not many customers for the event this late in the day. The boba was NOT chewy or fresh. It's as if the boba has been sitting around for a long time...when you bit into it there is no elasticity or chewiness to it whatsoever...like biting into a piece of oversaturared dough. What a disappointment. If you are not willing to keep fresh boba available, then just tell the customer youndon't have it than serve stale boba.. With so many tea and boba shops around the area, you must do better with your quality control.