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When I went, there was only one worker, but she worked fast. The place is small inside. You get to scoop your own toppings! If you go past a certain line on the cup, they charge you extra. I tried the taro or ube milk tea (i forgot which one it was) It was really sweet, but that's on me for ordering a little less sugar. The boba was a bit hard tho.. Overall great place if you like to scoop your own toppings to fit your preferences.

This spot is seriously slept on and I will be going here for boba from now on if I'm in the Bellaire area.How this place works: You chose your drink of choice, sweetness/ice level, and size. Once you place your order, the bobarista draws a line on the cup and then you head over to the toppings bar. The toppings bar has a large selection to choose from and you can put as many different toppings as you'd like (it just has to be up to the line that was drawn on the cup). When I went, there was mango jelly, basil seed, rainbow jelly, egg pudding, crystal boba, grass jelly, strawberry jelly, aloe vera, coconut jelly, lychee jelly, apple jelly and coffee jelly. Review:My friend and I ordered a large sunset drink and it tasted great. What I love about this spot is that the cup sizes are huge (even the medium is pretty big) and you get to choose as many different toppings as you'd like. Most boba spots nowadays charge anywhere from $6-8 dollars and it only comes with one topping. But here, the portions are generous and I love how you get to have a variety of different toppings to put in your drink. As for the interior, it's clean and well decorated. On top of that, the service was good and fast. I highly recommend this spot!

I never realized this teahouse was located in the shopping center behind The Teahouse, but it's a cute little spot. The grapefruit tea is the perfect sweetness level at 100%. The milk tea is weak in tea flavor, in my opinion. I like that they have a self-service toppings/sinkers station where you can customize your drink. The boba is sweetened nicely but too firm for my liking. You can choose between regular (what most teahouses consider a large) and large (jumbo size). The popcorn chicken comes out mild, but you can season your chicken to your preference with the spice shakers available at the counter. I like that they give you a lot of opportunities to customize your drinks and food. I've visited a couple of times so far and they have been consistent with the tea flavors, I just wish their boba was better.

One of my favorite hidden gems in Chinatown, but it seems to be picking up lately after the rennovation! The shop now looks so cute and modern. The service is always quick, even when they have only 1-2 staff members on site.My all-time go-to order is Orange Fruit Tea, Large size and 50% sweet! Large size would warrant you a humongous cup that may not fit in your car's cupholder - so beware. The Orange fruit tea is just so refreshing and one of the best in the city! And what not to love when you get to add any toppings to your delight (as long as you don't go over the mark -- which is quite generous to me already). The most recent drink I had was quite delish too -- Cheesy Mango Milk Shake. 50% sweet was too sweet on that for me though, so maybe I will do 25% sweet the next time.Their snack options are really good too - the popcorn chicken is so tasty! Tl;dr: get the Orange Fruit Tea, it will not disappoint!

Went with a group of friends and had great Boba. It's not a large dining area to hang out with people. The drinks are always amazing and the staff is super friendly.

Pretty interesting topping system at this shop. The prices were insanely cheap for how humongous the large size is. Very chill employees that made our drinks with care.

I always love this place but today it let me down, couldn't believe what they gave me. I order 6 popcorn chicken expecting it would fill up at least half a party tray for my birthday. But this is what I receive, you can see that it barely fill up all the way it was NOT EVEN HALF A BOX. So you telling me I pay $6 and got 6 PIECES OF CHICKEN??

Literally my all time favorite milk tea place here in houston. I am not sure what it is about this place but their milk tea is always on point. Plus you can add your jellies and boba free of charge! I've been in houston for 6 years now and I always go back circle back to this place no matter how many milk tea joints opened up around the bellaire area. I see that they recently remodeled so really hoping they made it through covid and thriving. Always recommends this place to my friends who's out of town.

Wow. I didn't know there was a place that gave you free reign on toppings for one low price (limited). Of course you can go above it but it would be an extra cost. Even then it is well worth it. The tea itself was quite ok compared to every other tea out there, but their cheesy smoothies were nice with that interesting cheesy foam twist at the end. The space itself looks renovated but it is quite small. There really is not a huge reason for anyone to stay in there feeling cramped. Highly recommend a try!

If you're as obsessed with boba as I am, come here. Their large is LARGE. And best part? You get to pick as many or as little toppings as you want.That's right - there's a topping bar here. I wish I thought of this genius idea myself. Once you order a drink, the cashier gives you a cup and draws a recommended topping line to not go over. Spoiler alert: I always go over that line. They don't care.The boba is chewy and sweet. The egg pudding is soft. You can never go wrong with grass jelly and chia seeds. They have different jellied and pooping bobas. Basically you name it, they have it.The house milk tea is good but not great. It's a little plain and lacks the intense tea taste I generally look for. But the toppings help where the actual drink lacks in flavor.Overall, I love coming here when I'm really needing to get my boba fix!