E-Tea

For me to stop MID-BITE to post a review is saying BIG THINGS! 1. Omgggggg! 2. Everyone needs to experience this and 3. OMGLet's START with what stopped me in my tracks! The Mousse 3 Chocolate Cake - TO LIVE FOR!!! I dropped a pic that has the exact description but all I can say to describe is, "DIVINELY DECADENT"!!! Their other item that has me in a chokehold is the Brown Sugar Milk tea!!! Deeeeelish and the tapioca pearls are the perfect level of sweetness! It was a BOGO day so who's a happy lady?! Meeeeee!

Another impromptu stop while leaving The wharf. We wanted coffee but for some reason decided to stop here instead of backtracking to the coffee shop.... Ironically, this is mostly a tea place and we wanted a hot coffee drink! But I should have known better than to order a hot drink with oat milk from a tea place.Everyone place their own orders using the self-service kiosk. They had some very cool and pretty looking drinks and desserts. Ultimately, I decided to order a coffee drink......I chose the hot tiramisu oat latte. What was I thinking!??? I watched the employee make the beverage.. he used powdered oat (milk??), a few drips of watered down coffee and a few other drips and drops of other things. And voila! An awful hot powdery beverage!! Customer service was pretty much non-existent. As soon as we walked in, there was no greeting of any sort. No one took orders at the counter...it was strictly orders place at the kiosk. Even when handing the orders, there was no "enjoy your beverage!"I loved the E.T. theme, wall art and cup decoration.Would I return? No most likely not.

We ventured here after dinner at ilil. Nice night cap to a celebratory night. Service was quick. She input our order into the kiosk and our drink was ready in a few minutes. The location is quiet in the winter but I'm sure they have a lot of business in the summer. It's such a nice spot by the water.

This alien-themed boba shop at the Wharf is such a fun concept. It is a takeout type of shop as there are no tables inside and only two small tables outside. They have a large but ordinary selection of drinks. I opted for the brown sugar milk tea with 25% sugar, and it was a perfect moderate amount of sweetness. My Jupiter-sized (large) drink with tapioca was $7.89. It costs extra to substitute a non-dairy milk. I enjoyed the drink, but the tapioca was flavourless. I know tapioca naturally doesn't have much of a taste, but this one was so flavourless that it didn't even taste like tapioca. There was so much of it in my drink, and I still enjoyed chewing them, but they didn't taste like anything.

Randomly hit up this spot while walking in DC - it did not disappoint!!Some of my favorite things:- They didn't overdo it with the ice. Thank goodness because I like to have as much tea as possible- I always like the option to make it full/half/no sweetness- The boba was amazing!!! Definitely made fresh, and was sweetI ordered through a screen so not too much to say about service, but my drink was ready pretty fast! I do think it's a bit pricy, but you're also in DC.

Fun bubble teas, desserts (towel cake), bowls and onigiri at The Wharf. There is an ET mural in the shop, as well as cherry blossoms to celebrate the flowers in season (The Wharf has a whole bloom theme going on). I ordered a mango pomelo drink (mango slush, mango, coconut mlk, grapefruit grain, crystal bubble) which is a seasonal special. My friend tried the sakura matcha (matcha with strawberry cream), also a seasonal special. My drink was almost ready but then they suddenly remade my drink ( not sure why). It was redone and it tasted good, although there were several chunks of ice. The boba was wonderful, very soft yet chewy. There was a decent amount of mango. Several desserts were sold out (towel cake) so it would be fun to come back to sample them. This is a fun and vibrant shop, order at the kiosks, then sit outside to watch the action.

Easy ordering on kiosks and they call your number when called.There are lots of drink options and you can customize ratios on most of the ingredients. I got the brown sugar milk tea, 75% sweet, 50% ice, add boba. I was worried about there being too much ice in my drink which is why I opted for the 50% ice, in the future I would stick with the recommended amount because the hot boba melts the ice quickly!They have seating outside, or you can take your drink and walk around the wharf!

I visited this place during Bloomaroo at The Wharf to try out their Sakura Matcha drink. Going inside there wasn't really much room as you have kiosks to order from and a pick up counter for you to grab your drink and go. I think the service is kind of non existent as you are just ordering through the screen and only interacting with someone to confirm your drink.I got the Sakura Matcha drink because it looks aesthetically pleasing and I just like matcha + anything. I liked the amount of options you have if you wanted less sugar, less ice, or none, etc. I got the Earth Size which is their regular size compared to their Jupiter sized drink which was much bigger.Since I'm in DC, expect prices to be a lot more for what you normally pay for in VA/MD/Anywhere else. I think I paid a good 8 bucks and I felt like that was not worth it.The drink though, was good and lives up to its name, but I don't think I would get Boba in the Wharf unless I really crave it.Check it out once at least.

Love that you can customize the sugar level and ice level of the milk tea!! It is kiosk ordering only in the shop and you grab your own straws at the table. I got the large size taro milk tea. Tapioca pearls (boba) were an extra charge but they dont skimp on this and they were super chewy and warm at the bottom of the drink. The only thing that they could improve on was adding more taro flavor. It had an overwhelming milk taste and not enough taro. Other than this, it was the perfect experience.

I rarely ever drink boba in the city. For a long time there were only just a handful of options and some of the best spots were in the suburbs.However, I totally forgot about E-Tea despite walking by pretty often. So yesterday, I decided to give it another shot since I don't think I've been here since they first opened and was serving food. I ordered a small brown sugar boba at the self-order kiosk with tapioca crystals, the lowest level of sweetness and 50% ice. Within 5 minutes my boba was ready and I was on my way.In terms of the taste, I thought it was great! However, this was the first time I had ever ordered tapioca crystals and I think in the future I'll stick with traditional boba. With the crushed ice, the tapioca crystals would sometimes feel interchangeable which experientially was not ideal for me.Otherwise, I was pleased with my order and will drop by again in the future if the craving hits!