Excellent, excellent customer service from my first footstep in. Ashley N. behind the register called out a welcome and let me know she was busy finishing something but would be right with me as soon as possible. It is rare to see that!
There was some kind of anime fan art kind of thing going on when I visited, there were several stalls for vendors set up to the right side of the restaurant upon entry.
The gachapon machines were opposite in the corner, to your left when you walk in. One of my favourite elements of the Japan pavillion in Epcot and my time in Japan, you gotta love those gachapons anywhere you can find them.
I am a matcha fan but am not that familiar with other corners of the tea world beyond earl grey, hot, like the good capitan. They had a pre-set menu of a few tea options, I went with the one presumably the closest in spirit to matcha since it was the only green tea option. You got to add a topping and I was also out of my element there since it is frowned upon by the elders to add toppings to matcha but obviously this is a whole different thing.
Toppings included numerous types of boba including just boba, crystal, popping, and more. I went with mango popping boba, it sounded cool. Crystal boba sounded like something out of Breaking Bad.
There was light music on in the background, some type of r&b pop conglomeration. It was low enough you could have conversation as needed. Nobody was needing to shout over the music. So even though it was busy when o visited, it was not loud. So that was another thing I liked about this place.
My green tea concoction was positively delightful to cool off with on a summer day. The honey, kumquat, and mango from the popping boba combined into what would make a pretty delicioso new Gatorade flavour. It was smooth, sugary, and refreshing. There was nothing not to like about this green tea experience. I would order this exact drink time and time again, even when I am not being treated to a free one on yelp's arm.
I love supporting small, locally owned businesses like this where someone is pursuing their passion to bring a new and inventive space to their community and that is this space 100%.
Huge thanks to Jando, his team, and official Yelp for arranging this elite week to check out a HAPI business (and female-owned!) I otherwise would not have known about. Many thanks are in order to Boba & Broth for inviting us in and letting us get a taste of the friendly, welcoming atmosphere and the divine boba beverage options.
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