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    Hey Tea

    3.1 (183 reviews)
    Open 11:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    Coconut mango sago
    Jim V.

    Ordered on the App for pickup with new flavors ( honeydew and strawberry). Both drinks ( meh )weren't as good as previous seasonal flavors. Service was chaotic which made the experience more of a disappointment. Ordered my cheese on the side and didn't even get that. They definitely need to rethink about possibly just packaging the drinks together when the order is place. It wouldn't be such a miscue for customers receiving their drinks !

    Rachel T.

    Excellent quality . I prefer this location because the parking lot is more spacious. You can download their app to order online. Hint: you can customize your own sticker that will be printed on the cup, which i thought is so cool My top choices: -Kale Boost Tea with Chia seed : my topc choice for hot summer days. Perfect mixture of pressed grapes , kales, sugar cane and tea in this drinks, it tatse so amazing and healthy lol. No wonder its one of the top drinks here. -King Jasmine Milk Tea: very strong tea flavor, I think its seasonal but Jasmine Milk tea is another good option -Triple Supreme Matcha ( I prefer light sweet) - Coconut Mango Boom: - Lojin Milk tea : a little smoother and lighter flavor than jasmine milk tea.

    Heather T.

    Next time I'm craving heytea, I will go to this location! SO much cleaner and does not have a weird scent like the other location did when I visited. There was plenty of parking up front and our order came out pretty quickly. We did go on a Friday a little before 4pm. The only difficult part was that they didn't have a printed menu, their screen was down, and the QR code took you to download their app. So check the Yelp menu before if you don't have the app! We ordered the mango coconut book and the super brown sugar milk tea. So yummy! Both pretty sweet but really enjoyed it. The boba was so pillowy soft

    Interior
    Canary H.

    I've heard a lot of hype about Hey Tea and was stoked that there was one nearby my work event. We had walked here from our conference center at lunch to try Hey Tea. The inside was very minimalistic and cute. I thought the lights and decor suited the vibes of the art on their drinks. When looking at the menu, it was very simplistic unless you ordered a seasonal item. The cashier was interesting and very young; she didn't say much. I ordered their brown sugar milk tea with boba and I have to say I was quite disappointed. The drink itself tasted like milk and brown sugar. No tea in it. I felt like I was drinking very watery milk. Their boba was okay and nothing that was amazing. Sadly, it wasn't a good first experience at Hey Tea. I don't think I'll be coming back again.

    Kale boost has a nice container
    Heather C.

    I get the kale boost here and it's similar to a drink Auntea Jenny serves which is the kale apple fiber chia seed. They taste similar but sometimes when I poke my straw in the lid of the Auntea Jenny tea, a piece of the styrofoam that it has under the sticker of the lid falls into my drink! I like that Hey Tea doesn't have the same lid because I never have that same problem.

    Decor is.....uhhhhh severe
    Lori R.

    Five stars for service here! Three stars for everything else. The gal working the counter was absolutely lovely. I came to order for three other people who didn't check the menu, so I was texting and trying to get things figured out. The young lady working was so patient and truly was great. The rest of the place was odd. The decor was.....severe. I felt like it was the scene where Catherine O'Hara redecorates in the original beetlejuice movie and it's all scary modern furniture. The bench was uncomfortable the decor is uninviting. The music is sort of odd lounge ambient music. The menu is very limited, but nothing very classic to boba places. It was ok. Not spectacular. The boba cost extra and they don't give you much. The service was great! Kind staff and they were fast. I probably won't come here over the abundance of boba in Irvine. It's a vibe. Someone else's vibe.

    Interior
    Wai F.

    Parking 5/5 -A lot of spots available in the plaza parking lot Service 5/5 -Friendly staff, it was pretty busy and it took about 15 minutes for us to get our drink. Food 5/5 -Mango coconut boom, we ordered it light ice with 50% sweetness. Mango was ripe and soft, sago added nice texture to the drink, just like the name tasted like a liquid mango sticky rice except replace the sticky rice with smooth and soft sago balls. Overall a refreshing drink good for any occasion Ambiance 5/5 -Minimalistic interior with decent amount of comfortable seating throughout the shop, air conditioned, very comfortable space.

    Emily U.

    A little small location in the Harvard Plaza offering a variety of tea selections. Freshly brewed. Quick service. Consistent with flavoring. Teas are much better than milk teas. Opt for less sugar unless you prefer sweets.

    Jynelle Christine S.

    Unlike the other reviews, we didn't have much of a wait time (prob around 15min on a Saturday night) which was pretty lucky. Drinks were really good and were gently sized for the price. Additionally there was a lot of parking but minimal seating inside and outside. Considering how close this is to UCI, it does get packed fast so I can see why the wait times can range from 15min to an hour. Good drinks though but up to you to take the risk to go or not!

    Guava Green Grape

    HeyTea my favorite I had been to four different HeyTea stores in California, and tried most of their drinks including the seasonal one. FYI I like to order their drink with minimal sugar. The guava green grape (8.6/10) - It was good, but I had better drink at HeyTea. The guava flavor isn't strong enough so it was overridden by the green grape taste. Longjing Cheese Milk Tea (8.1/10) - Sorry chat, I am not a fan of milk tea and HeyTea isn't the best at making milk tea. They do a better job with fruit tea. The Longjing Cheese Milk Tea had an interesting taste. The cheese cream top adds a bit saltiness to the drink, but it doesn't quite go well with the tea base. It might taste better with more sugar.

    Grace S.

    Good. Nothing exceptional for the wait. They have an app where you can collect points!

    Superior Brown Sugar Boba
    Dean W.

    Messy. A friend studying up for a big exam in the area wanted to check this spot out - so we stopped by last Saturday. Apparently, Hey Tea has only been open for a few months - per the employee I asked. On a side note, I think this spot might be cursed for boba tea/cafes - since I remember this exact spot hosting a number of boba/milk tea shops over the past decade - since the time I was a UCI student to now. Places never last more than a year or so before shuttling, and in comes the next cafe. It was fairly crowded when we stopped by - mostly people waiting for their drink, the ordering line had only a person in front of us. The menu is available right at the register - which probably isn't the best spot to put a menu, especially since that means people won't be able to decide what they want until they get to the register - causing a potential roadjam. They should consider putting the menu on a display stand upfront, or a menu posted to the storefront or wall or something. I opted for the Supreme Brown Sugar Bobo Milk Tea, while my friend got the Coconut Mango Boom. We paid and then grabbed a seat at the community table - which only had stools on one side. We waited. And waited. And waited. It took nearly 25 minutes to get our drink. In the meanwhile, I got up to use their restroom... which doesn't have a lock - or if it does, it doesn't work. Or no one knows how to use it, cuz I walked right in on someone sitting on the toilet for #2. Sowwie!!! Drinks came out - I snapped a few shots around the scenic interior - but the drinks themselves were nothing memorable. Certainly did not justify the higher than average cost of the drinks. My boba pearls were soggy, not chewy or fresh tasting. You'd think considering their healthy looking customer flow that they'd have fresh boba pearls, but that didn't seem to be the case with my drink. Nothing was particularly memorable about my drink. I really don't see myself going out of the way to stop by here again, especially considering there's a number of other higher quality/better priced spots in the Irvine area.

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    Carlo G.

    I got the Coconut Mango Boom from here and it was pretty good. The drink was creamy and not too sweet. I liked the sago and fresh Asian mango chunks. However, I did taste a funky mango bit in my drink, but it didn't ruin it for me. I liked how it felt like I was consuming a healthier dessert. However, I feel like more effort could've been put into my drink as it felt like it was put together in a rush. Also, my friend ordered the same thing right after me, but hers took a while to be made for some reason. There's ample parking in front and some seating inside. Overall, a decent experience here and the Hey Tea chain is still great!

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    You can taste the actual tea flavor in the drinks. The kale tea is pretty refreshing!

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