I love that they let you choose how strong you want your tea. A lot of places serve tea that's very…read morediluted and just not good. I like my tea strong! The eggy cakes are nice, I love the filling choices.

I've been missing the custard cakes from Taiwan and ventured here to cry and they didn't…read moredisappointed! The custard filling is good and the cake is very soft. Love the fun shapes, but wished the exterior was just a little bit crispier. Also, nothing beats a classic milk tea loaded with toppings like the noodle jelly.

4.3 and rounded up! It's hard to say no here, because their bubbles are so good!…read more As one of many bubble/boba (波霸奶茶) milk tea chains that have emigrated stateside from Taiwan (original birthplace of boba), Xing Fu Tang hails from has 5 locations in the New York boroughs area, 4 in Midtown and 1 in Flushing. Their signature fresh boba is what makes their bubble tea stand out from the rest--the "bubbles" are made from cassava starch otherwise known as tapioca pearls or balls--soaked then cooked and sweetened in a brown sugar syrup. Here they have a whole wok full of these, and they're super soft, incredibly chewy and bouncy, on the sweeter side compared to some other chains, but not too cloyingly so. Their menu consists of a number of a bubble tea and coffee drinks, mostly with milk though some without, you have an option of regular milk, lactaid milk (+$0.50) or oatmilk (+$1.00). Two sizes regular or large (+$2.00) and add-ins for +$0.50 more of the following: Brown Sugar Boba Strawberry Boba Taro Boba Honey Jelly Herbal Jelly Milk Foam Matcha Shot (+$1.00) I got their regular brown sugar boba and it was a treat! Like I mentioned above, the bubbles are sooo good! Prices are on the higher side $7.99 for a regular size, it made me really miss the days of $3.75 regular-sized drinks! After ordering it took about 7-8 minutes to be ready considering the store was really busy. Note: the brown sugar boba milk tea is where they line the cup with brown sugar syrup in addition to adding boba. Technically their standard boba milk tea is without the additional sugar syrup but since the boba are already cooked in brown sugar, there's no true option of getting unflavored boba without brown sugar. Like most boba stores in NYC, the shop isn't very big, just enough space for a small line to form for ordering and then waiting to pick up drinks. All customers are taking these to go, there's no room or seats to linger.

5/5 milk tea boba soft serve $7.50- always amazing, just wish the boba was less sweet, very chewy…read moreboba 3/5 matcha strawberry boba $8.49 - decent but felt like the ration might've been a bit off 2/5 lychee rose refresher $7.50- didn't expect a carbonated drink, the rose flavor & fragrance was off, might've been too strong, needs more lychee

Auntea Jenny is like if Molly Tea and Heytea had a baby lol. I feel like they're definitely known…read morefor their fruit teas and I was going to try the mango pomelo sago for that reason, but I ended up settling on the premium jasmine tea latte because I was craving some milk tea atm. And it was delicious!! The tea taste was very strong, and 30% sugar was a perfect kick of sweetness. I might be tripping but there were hints of orange flavor in this, I'm not sure if they added some to their tea but it was amazing and floral and fragrant. We went on a Saturday afternoon and it was definitely busy. It took around 20 minutes to order and get my drink. Very limited seating inside so don't plan to drink your tea in there. I'm gonna come back to try their fruit drinks :)

Stopped in after dinner. This definitely hit the spot. Its like a fruit dessert in your cup…read more The decor is cute and relaxing. The couches are plush. And the tea selection was great!

Get their jasmine milk drinks. It is worth trying once in your life. The quality and flavor of the…read morejasmine is wonderful. I tried the matcha and it felt so luxurious to drink this. I got the recommended sugar and ice levels.

In case you're wondering what happened to Molly Tea:…read more Here's the Real Tea (per Google): The "Molly Tea scandal" is an international franchise dispute involving the Shenzhen-based parent company of the trendy Chinese tea chain and its US franchise operators. A court injunction barred the US operators from using the brand's trademarks, forcing a viral rebrand to "? Tea" in New York. Headquarters' Allegations: According to court documents, the corporate office revoked the operators' trademark rights after claiming: - Unauthorized Expansions: The US operator opened a Los Angeles location without prior corporate approval. - Unapproved Ingredients: The franchise was sourcing ingredients independently, violating strict corporate quality and recipe standards. - Hiding Profits: Headquarters accused the operators of voiding their contract by allegedly hiding store revenues and bypassing royalty payments. The Franchisee's Perspective: The US operators disputed the claims. Before the courts stepped in, franchisees alleged that corporate HQ had attempted to aggressively renegotiate the ownership equity, attempting to slash the operator's share from 80% to 30% after the US locations proved highly lucrative. Current Status & Rebranding: Due to the legal injunction, the affected stores were forced to scrub the name "Molly Tea" from their storefronts, uniforms, and delivery apps. The operator complied by covering up the logos and using hand-drawn question marks on cups, quickly earning the nickname "? Tea" among fans.

Very solid spot in Flushing for a milk tea. We went on a Saturday afternoon and it wasn't too busy…read more We tried the iron goddess which was a very tasty oolong milk tea. 30% sugar was sweet enough, and the tea taste remained really strong. They have a gorgeous upstairs area to enjoy your drink, chit chat, or even get some work done. It was perfect for cooling off on a humid ny summer day :)

I went over to chayaan to pick up one of their oolong drinks with brown sugar boba. It was my fault…read morefor getting 50 percent sugar because the drink was dull and bland. The brown sugar boba also lacked flavor, it certainly did not taste sweet to like brown sugar. Service, however, was so much better! They put my drink in the fridge to keep it cold. The place itself has adequate seating both on the ground level and the second floor. Additionally, they play a lot of C-pop songs, which I love. I also love all of their cute packaging.

top 2 heytea tips: order on the app beforehand and get the cloud mango…read more i think heytea's app is the best food/drink order app that i've ever used for a specific store. they have pictures, drink info, nutritional info, and give you very up-to-date drink queue info. VERY GOOD UI the cloud mango is also a super underrated drink if you're a mango fan like me. yummy mango slush with chunks of mango and the cheese foam is deliciously sweet with a salty tang from the cream cheese that cuts through beautifully. it's always crowded inside heytea so like that's that and you unfortunately cannot stop that from happening but this heytea does have seating if you can sit if there r available seats. but my two tips have never failed me at a heytea

Quench your thirst at this place. I know it's a chain but this is branch is Good! This place was…read morepacked on a Wednesday night. Ordered ur from a kiosk, pay and wait for your order to be called. They have a small area to stand and wait for your order. Ordered our go to Mango boba drink, brown sugar boba and tried out their new cloud matcha tea for the summer season. All delicious.

Damn. Should have came here more frequently instead of venturing off to other drink spots. I love…read moretheir super trio and bubble tea egg waffle. It's so good. Today I was craving it and boom - ugh, too late. Damn it. RIP.

Peach fruit tea, grass jelly, medium $8.50 With my favorite…read moredefault grass jelly loeng4 fan2 涼粉 choice topping. The grass jelly was the second worst I have ever tasted from any bubble tea business I have ventured in my New York City foodie travels. The grass jelly was disappointedly medium and large chunky hard knotted heaped lumps. The grass jelly tasted like Greek yogurt hard chunky heaped lumps. The grass jelly topping is utter extortionate price $1.00. The 30% sugar level was a good consistently but not entirely sweet. Nevertheless, my drink contained a lot of ice as requested and served Arctic extreme cold to heed the hope within my mind. The peach was rather large chunk pieces of fresh fruit embedded. This drink was average. I requested medium size but it is truly large size especially the price $8.50. Yi Fang Taiwan Fruit Tea, like most bubble tea businesses intentionally, does not offer small sizes. Customer service is average attentive. There are two indoor benches for brief resting - no seat hibernation. Takeout menus are available for grabs.

Delicious drink with chewy pearls. The tea flavor is perfectly balanced with the milk and topping…read more I ordered my drink half sweet and it was still moderately sweet so I'd consider getting 1/4 sweet next time. Decadent taste and quick friendly service. Drink was made quickly as I came Thursday during main working hours (4pm) I downloaded the app and got 10% off first order and also 1 dollar off order $15+...I used the 10% off. The ambiance is clean and modern but it's pretty load from the drink making and outside noise as they keep their door open. Decent seating and NO bathroom access.

Dear daughter wanted this tea after dinner. I never tried her tea so got the pistachio jasmine…read morecoconut cloud tea. It was okay. Not my favorite tea place but I am glad I tried. Place was nice and clean. Service seemed good.