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    Kung Fu Tea - Dinkytown

    3.9 (61 reviews)
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    Brown sugar milk tea
    Makenna S.

    Kung Fu Tea in Dinkytown is a solid spot for bubble tea, especially their Brown Sugar Milk Tea--rich, creamy, and just the right amount of sweetness. Service is quick, and the staff is friendly. It gets busy, but they handle it well. Limited seating, so it's best for grab-and-go. Great quality for the price!

    Strawberry Shortcake collab.
    J S.

    Drinks were delicious and the employee taking our order was patient as we decided what drink modifications we wanted to make. Bonus: the current collab they have going on with Strawberry Shortcake is SO good! We tried the Strawberry Shortcake Delight and if you love fruity flavors and matcha you will think the same too!

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    ThomaS T.

    Grapefruit yakult -a little sweet. A little sour. Slightly creamy. Mango jelly add on. The drink has plenty of pulp bits. Love the mango bits. Kung fu tea isn't my go to. I digg this drink though.

    Coco Kung Fu Milk Tea
    Raj D.

    I got the Cocoa Wow . It's one of the best bubble teas I have had anywhere (including Frisco and NY).

    Top 1 bubble teas in Minneapolis
    Fox E.

    I don't like beans in my drinks, not even MUNG FU If you brought the tea, it's already been BRUNG FU If you're seventeen, sorry bae, but you're too YOUNG FU But if you want Lemon Black Tea, you come to KUNG FU! It makes some of the rivals taste like eating cow DUNG FU It's at the top of the ladder, while you're on the lowest RUNG FU You'll love if you're easy going, even highly STRUNG FU So if you want a Lemon Black Tea, you come to KUNG FU I tasted it and screamed so loud that I collapsed a LUNG FU I carried on screaming and sounded like Angus YOUNG FU They played Sting on the radio, but I'm already STUNG FU By the wondrous Lemon Black Tea they serve at KUNG FU I went to the toilet, opened Snapchat, then I SUNG FU Came back, took my pants off, and the girls yelled "HUNG FU!" In walked Barbie and immediately I'm SPRUNG FU And you should come and get a Lemon Black Tea from KUNG FU! WHAT What to get: Lemon Black Tea With Tapioca! Or in winter: Any of the hot milk teas! Which milk teas are best: Honey Oolong! Oolong! Maybe Taro or Almond! Generally speaking, Kung Fu Tea scores 5, but it's usually a low 5, considering that it's a massive international corporate chain, whose milk teas don't match up to the best chains: Sharetea, Gong Cha and Coco. However, they're still really good, and the fruit teas here are among the best. Especially the lemon black tea which absolutely rocks my world. If it's not on the menu, demand it! Other fruit teas (Berry, Orange, Grapefruit) must also be ordered off-menu as Black Tea instead of the meh Green. Also the Lemon Black tastes good as a Lemon Oolong, but everyone else hates it because they have bad taste. The funny thing is that as far as I know there are only two Kung Fu tea locations in Minnesota and they are within a couple of blocks of each other. I have no idea if they're owned by the same people but I got the feeling that they were not. They could not be more different and yet both of them are completely different to most other locations. The other location you will barely be able to move when it's busy. There's no table seating and just some stools around the side which are usually full. They're also extremely friendly. This location on the other hand has a decent amount of seating. They share their space with a restaurant that serves Chinese hot pot. The owners of the restaurant are also the owners of this franchise location of kung fu tea. They make an excellent lemon black tea that is very tasty and has good Boba and pretty much hits all the notes that you want a lemon black tea to hit. They were friendly especially the girl working here and I'm a big fan. I would definitely come back again and get lemon black tea in the future. Anyway, since they share their space with a yummy restaurant, let's get some food to go with our Bubble Teas. I'm feeling kung-ry.

    Pa V.

    I really don't like to give 1 star but the serve was just HORRIBLE and the drinks were watery that I felt like this was the most fair from my experience. If you want good service and boba/bubble tea in Dinkytown I suggest checking out Chat time or Feng Cha Teahouse instead. A major disappointment that I didn't like this place. Since this place is inside with a hot pot place it was very loud and definitely not an ideal place to study or do work. When we walked in and up to the counter to order the cashier didn't even greet us, she just stared (had major RBF) then yelled "what do you want?". I asked her "excuse me, give me a few minutes to decide". I then asked her if I could mix two flavors (honey and lemon) and she yelled no- so apparently you can't choose or make your own two flavors here. I ended up ordering an iced lemon green tea and the iced Kungfu milk tea- both with tapioca pearls. The pearls were hard and both of the drinks were watery. I think I'll stick to other better boba places in the Twin Cities, with good service and drinks! Tip- pretty much only metered parking (daily from 8am-10pm) because it's in Dinkytown. There is a ramp nearby with an hourly fee if you place to explore other places in the area. Otherwise there is bus 2, 3, and 6 that comes by often.

    Large Taro Bubble Tea
    Lily C.

    The taro bubble tea was yummy and the employees were nice and helpful. They explained how to earn rewards on their app.

    Jeremy S.

    I thought about just giving a solid three stars. But let's settle with a low four. Here's the ups and downs Fu: Location: The Ups: Right down in Dinkytown, near a lot of other stores and businesses. The Downs: metered parking, unless you can get away with having your friend wait in the car as a "getaway driver", however I suggest for the getaway driver not to wear a ski mask, there's a TCF bank across the street and down a block. Tea: The Ups: I got the Thai Tea, the flavor was a very rich Thai tea The Downs: seemed a bit watery, which if you read other reviews this seems to be a common thread. Boba: The Ups: However you like to refer to them as, boba, pearls or just bubs, they were pleasant. Must have been a fresh batch since they were a little on the softer side. However, I actually like them a bit harder Fu. The Downs: They kind of skimped, there could have been double the amount, after all I am paying for them.

    Passion fruit green tea  PASSION FRUIT
    Alysha W.

    This bubble tea place is in with Lepot hot pot, so you can get bubble tea to have with your meal if you want you just have to walk up to the counter and order and bring it back to your table. I had the passion fruit green tea with mango popping bubbles. I get the same thing at every place to compare and this is one of the best I've had. They have the smaller popping boba which I like and they had a good consistency. The tea was the perfect amount of flavor and sweetness. Overall I would recommend this bubble tea place.

    Jonathan L.

    Finally another Kung Fu Tea has opened up in Minnesota. This time in Dinkytown, less than a mile away from the other one! Kung fu tea is my favorite boba shop in the twin cities because they have the best boba in terms of chewiness and sweetness. All other boba places are either super hard or are tasteless or not chewy at all. Kung Fu Tea is a chain, but the two locations in minneapolis are a little different than the other ones. They don't take the app and they have their own VIP system. VIP system benefits include upgrade to free large size. I'm not going too deep in the history this time, but boba here is some of the best you're going to find in Minnesota. It's on par with many top places in California. As far as tea, some people don't like it, but I like their milk tea and the milk green tea and wow milk. My favorite go-to drink is the Kung fu milk green tea with boba and the Red Wow, which is lactaid milk + red bean + boba. Check this place out if you want the most authentic boba pearls in the state.

    COCOA CREAM WOW / ------ THAI MILK TEA

    Get the "Thai" Milk Tea if you like mouth drying bitterness (at 100% sweetness) and do not want your Thai tea to taste like... a Thai tea. My friend got the Cocoa Cream "Chai" Milk Tea, she recommends it if you want a drink that tastes exactly like milk but not milk and pay $$$ for it. And "that's just how it is". ‍

    Liz P.

    Busy as it's located in Dinkytown area. Located within the Le Pot restaurant. Metered street parking. Lots of choices for drinks. They have a small section with tables and chairs to sit and enjoy. Ordered the new flavor wintermelon with coconut milk milk tea with regular sweet level. Not too bad, a bit kind of too sweet for me though.

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    Pretty large variety of drinks and arguably one of the best bubble tea drinks near the U of M.

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    Got the thai milk tea and it was good! Store looked nice, service was quick, I'm sure I'll go again.

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    This place was great and fast! They make their drinks the same all the time!

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    Ask the Community - Kung Fu Tea - Dinkytown

    Moona Moono

    Moona Moono

    4.4
    (60 reviews)
    3.9 mi
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    Really cute spot:)…read more It's super adorable in here with all the local stationery and trinkets! There's a good assortment of imported goodies, ceramics, stickers, blind boxes, and more! Be prepared for an amazing drink and cute ambiance, the workers are always very kind as well! I like the matcha, but could've used more sweetener in mine! Overall, you can tell it's the good quality matcha, and included real strawberry pieces! I also love this neighborhood-it has Magers and Quinn right next door:)

    Finally, I was able to stop by the store. At first, I noticed there were a lot of people hanging…read morearound and sitting on the window sills, which made it difficult to navigate around the product tables while shopping. I didn't realize until after I left that there was a silent reading event taking place. I was most excited to try the matcha drinks from the drink bar in the back. I ordered the strawberry matcha, and my friend ordered the Banacha (banana matcha). Since it was so busy, we waited until we got back to the car to try them. I honestly wish I had tasted mine before leaving because, unfortunately, it was some of the worst matcha I've had around here. It was extremely watery and ended up tasting more like watered-down strawberry jam. The Banacha drink was similar -- just watery banana flavor. The employee who made our drinks was extremely kind, and I'm sure they would have remade them if I had asked. However, by the time we tried them, we were already back in the car and it was raining. The store itself is cute and has a nice atmosphere, but I'll probably take my business elsewhere in the future.

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    Kyo Matcha

    Kyo Matcha

    4.4
    (5 reviews)
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    I can't believe this happened!!! There is a Matcha ice cream place just like the one in Waikiki…read moreBeach in Honolulu!!! I've never seen it anywhere else except in Honolulu and I can't believe it's in Minneapolis now. The one in Minneapolis is very strict on how they make their matcha floats like there's no substitutions. When I was in Waikiki Beach and if I ordered a Matcha float, I always ask for no ice and so they would fill it full of Matcha ice cream and then the cold Matcha tea premade in a pitcher from their fridge (i'm assuming because people ask for it this way all the time so they have to make a stock pile of it first because you don't wanna pour hot Matcha tea over ice cream) but they won't do that here in Minneapolis. You cannot get it without ice in Minneapolis cause they make the Matcha tea fresh so it's hot and they pour it over the ice and it melts the ice a little bit and then they put the matcha ice cream on top of that. lol i'm sure people ask for NO ICE all the time so now it says that right on the menu that you have to get it with ice booooo. The flavor of the Matcha is super strong like it will energize you like no other. It is an absolute great. Pick me up for a late afternoon. I can't wait to come back and try their black sesame and their Matcha ice cream and a cone. The only odd thing about this place is that when you walk in there is a weird smell. I don't know if it's because of the construction outside they're digging up the road, but it smells almost like a chemical cleaner or something, and the floors didn't look wet or anything like it wasn't just cleaned so I'm not sure where the smell is coming from. There's literally only street parking in that area so the best time to come is in the summertime when there's not a lot of student traffic because this is on the university campus.

    I already wrote a review for the Richfield location, which has a more expansive space and better…read moreambiance than this one (also space is super limited in Dinkytown locations so they didn't have as much to work with here). I'd go to this location again for the convenience of it being close to UMN, but they did a better job with the drinks at the other location (I noticed that there was only half as much whipped cream on my latte here, and it didn't look as neat and picture-worthy).

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