Stopped by Tea Era since I was in the area and wanted to try a new boba place but what a disappointing visit (I should've stopped by Ten Ren instead) 1. Earl Grey came out so dark, it looks and taste like a chocolate drink. You can hardly taste Earl Grey tea. They are generous on their pearls but unfortunately it was hard and undercooked!! 2. Roast Oolong Milk tea tasted a little better than their EG Milk Tea. You can taste a hint of the roast oolong but nothing more than that. Their Milk teas are soo creamy it lacks the flavor of tea. I wouldn't be coming back. read more

This is my first time going to Tea Era. I got a passion fruit milk tea with lychee jelly. The drink is so yum. When I went inside there was a lots of people inside. The service is so good. I will return to Tea Era for a drink and next time I will try the snacks too.This is my new favorite milk tea place. Keep it up Tea Era! read more

Tea Era - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Cupertino, California

Have been coming here for a while now, my daughter likes their tea drinks. Every now and then I get a shake, and it's good. They use some sort of powdered creamer or the like, I have no problem with the product. The interior is ok, I never want to dine there, it's not very interesting (the Asian music videos they sometimes show are, however), and the varnish on the wood topped tables is sticky. My problem is with the attitude at the cash register who takes orders. She is the kiss of death to that business and shouldn't be greeting customers. I could actually feel her irritation coming off of her in a steady stream. This isn't a one-off, it's an ongoing issue. She has an air of ingratitude and is a blight on the business. Perhaps she should try for a career in corrections, or maybe working for the IRS. That said, the parking is a b**ch too. read more

Teaspoon has been all the rage lately on Castro, but I still stand by Tea Era. In comparison.... - service is much faster - customizable drink sizes! This also means cheaper prices if you want a smaller order - more variety in selection I end up coming here to order milk tea while my friends wait at Teaspoon. I always get back to Teaspoon with drink in hand while my friends are still in line. read more

Cheap prices, plenty of snack selection, lots of young people working behind the counter, check check check. Usually I don't drink boba before a workout but since I skipped lunch I wanted something to help give me fuel before my workout. I got the Jasmine Milk Tea with boba and the popcorn chicken which is a perfect meal before my workout. Protein and carbs and caffeine all wrapped into one! The menu is a bit daunting to look at when entering but make sure to stare at it and look over options before ordering. I'm sure the workers there are used to new people not being able to make a decision for five minutes at a time. read more

I absolutely LOVE the Taiwanese Sausage :)! It's always worth it to drive to TeaEra to grab some (I live about 30 minutes away). My go-to is the roasted barley milktea with boba. The boba is chewy and has the right amount of sweetness. read more

They gave hot ceylon tea in a plastic container. It also did not taste as good as the other location. Won't be going back here

Tea Era already had a line out the door when I came in a Friday night. We got the pudding with brown sugar with choice of toppings. The toppings were good but the pudding itself was too broken up in little pieces. Still tasted good though. Just discovered the almond smoothie and it is soooo good! Try it out! I definitely like that the size of this one is much bigger and it is more like a cafe than a takeaway boba shop like their mountain view location. read more

Cash only. 2 people making drinks, 1 person taking the order. This place is super tiny. A fire hazard to me. Plenty of drink options. Its nice to customize the sugar percentage in the drinks. The drinks are better than Quickly's and TapEx. It took 8 minutes to make a hazelnut smoothie, service was slow. There's no AC in here, as you wait for your drink, you start sweating. read more

Roasted Barley Milk Tea! Lines can be quite long sometimes. I tend to come here to get a drink before hitting Taiwan Porridge Kingdom a couple of shops down. $6 min credit card charge. read more

Went inside this place to kill time before my friend performs at x-bar. My friend and I ordered the mocha milk tea, almond milk tea, and popcorn chicken. The mocha milk tea didn't even taste like mocha. It literally tasted like chocolate milk from nesquik, with ice. The popcorn chicken was dry. But the almond milk tea was pretty good. I'd still recommend tap-ex over anything. If you want good popcorn chicken, go to the tap-ex in union city! read more

Cheap but quality... where else can you get both around Bay Area? Toppings are not bad. Great choice!!

Food and drinks were good. Lacking some non spicy condiments. I asked for ketchup and the cashier said they don't offer it here. Had to go next door to McDonalds to get it. a 32oz of ketchup only cost $3.49 if your a club member at Safeway... read more

Stumbled on a pleasant surprise. I was just looking for a place to get a drink at a late hour and came upon this place. I was surprised by the huge menu of different teas and appetizers. I'm honestly not a big fan of milk tea or boba but I love this place as it offered so many varieties of tea I hadn't heard of. Up till now I would have said all tea places are the same but this one's really unique. The design of the place and the atmosphere is nice as well. The only problem I had was there's a minimum card charge of $5 so I had to buy two teas. read more

The rose milk tea here was delicious! I got it with lychee jelly and I could taste the subtle flavor of the rose in my drink. Less sugar was perfect for me and they didn't add too much ice, which helped the drink maintain its flavor. Prices are about 3 bucks per drink with 50 cent add-ons. They have a 5 dollar credit card minimum. Overall, super delicious bubble tea without the gross sugar/milk powder residue on the cup after I finished, which tells me that the ingredients are good. I'd definitely revisit! read more

5 stars for the drinks, 3 stars for the food. The drinks at Tea Era are the same as those at the Mountain View location: strong, with an authentic tea flavor, other with a plethora of options. Easily still the best tea I've had in the Bay Area. The food is a great value, but the only option I've had so far (popcorn chicken bento) was way too salty. It came with a variety of side dishes which helped, but I've definitely had better popcorn chicken just about anywhere else. Still a place I plan to be a regular at, with its combination of amazing drinks (at an economical price), and one of the few boba places in the Bay Area which also serves food. read more

Tea Era might be one of my favorite places to get boba now! I remember when my cousin suggested it as a dessert place, I kept think he was saying "tiara." What is this mystical, fairytale place? Their boba is so chewy and has a hint of honey to it. Or something. But it's pretty much almost crack. This boba place is known for their barley milk tea, and I recommend it! I ask for less sugar and it's so yummy! I also LOVE the taro boba. so good! read more

Tea ERA is one of the best bubble tea place in Cupertino/Sunnyvale area. Especially it's getting colder now, they also have very traditional warm/hot drinks from Taiean in the menu. I suggest try out their Hot Grass Jelly with Taro Ball. read more

I thought I had already left this place a review, apparently not yet. Tea Era is in my top two favorite boba places in the SJ area. The honey boba always has the perfect chewiness and consistency, and the drinks are very consistent. Homestead location offers snacks and food while the MV location does not. read more

My boyfriend ordered a mango smoothie. WARNING: They are not for the faint of heart! Super strong and very sweet. He only drank less than a quarter of it. If you really love mango, I mean REALLY REALLY love mango... Then I would recommend it! I got the mocha milk tea w tapioca pearls. It was HEAVENLY. In fact, my boyfriend who wasn't very pleased with his drank... Drank half of mine! Hehe :) read more

Yea for Tea Era landing in Cupertino!!! Love the menu selections, particular the the Taiwanese soybean pudding (do hua) and shaved ice :D See my Yelp photos for the four-panel menu! read more

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Ugh. Pretty disappointing. Based on the yelp reviews, I thought Tea Era was going to be legit. Unfortunately, the yelp gods have let me down :( I had: - Milk tea: Tasted super artificial, I'm guessing it's made from powder. I literally only finished 20% of my drink and usually I destroy boba drinks. - Chicken: Definitely could have been in the fryer for a lot longer. The chicken ended up tasting a little on the soggy side. No bueno. Cool ambiance and seems like a good place for boppers to hang out but I will prob never come back. read more

I've come here 3-4 times now, and I will say that their prices are decent. $2.75 can get you most of the drinks on the menu, not including add ins ($.75). That's not bad considering other milk tea places can be $3.25 and up. The flavors I've tried have been just so-so. I came in the other day and ordered their peach green tea, something I would consider a pretty standard drink. After getting my drink, and heading home, it just tasted off. There was a bitterness that wasn't from the tea, and it left my mouth with a weird aftertaste that leaves your mouth dry and scratchy. I drove back and ask them if there was anyway I could exchange it for another tea, and they were very accommodating. This time around, I ordered honey green tea, another pretty standard drink, but it tasted watery. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't great. At this point, I wasn't going to say, "Hey, can I third drink?" It's fine. Their service though, was very good. They were quick to apologize and offer me another drink. That's a plus. Cash only, unless a there is a minimum purchase of $6. read more

This place used to be my favorite tea place. However... Last time I went there, my husband and I both ordered large Taro teas. The gal in the back made our drinks in the large tumbler and poured it into the cups. She made enough to fill both cups 75%. Instead of making more tea she fills the last 25% of our cups WITH WATER!!! Not surprisingly, our drinks were watery and tasteless. Tea Era, we will give you one more chance to make our drinks correctly. But seriously. Your drinks aren't cheap. The least you can do is not skimp on taro powder. read more

So far, I've had pretty good experience with Tea Era. They made a mistake of not putting in any pearls into my hot tea when I paid for it. Since I bought it an hour before they closed, and it was too late and inconvenient to go back that night, I waited until the next day to tell them. When I bought another tea, I told them what happened the night before and they were cool enough to just refund me $0.50 without having me prove it (I did have the receipt in my purse, just in case). I thought they were so cool about it. Teas, of course, are pretty good. I like the selection. I'm more of a tea person, so I've been trying out their milk teas. Pretty good! The only foods I've purchased there are Taiwanese stewed pork rice, T. diced pork rice (was that the name?), and fried rice balls. I didn't expect the rice balls to be covered in sugar, so it wasn't my thing but the first few were pretty good. Not too greasy. I prefer the stewed pork over the diced kind. So I'll always be getting the stewed pork rice. It comes with soy egg and pickled veggies. The additions are SO good. Worth it! They also take $1 off if you order food and drink. Bonus! The only negative is that they're highly popular. So I've not gone in because of the line. But I guess that's a good sign. I'm SO glad it's close to my work. read more

Solid tea, solid pearls. Got the Jade Mountain milk tea with pearls, no sugar, iced. I liked that I could taste the tea clearly. Service is quick and efficient. Asian pop playing, and the AC's on high so it gets chilly inside, but there's outside seating if you like. This locations seems to be popular, which is good, because that means the pearls aren't sitting for too long before they make it into your cup. Non-mushy pearls, check. Their menu is huge so there's definitely something for everyone. The barley milk tea is also very good and a crowd favorite. read more

Ordered the Jade mountain tea and the boba is not as chewy as I'd like but the milk tea is decent. Definitely not worth driving out to, unless I'm in the plaza w/some friends. So far I'm not too impressed, but I'll check out another flavor during mid day to see if it's a bad batch tonight on the boba. read more

One of a number of boba/Taiwanese small eats joints located in the South Bay, probably one of my favorite places to go to for these kinds of eats. Have come here more than once & am surprised at the variety of the food that this joint offers: boba drinks, special drinks, desserts, and Taiwanese small eats. In regards to their boba, the milk teas are what you'd expect. Flavor is good, consistency is great, and the bubbles are just right. Now as for the other things on the menu, I'm particularly fond of their popcorn chicken & noodles with various meat (multiple options available). Although a little more oily than I'd like, the popcorn chicken is a good snack to share with others over a hangout/meetup & does the job of leaving you no longer hungry. The noodle dishes also do the same in that regard. Flavor is great, the noodles are made well, and the meat that accompanies them complments the noodles well especially with the flavors/sauces used in such meats. Overall, a great boba joint/Taiwanese small eats place to hit up if you're around & a good place to meet up with people although ... during weekends, it can be a bit crowded/busy, just so you're warned in advance. read more

Tea Era - Taiwanese popcorn chicken & noodles with pork. Most delicious & not too filling to weigh too heavily on the conscience at so late an hour - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Cupertino, California

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My kids love to have this mango , kiwi slushes with pearls and i will usually buy mango with pearl tea for me and my husbands favorite is mocha with pearls.We are going to this place almost every week and usually they seems busy all the time . read more

My wife and girls felt this was the best bubble tea they've had in the Bay area. Lots of tapico and it was really fresh.

I didnt really like anything i bought here. I really had high expectations due to the hype of this place, but was wrong. I ordered a almond milk tea, a jasmine milk tea, and a lychee smoothie with lychee jelly. Let me start of that the place is pretty cute. This place really went through a lot of different milk tea stores. Anyways, my almond milk tea was a huge disappointment. All i tasted was almond syrup. I took one sip and i did not like it at all. The syrup overpowered my milk tea. My cousin ordered a lychee smoothie and it just tasted watered down. You can taste the lychee, but not like a smoothie should be. At least my jasmine milk tea was ok. But c'mon, 1 out of 3 drinks was good. Maybe ill come back and try something else. read more

Do yourself a favor and just go to their mountain view location! Maybe I was there on an off day but my milk tea was not at all what I was expecting. Tea Era in mountain view is actually my favorite spot for bubble tea in the area and never fails to disappoint. I ordered the taro milk tea like I always do...it was chunky! Someone did a poor job mixing up my drink because there was a layer of sediment from the powder at the bottom of my cup. Due to this, the drink was pretty weak and just not at all what I paid for. Go to mountain view, they'll never fail you there! read more

Their tea is disgustingly sweet. First time I came here during opening. Got the roasted oolong: so sweet yet off putting chinese medicine taste second time roasted barley: i can taste the barley but so sweet popcorn chicken is good though and such long lines read more

Definitely one of my favorite milk tea spots in the south bay! I was a loyal fan of Tea Era even before the Cupertino location only, and I would for sure stop by and get a drink whenever I was in the Downtown Mountain View area. The drinks are authentic, and I love that you can customize sweetness and the amount of ice. There's a lot to choose from on the menu, but my favorite to date is the Black Sugar Oolong Milk Tea with Pearls. But I haven't tried too many different drinks, since I do have a bad habit of not trying new things when I find something I really like, so I'm working on going out of my comfort zone! :) If I remember correctly, drinks here are a smidge more expensive than other places, but I'm definitely willing to pay a little extra for better taste and higher quality drinks. Tea Era never disappoints, and I'm so glad they came to Cupertino! read more

I believe the Mt. View location is still under construction? I'm not positive though, so I appreciate there's another one so close to me. Drinks are good. They are comparable to the other location for me. I was not a fan of their popcorn chicken though. It might have been the oil they were using to fry it in, but bf and I didn't feel good after from the grease. Overall, I will come here for the drinks. They can get pretty busy. read more

Tea Era is a speciality Taiwanese bubble tea place where you can get your boba fixings and Taiwanese snacks (popcorn chicken). This place a CASH ONLY establishment, and is a place where you pop in and out with drink in hand and go somewhere else. This little place in Cupertino is hopping on a weekend, and compares to other popular bubble tea places like Verde. BOBA: I ordered something slightly non-traditional, cantaloupe milk tea with pearls, which was pretty good. The tapioca was cooked perfectly and the tea was of the right strength. Somehow, some of those bubble tea chain places use some weird concoction where the tea just tastes off, but with Tea Era to the rescue, the tea actually tastes like tea! The serving size is pretty good for the price ($3.25). I found myself enjoying my bubble tea a lot by the time I completed it. One of my things is the wait is a bit long for a drink, and I wish that Tea Era would be a little bit faster. Besides that, if I am back down in Cupertino, I will come back to Tea Era! read more

This place is always a hit or miss with me. I order simple black milk tea with boba ( both hot and cold depending on weather) My order is usually the most "simple" drink to make, however every time I come it disappoints me. My drink always leaves a bad aftertaste and in general, quality is not what I expect from this chain. read more

My go to boba tea spot whenever I am at work. I love this place. I always order the jasmine milk tea with boba. The boba is always fresh, not tough, chewy and lightly sweetened. I have ordered the minced pork over rice, it's good but wish they gave more meat since there the rice portion is bigger than the meat portion. Overall they are always fully staffed, drinks are efficient and the food and drinks are always delicious. Only flaw is I just wish they didn't have a minimum purchase. But if you're ever in the Sunnyvale, Cupertino area you must stop by this spot! read more

Every store should remind their asian customer to choose the sugar percentage and the slowness of the orders.

Wow. This place is great. It was sooo great, I had to order 2 drinks :) Banana Milk Tea and hot Milk Tea.