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    Virtual TeaKup SF

    3.7 (75 reviews)
    ModerateBubble Tea
    Closed 11:00 am - 8:00 pm

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    Cheesecake
    Charlotte T.

    CHEESECAKE is delicious. It didn't get all nasty talking about the cake still cake its form. Favorite new Boba spot from here on out.

    My Thai ($7.95) - 4 stars. Tasty. Soft boba, thick smoothie/milk tea. Sun lunch 2023-08-27
    Ziyan C.

    Several people in our group enjoyed the bubble tea here! * My Thai ($7.95) - 4 stars Tasty. Soft boba, thick smoothie/milk tea.

    Margie L.

    Another food truck we've tried here in spark,the menu looks good ,i ordered mystichrome Gt,it was a colorful lemonade.the picture on their menu didn't look the same as my order,the boba is chewy and sweet.

    Monique D.

    I LOVE the Jasmine boba, not too sweet and I tried the Taro for the first time the other day and it was really delicious. Great for when you want a non-caffeinated option. The people that work here are always pleasant too. I usually grab the tea to go but it's nice to sit on the swing chairs and enjoy!

    Cathrin P C.

    Boba is terrible. If you think this is actually good, then you haven't had real boba! The balls weren't cooked properly -- some of them were hard and only have chewy. I ordered a taro swirl and it only had some light lavender color but zero, absolutely zero taro flavor. This was basically sweetened milk. Ordering was through an app so a couple of young staff were making the drinks. This is the only boba truck I can see in the Spark Social area so you might be tempted by the menu like I was -- but don't fall for it!! $7.25 gone

    Strawberry valentine
    Sydney J.

    I've been wanting to try this place for a while, so today I ordered a My Strawberry Valentine, less sweet no ice, for pickup. They have a SnackPass kiosk/screen there that you can use to order on site as well. The shop is located among the Spark Social food trucks, in case you want to get food at the same time. Even with lower sweetness, it was still very sweet (DoorDash only has the option to select "less sweetness," so you can't specifically check 0%, 25%, 50% etc. in DoorDash). The quantity was okay but the prices are pretty high for boba. I drank it quite quickly, probably because I was hungry and thirsty at the time and I also have a sweet tooth. It really did not look like what was pictured on the menu when I picked up the drink, but that may have been due to strawberry topping sinking into the bottom of the drink. It contained some cute heart shaped jellies. I do appreciate that they offer some less common drink ingredients/flavors, like drinks with dragon fruit, cotton candy, and butterfly pea flower, and plenty of non-caffeinated options.

    Oh Taro
    Jonathan C.

    As the only boba tea in Spark Social, they get a lot of business. They have a few different options, but not much customization (no sweetness or ice level) aside from choosing some toppings. They do have almond milk as a substitute if you like. Tried their "Oh Taro" and oh my goodness is it sweet. I wished they decreased the sugar by at least 50%. They also don't mix it well either so by the end, you are just drinking milk. The boba were actually not bad though!

    Thai tea, tokyo drift and milk tea boba
    Jennifer L.

    The boba was chewy, soft and sweet but the drinks themselves were just okay. We ordered 5 drinks total and the average rating among the group was a 3.5.

    Dale S.

    Maybe we came on an off day, but it was a Friday evening and there were only 3 or 4 other customers the whole 20 minutes we were there, so.... We wanted to grab a drink before an even and settled on a Cloud 9. We tried using the kiosk and got to the end but there was an error. When someone did take our order, they didn't ask anything about ice or sweetness level as the kiosk had...ok. As we were waiting and dad asked his probably 12 year old son if he wanted a drink while they were walking by and the kid said "Nah ,the cloud 9 tastes like s***". We laughed a little because we had just ordered that and because the kid was so blunt. That was the only smile shared while at Virtual TeaKup. The kid was right. The few other people waiting had their orders forgotten (as did we) until the same guy who took our order asked us what we were waiting for 10 minutes later and then had someone start making our drink. There were 3 people inside and only 3 orders while we were there so service was very disappointing. When we did finally get the drink, it was not as cute as advertised and just tasted like cream and sugar. It was very disappointing. Like I said, it could have been a fluke but from the experience, that seems doubtful.

    The Cloud and The Boba (Left to Right)
    Jennifer S.

    Yum! I'm definitely liking this new boba spot that is closeby AND on doordash! At first I was worried because usually the really instagrammable and colorful boba drinks are also REALLLLLLY sweet. Luckily for me, I saw they had an option to adjust sweetness and with a "less sweet" option, it was actually the perfect amount of sweetness for me! Preferred sweetness! The Cloud Boba was really good - when you order on doordash, it doesnt come with cotton candy on top! I kinda wanted the cotton candy but I'm cool without it cuz...well, the sweetness aspect of it. Is this sounding redundant yet? lol. Anyhoo! Note that if you like really soft and squishy boba, this might not be the place for you. the boba in my drink was on the harder side, but I kinda prefer it that way. No gripes here! Yayy!

    Thai tea with crystal boba
    Jojo P.

    Like the convenience of boba right in the Spark Social food truck park. But that's essentially it, convenience. Their drink was on the ok side and disappointed they ran out of brown sugar boba so their crystal boba was a substitute option. Their drinks didn't stand out from the many boba shops out there so hits average for me. I'm willing to give it a another chance but wouldn't go out of my way to seek this place out. Just ok: My Thai

    Maruko X.

    The boba tea truck is located near the entrance of the food truck park, and it has a lot creative drinks, and the order of My Thai was great. The cashier was very friendly, she ran outside of the regular brown sugar boba, and the replacement of crystal boba was as great, it costs less than $10 per order.

    Cloud 9. $6.75 but more like milk with boba. Cotton candy was cool.
    Lena M.

    Not a fan of their customer service. The drink my daughter (and I) tried, and the overall experience was disappointing. On Sundays per their posted hours displayed on their window it notes 11:30am to 5pm. On 05Feb2023 they were not open for sales when I initially passed by at 12pm. Additionally, while I understand that the employees need to take their breaks they should post the times they are closed for lunch which I find surprisingly that two employees need to take a lunch break at the same time and therefore losing 45min to 1 hour of sales considering hours of operation (open for sales) is only 5.5 hours. After eating lunch I came by around 1:45pm. They were closed for lunch. I actually would not have came back due to the inconvenience of waiting and having to come back however my daughter really wanted to try the cloud 9. I opted to wait. Once coming back about 40ish min later I noticed there were two employees. One would think one goes on break the other still works to keep sales going. The drink was $6.75 (price has gone up from the last pic of the menu on yelp which is understandable since pic was old but I noticed as time goes by prices have increased). I paid with 4 tickets $8.00. I did not receive change/credit back so I can only assume they pocket the $1.25 as their tip. Sure..even though I have a difference of opinion on that they deserved in terms of a tip at all with the very limited and minimal customer service provided. Now for the drink. It was cool looking just by looking at it and the ingredients listed from the menu I was thinking it would be super sweet. Totally off. 1. Pic on menu had blue and pink cotton candy I just had the blue on mine. I already felt jipped. 2. The taste - I was wrong it was not super sweet at all. Actually it just tasted like milk with boba in it. What in the world?! The only thing good about it was the tapioca pearls which were soft and chewy a tad on the gummy side but not bad at all. I am stumped on how they can make a pretty ig worthy drink taste like whole milk with boba in it. Not a fan and will not come back.

    Strawberry Mango. 4/5. A bit unbalanced. IG: @amei.eats

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    I know this was a highly rated boba place and my sister even spoke good things of it, and I had…read morehigh hopes for it... but in the end it fell short. The line was long, waited about 10 minutes for the ordering system, because it's by machine now. Then waited another 15 minutes for the drinks. There were a bunch of teeny boppers in front of me ordering drinks (6-8ish), so it took a bit. I ordered a house milk tea with 25% sugar. Honestly it just tasted like ash. No creamy tasting like other boba places. Not sure what their house cream was but it wasn't creamy or rich in flavor. Big disappointment. My husband got the crème brulee milk tea and that tasted even worst. It just tasted like bitter burnt pudding. Some sweetness once you get pass the pudding. Not sure who made the drinks but it was not good. The boba however was nice and soft. Not sure if it's the day or the rush of hella orders, but I normally judge a boba place by their basic milk tea and that day it was not good. And maybe that's not what to order? Not sure. But willing to try again on another time.

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