Beautiful day on newbury, marathon weekend in Boston-- the wait didn't feel like waiting, so much going on in town. While waiting for our chance to enter the shop, they had staff outside giving samples of their milk tea base to cheer people up (nobody seemed like there were in a bad mood on a 80deg day! We are grabbing a few of their offerings + bubble milk tea (got to try the standard) + bubble volcano + Osmanthus Oolong tea + Passionfruit Green tea Great for our walk around newbury staying hydrated haha. The Bubble milk tea was yummy, their tea is really brewed well (note i get less sugar in all drinks) and the boba had a very good chew and sweetness! Tea def shines for me. The Passionfruit green tea was suggested by the host line miss, whom showed us inside! It was very yummy, glad we got less sugar too and that they seem to taste like real Passionfruit seeds. The bubble volcano is basically the brown sugar one haha sugar intolerant beware but it's got a really nice punch of flavor for a sweet drink on a hot day! The Osmanthus oolong (is one of my favorites just because Oolong tea is my jam! Add grass jelly and boba = fire) light bodied, but full flavor of oolong with less sugar. The staff really trained up on the history of the tea, the process of harvesting it, and brewing it. All ofc to be better... SME or tea advocate! Great experience will def be back! They also have a tea tasting station, take a ticket number and wait for your group to be called (up to 5 people). My guy leading the tea tasting was awesome, personable, funny and definitely ace'd their public speech class haha. They have a small presentation giving you the history of where Chicha sen chen harvest their tea leaves, process of handpicking them, how they brew them and show you during the tasting. There are 5 flavors of tea (which they also have for sale to brew at home by the bag, or a full travel case $180 i think) the 5 flavors: + Dawn + Morning light + Daylight + Dusk + Night The darker the roast (corresponding with their names) the less caffeine content is in the tea. The lighter the tea leaves the more there is. You can tell a clear difference even before the tea is steeped and brewed. They follow ISO standards for tea tasting, 3g of tea leaves steeped in 90deg C, for 6 minutes in porcelain cups. The porcelain cups are used to amplify the senses, smell , sight, and taste. I def liked our choice of dawn and morning light, morning light probably being more flavorful yet still light. Can kind of see it as the choice to start your day. The darker roasts probably have more tea flavor and is good with your dinners or a night cap. Loved the whole experience! Also sign up for the loyalty program, they don't have an app yet but it's web based. Earned the cute boba cup keychain and phone pop socket! read more