Tea Scholar is directly right across from Molly Tea + Chahalo + Tea Pulse. Huge competition among all the bubble tea spots via Prince Street. It's small but not just with a storefront. Had several drinks from Tea Scholar on different occasions from different promotions. I have never bought just drinks on their own without an ongoing promotion. Staff is nice and patient. Service isn't exactly the fastest, maybe takes about 15-20 mins of waiting to get your drink order(s). There's an overhead LED screen letting customers know when their orders are getting made and those that would be ready for pickup. A shelf of merch being displayed and sold is right by the entrance when you first step inside the place. Staff accepts both cash and card by the register counter. There happens to be an ongoing in-store Christmas Day promotion where if you buy a large sized drink, you'll get a blind box styled Christmas-themed wrist slap bracelet on the side of the drink itself. Large sized drinks are $1.25 extra. Ordered the Fresh Osmanthus Milk Tea with no ice & no sugar. I know that the taste might get downgraded without the sugar but I'm trying to avoid any sugar in my drinks. Their drinks don't taste good and aren't memorable. The osmanthus part isn't present at all which defeats the purpose of this so-called floral milk tea. Can't even remember what I have ordered without looking at the receipt, that's how unspecial their drinks are in my book. Taste wise is similar to Molly Tea from across the street. Has it not been the wrist slap bracelet promotion, I wouldn't have even stepped inside Tea Scholar. What makes it more of a let down from this whole boba tea experience is that, I have gotten the wrist slap that I dislike the most out of all the Christmas-themed ones - the Santa Claus. It's just so ugly looking that the money has been wasted for no reason. Wished that they've let customers choose the one they've wanted. read more