Boba Quest: Chun Yang Tea

As part of Boba Quest 2025 🧋, I'm trying and reviewing a new boba shop each week.

I've tried Chun Yang Tea once before, but that was nearly two years ago, so this was basically a fresh start.

It's right next to the Vernon-Jackson 7 station, at 49-10 Vernon Blvd. I'll try to make this my last boba shop along the 7 in Queens for a while.

Chun Yang primarily serves fruit teas, which are not really my cup of tea (ha, ha). On the plus side that means most of their drinks are dairy-free. I opted for a black tea latte with boba, less ice and 100% sweet. The person taking my order initially prompted me to confirm 50%, I replied 100%, which I feel might explain what happened.

• Boba: 1/4 the boba was barely flavored. Texture was passable.
• Tea: 2/4 it was as if the tea was only sweetened halfway. (I double-checked and the label said 100%.)
• Bonus: 0/1 there's a small bar to stand and drink, but no seating. They also have a similar gift card discount like I'Milky has, but this isn't as good: it's $5 free if you buy a $50 giftcard while I'Milky was a free drink, so a $7-8 value.

I originally had written a complaint about how the the store was super fogged up to the point where my glasses fogged up and I couldn't even read the menu and would've given it a negative point if the score wasn't already so low. But then a few days later I had lunch elsewhere and the same thing happened, so I guess it's just a heat thing (it's very cold outside) and I won't hold it against them.

Total: 3/10. Unfortunately this is one of the only boba shops in the Hunters Point area but I don't plan to stop by again.