Surreal Creamery is not your typical boba shop; on first glance it looks like an ice cream shop. But at least from my point of view, it's enough of a boba shop for Boba Quest 2025 🧋 — a significant amount of their menu is boba and they even have…
In my first-ever Boba Quest review, I looked at I'Milky, my current go-to place in Long Island City (it got a 7/10). I concluded the review by stating: Assuming they do a similar Easter promotion as last year, I'll review them again in April. Unfortunately, they did not do the…
As I wrote about last week, one of my favorite boba shops, Shiny Tea, is closing soon (now extended to May 17th). Knowing that time was running out to fill up my privacy-preserving stamp card, I brought two friends with me to review it: Emmie and Wen. We headed over…
I have sad news to share: Shiny Tea on the Upper West Side (UWS) is closing at the end of this month on May 17th. When I used to live on the UWS, it was my go-to boba shop, and I was one of their regulars. Within about 2-3 months…
Unfortunately I've been sick for the past two weeks and haven't been able to go around to try new boba places, which honestly made being sick even worse. But I'm better now, and ready to catch up on all the boba I missed! Last week I tried Erye Tea Shop…
Flushing is one of my favorite neighborhoods in Queens because of how diverse and lively it is. Originally founded by the Dutch in the 1600s, today it's an incredible melting pot, primarily populated by Asian immigrants. My coworker David Huerta originally recommended Xing Fu Tang to me at least two…
How far are you willing to go for good boba? My rule of thumb is generally that if it's accessible via public transit, I'll make the trek. Yesterday I took Amtrak down to Philadelphia, and a combination of the SEPTA subway and trolleys to get boba at Tea-Do, in the…
It's the beginning of a new month, so it's a good opportunity to visit a genuinely new boba shop. This week we visited Bobavise in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, which just opened in February. At 893 Nostrand Ave., it's easily reachable via the 2, 3, and 5 trains. The location is…
I'm on vacation this week in San José, California, so I'm taking a break from Boba Quest — just kidding, of course I wanted to review another boba shop. Back in October 2019 I was the executive editor of the Spartan Daily, San José State's student newspaper, when we published…
I want to start by shouting out PixDeVl, who after reading last week's review, visited Débutea and took much better photos than me. This week's review is a bit different as it, unfortunately, is the first boba shop I didn't reach by public transit. We visited Boba Baar in Garden…
This week we tried Débutea in Greenwich Village, our first review in Manhattan. It's right next to Washington Square Park and NYU, so there's convenient subway access at West 4th Street for the A, B, C, D, E, F and M trains. When we walked in, they had a sign…
The first month of Boba Quest is in the history books and it has been way more fun than I anticipated. The only thing better than trying new boba is trying new boba and then talking about it with your friends. Really the only part I didn't do a good…
I know that last time I promised I'd review something not in Queens on the 7, but the place I had planned to review was out of the specific tea I like, so I'll review it another time. This week we visited Möge Tee (with the umlaut) in Long Island…
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.…
This week I tried Bobba Hubba for the first time. It's across the street from the Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue station, so it's reachable by the 7, E, F, M, and R trains, plus the Q70 SBS if you're itching for boba right after landing at LGA (or right before you…