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| - Really guys? "High prices", "mediocre boba", "not milk tea"? You are free to criticize as you feel, but please show me any alternatives to the boba scene in Scottsdale. Because right now I see jack.
Scottsdale is long past due a dedicated boba tea joint, and setting up in Fashion Square is not a bad venue. Next to a soon-to-be Lush and Brookstone, BTC is an easily central location in the mall.
The menu, ignoring the fancy names, is standard - fruit teas, milk teas, blended drinks and more. The toppings basically came down to popping boba, boba, and jelly. I opted for Southern Belle with fizz and orange popping. I couldn't really detect the fizz, but it was a pleasant sweet peach tea with popping boba filled with that concentrated orange syrup.
Is price a concern? Not at all - you're paying the same to less than a dollar more for the junk you can get at Starbucks. Even coming from areas with way higher markups than Scottsdale, my friends and I all agreed the drinks more than met the bar for decent pearls and tea.
Are there other places in the Phoenix area with better milk tea? Absolutely, but I am NOT driving an extra 10-20 miles south to save 50 cents or drink marginally better tea. Boba Tea Company will pave the way for more milk tea/boba competition in Scottsdale, and I hope they're here to stay.
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