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| - I was drawn in by Labothéry's Instagram fame. I found the boba shop through some digging on the app and was enticed by its concept. It seemed cute, nerdy, and tasty so I decided to give it a try.
The layout of the restaurant is very minimal, a corner in which the lab techs make the boba, another corner in which the bathrooms and balloon decor lies, and a side of tables. There's a very large, underutilized space between the door and the ordering corner.
I waited in line for maybe 15-20 minutes before getting to the counter. The girl at the tubes and syringes station was very helpful in suggesting what flavors to chose when customizing your boba experience. I went with pomegranate and mango under her suggestion. The milk teas were in powdered form in test tubes while the regular teas were syrup flavors in syringes. I picked up two syringes. Since we did not get milk tea, we did not need to select how much sugar we needed. However this was probably my favorite part of the line up, being aware of how much sugar you're putting into your drink. Further down the line there were Petri dishes with different boba flavors or jelly additives. There was tapioca on the side, as always.
When we finally reached checkout, we were surprised at how much everything added up. $3.25 for the base $1 for every syringe or test tube and $.50 for each topping. Our total came out to be $6.20, a large price for a novelty experience. Oh well, they wrote my name as Dr._____ on my cup and called it out about 15 minutes later.
After all that waiting, I picked up my cup eager to see what my drink would taste like. And it was disappointing. Nothing too special about the flavors or toppings, nothing to rave about except how cool the syringes and test tube stand looked in a photo. Well played, Labothéry. Overall, I won't be returning for the bubble tea, but it was definitely an Instagram worthy experience.
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