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| - Tea good. Experience bad.
The boba tea I got tasted great. I hadn't had boba in forever and I had a craving, and flavor-wise, My Tea really delivered. It was delicious.
But the experience of ordering there was awkward as hell. It was empty when I went in, yet there were 4 or 5 workers hanging out behind the counter. When I walked in, they all stared at me. I tried to take my time to study the (very expansive and full of options) menu, I even hung back a bit to signal I wasn't ready, but someone immediately started asking me what I wanted. So I just went with strawberry all around because it was a safe choice. I wanted to experiment a little but my social anxiety flared up with 4 people staring at me expectantly..! I paid, they put together my tea, and handed it to me. Before leaving, I grabbed a straw from the jar on the counter.
I left the store and drove away to a park, where I then tried to sample my drink. However I discovered the straw I had was too small for the boba. There were several jars of straws on the counter, I will guess they are differently sized for different drinks. But they were not labeled (or, I did not see a label!) and so I did not even realize they were separate sizes of straws. The straw looked bigger.. I assumed it was correct. It was the closest jar to me. They all looked the same.. I can't really judge difference of size in straws when we are talking millimeter differences. The girl who handed me my drink even watched me select the straw.. why did she not alert me I was grabbing one that was too small? I mean, maybe this one is partially on me. Maybe I should have studied the straw selection to ensure I was not setting myself up for failure. But they should probably also hand you the straw or point out the correct one for the boba, or otherwise just make it more obvious. I ended up using my straw as a sort of suction device to deliver the boba to my mouth. It tasted great, but was not the usual boba-drinking experience one is used to.
All in all it was an extremely awkward experience both ordering and trying to consume my drink. I probably won't be back.
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