Chris Y.
Yelp
Tea For Me is located conveniently right at the top of the escalators in the center portion of Stonestown Galleria, where the main entrance is. And I mean, literally right as you get to the top of the escalators, it's right in your face. It's a small little store front, with some blandish colors for most of the decor, but a very colorful menu.
The upsides of Tea For Me is definitely going to be the pricing. With two other boba places in the immediate downstairs, and other places that have boba, Tea For Me is probably the most reasonable from a pricing perspective, and yes, even priced better than quickly for some things.
Their menu is interesting. They have the traditional milk teas, a brown sugar, but their primary focus seems to be the fruit drinks, which they have interesting combinations for. Though it's not on their menu, if you rather just have a single fruit flavor in your drink rather than a blended sort of them of their pre-made on the menu, you can ask them for it and they will just make it the single flavor as I've done several times before.
Let's talk boba first. Their boba here is, hit or miss. My main issue with the boba here is that it's often on the mushier side of things, but not in a soft mushy way, but just really mushy like you can take them out and smear them on a wall like paint. It's okay sometimes, but most of the times I've been here it's not been great texture wise. The QQness is almost never here at Tea For Me.
Now for the drinks themselves. The milk teas, the jury is still out on those for me. I've had them a few times, and every time it feels like I may like it, but then I kinda don't. The problem lies in the milk and tea they use for it. It just doesn't really blend well together, and while I don't feel like I hate either of them individually, they certainly aren't something to be desired together. But their house milk tea is so cheap, that I would just get it because. Their fruit drinks however are quite nice. Tasty flavors with the drink, and honestly, I prefer the fruit flavors here than Yifang downstairs. The Sunset (passion fruit/guava) is my usual, so I'd recommend it.
They charge for toppings, like most boba places, so just keep that in mind. While the boba is okay, I do have to say their lychee jelly is good. If you're a fan of lychee too, then you definitely want to get it because the flavors are really there with the jelly. Goes great with the fruit drinks, although depending on which fruit drink it might overpower those flavors, be advised.
Tea For Me isn't going to blow anybody away with their drinks. However, in a mall that is heavily condensed with these options, it's probably one of the more comparable spots. They only have one size for their drinks, and it's the taller slender cups, which is still better than using those mini chubby ones as default. They are not shy with their topping portions, so you will definitely get plenty of toppings when you make your order. Staff here is kind of hit or miss. They all look like college students, so half of them are genial and the other half just seem like they want to get out of there, though are still helpful. I would recommend dropping by here if you're interested in having a cup of boba, and at a fair price. Word of caution on their straws, they used the paper ones, but the one's they have are really thing, and crack easily, so make sure to maybe grab a couple on the way out just in case one of the ones you grab comes pre-cracked.