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I'm gonna get fat cuz I always go to SHARETEA
I wanna drink 5 every day without a CARETEA
But I'd be 350 lbs, it isn't FAIRTEA
Still my best feature would be my HAIRTEA
Nevertheless that's a thought I can't BEARTEA
I'd know my legs exist but I wouldn't know WHERETEA
I'd start to wonder if they were still THERETEA
Barbie would dump me, she doesn't want a teddy BEARTEA
So I'd no longer get to photograph her mostly BARETEA
Or posing in Sharetea with her legs crossed in the AIRTEA
She does Laser Removal cause it's better than NAIRTEA
She sometimes dates other girls but other boys RARELY
She thinks that the 1% treat all of us UNFAIRLY
She hates to cover body parts, and she does so BARELY
She kicks rich men in the face with her heels, quite SEVERELY
They pay her for the privilege and call her tooth FAIRY
She says it's more fun than her days at Georgetown LIBRARY
Or her Ivy league degree she got that wasn't NECESSARY
But there's one place that started our Boba AFFAIRTEA
And it's the Dun Huang Houston location of SHARETEA!
WHAT!
Happy that my review update is #499 for this amazing boba shop, where lines are often out the door and have been since they opened. Who will write #500!? Step up!
Sharetea, like Tea Top, Mr Wish and Boba Guys, is one of the world's best boba chains. If not the best. This is the one I first discovered - in fact this is the place that gave painful and awkward birth, with much blood loss, to my Bubble Tea obsession as it stands today. I've probably been here 230 times, and I'm not even sure I've spent 230 nights in Houston. You do the math. Actually don't. Let's move on.
Owned by singer Cher (obvi), this is a Cali-centric chain that also is in DC, Atlanta, Dallas, WA state, and Toronto. You simply must try it.
What to get: Okinawa Pearl Milk Tea (made with brown sugar)
And: Classic Pearl Milk Tea - the more straightforward version, refreshing and perfect
And: Whole Lemon Black Tea w/tapioca and less ice - if you love Lemon, this may be the best Lemon Boba drink on earth.
At Sharetea the drinks are like crack
And you'll keep on wanting to come back
You'll spend all your money
And get a big tummy
Then go round saying "Baby Got Back"
Warning: lots of drinks are hyper sweet, you may wanna ask for less "sucre" (although they don't speak Spanish so you might be looked at weird and stuff)
How to improve: Make your hot milk teas actually piping hot!
Other great places to get Bubble Tea in Houston:
- Cha Boba (Okinawa and Hawaii Butterfly)
- Teahouse (for fruit drinks like Strawberry Black and Lemongrass over ice)
- Tapioca Place/Smootea (so adorbs, great Banh Mi too)
- Tea Top (next door or Katy)
- Panntea (Katy)
- Mr Wish (get Apple Black Tea and Wow Milk Tea
Houston has so much great food and drinks and desserts, it seems weird that one of my fave places and most-frequented spots is actually an international chain, but in my defence, it's a rare one, and most bubble teas don't taste quite as amazing as the Okinawa Pearl from here.
I'm also friends with a few of the servers. We saw each other so often while I was living in Houston that I actually miss them and wonder if they miss me. ShareTea was quite a drive from my place and there was no highway to take you directly there, but I'd still go 3-4 times a week. It was that good. I'm friends offline with Jayden and Rena now, two of the best ppl ever to work here.
They will kick you right out at closing time, and the bathrooms close up to 1 hr before the store, so bear that in mind. Come and experience the best Boba of Houston.
So if you're a rock or a flower
Or whether you're Bradley or Gaga
Just put your best suits on
And get down to Houston
And try the Sharetea Okinawa