Teaspoon Almaden

Trying this place for the first time and it was really good. They have a wide spectrum of teas apart from the usual. Their service and ambience was great. We got Thai ice tea with boba and matcha boba tea with strawberry. The Thai tea was fresh and refreshing. Typical taste that you can get and the strawberry matcha was different. They had fresh strawberry sauce with chunks of strawberry topped with matcha tea. The tase was good but I found it a bit sweet for my likings. Overall a great experience

The drink is good, but the boba is a bit tougher than I prefer. The main reason it loses a star is that there is absolutely nowhere to sit and enjoy your drink. There is a bar to stand by while waiting for your drink, but there are no chairs or tables. Pretty much you can get your drink and then leave. The surrounding area is also pretty bad to hang out in, it's just a parking lot and then a road that constantly has cars passing by at high speed, though that goes for all the stores in this area. However, the lack of seating makes this much more evident for this place in particular.

Teaspoon is one of the more consistent tea spots for us regardless of the town we’re visiting. My personal favorite is the dirty ube (less sweetness is a perfect level for me). My family got the the grasshopper, honey comb banana milk coffee ( it tastes what it’s called) , and the taro lover. All were delicious!

Lots of unique boba flavors and combinations. Very yummy, would recommend. No bathrooms available to customers

I ordered the Crème Brûlée Coffee with 75% sugar, but it was still far too sweet—more like 175%.

AMAZING!!!! I loved this place . The person taking my order greeted me with a warm welcome and the menu was very big and easy to read. You can remake and customize you own drink. It is a bit pricey but I would totally recommend for anyone who loves boba or trying for the first time.

Came here with some friends to drink boba! The quality of each drink was amazing and the drinks were customizable with options like oat milk and sugar levels. There‘s no seating area, but I would nevertheless recommend this location.

Love the tea and boba. Fast service. Very friendly. They have a bathroom, merch, and a rewards program. No seating inside or out.

Always a solid place to stop by when I need a drink fix. I personally love their black tea and their coffee drinks. I used to go here a lot when they had a location in Bakersfield, so I am well acquainted with the menu. They do have some fairly unique items on the menu. Many are not bad choices at all and great starters. Service is fast and I never had a badly made drink here. I also like the decor but wished they had some seating. Other locations have them, but this doesn't. Which, I don't blame them since the parking lot is tight and can be very busy. Since they have closed down the one in Bakersfield, I have been missing their drinks! I'm glad I still have a place to go and get them when I can.

This is my favorite boba place in the South San Jose area. They have a consistent menu of delicious flavors with high-quality ingredients. They also have a decent amount of non-caffeine options for kids. My go-tos are the Thai Tea or Matcha Strawberry with boba. Most recently I tried the Grasshopper with Aloe, which was very refreshing for a hot day. The only downside to this location is that the parking lot can get a little crowded and there isn't any place to sit inside. Great for grab 'n' go or DoorDash.

Great for a freshly brewed tea! They have teapresso machines and we opted for the Honey Oolong and Roasted Oolong. The Honey Oolong is one of their premade teas. It's still freshly brewed just earlier in the day. The Roasted Oolong is made to order and we had that as a milk tea. There was very little difference in these Oolongs, other than the consistency. The Honey Oolong was slightly richer and the flavor less subtle than the Roasted. The service was good - They let me try the Jasmine and oolong based. The Jasmine was too bitter and wasn't my favorite. Inside they have kiosks to order or you can order with an employee.

The thai tea and caramel cream were okay, it did not meet my expectations. I have been here before, and the crème brulée is my favorite. Great customer service. Kiosks are available. Clean establishment. Plenty of parking.

Came here years ago and I remember the experience was pretty good. Just got to classical milk tea.

Good tea selections and plenty of non milk tea for refreshing smoothies. My favorites are the Black Sugar Assam Milk Tea, Cream Brûlée Coffee, and Taro Lover. Drink quality is fairly consistent, occasionally they miss special instruction like less ice or 50% sugar, but overall good.

This Teaspoon location opens later than most of the other stores. Big plus! It was pretty crowded for a Thursday evening. There is plenty of parking available as it is in a big shopping plaza with Safeway. Closer to McDonald's. The service was quick and friendly. 2 kiosk plus a cashier to order from. Ladybug: A light yet rich splash of passionfruit juice infused with green tea. Refreshing taste, which transported me back to Hawaii.

I usually order long, roasted milk, tea, and this place has a really good tea with grass jelly in it and Boba. Is my regular drink that I had all the time but today I went in and order me strawberry Boba tea and one of the Employee have suggested that that's their favorites and I also order my friend taro milk tea as well. Great service and they friendly always get my drink right every time. Never disappointed!! Thanks for teaspoon I get my tea fix weekly!!

I ordered a taro lover Boba drink today without ice. The gal making the drink only gave a smudge of taro which was disappointing. This location definitely needs training on how to make the drink right or the quality has gone down the hill. The drink quality is not consistent. The $7.00 drink I ordered was most purple milky water and some bobas. I feel like I got scammed. I love teaspoon but definitely not this location.

It's a small store with no tables to sit in. There's like a little place where you can lean on but that's about it. There's two kiosks available for you to use. Silky Mango(4/5): I thought it was nice that they had milk alternatives. I can really taste the mango in the drink, but I thought it was a little too sweet for me. I don't remember if I'm able to adjust sweetness, but I would get it less sweet if I were to get it again. The boba in it was nice and chewy! Service(5/5): I ordered from the kiosk and the order went out fairly quick. It was only one person making the drinks and seeing how fast they were making it was pretty impressive! Overall, I had a good time and would come again!

Teaspoon has become a classic and go-to spot that always delivers when it comes to great service, refreshing drinks, and a vibrant and energetic ambiance. As the weather begins to heat up these refreshing drinks will have u beating the summer heat, and have you feeling like you're in delicious tropical paradise!

Came here on a Sunday night looking for a non-caffeinated drink. I was also wanting something refreshing and they recommended to me the Silky Mango. It was soooo good, the mango puree taste was strong and the milk made the texture very smooth. One of the best mango drinks I've ever had. I also love all the naming conventions of their drinks, will definitely try out more when I come back!

I'll take 138 teaspoons, please. Teaspoon is a Bay Area original bubble tea chain which I grew to love in San Jose. They've rapidly expanded since those days and have even made to other states, including the Las Vegas area where I mostly hang out these days. I'm pretty sure they utilize a tea espresso system to keep the tea quality high, and I can't recall their tea flavor ever failing me ta any location. I had recently received a free birthday drink in my rewards account (pro tip: give them your personal info) and I had an errand to run nearby, so I figured it was convenient enough to use the offer. I tried to place a mobile order but it apparently was too confusing for me to use. Fortunately, the employees were nice and got my order entered, reward redeemed, and drink prepared in rapid succession. I usually gravitate toward milk tea, and Black Sugar Assam ($5.75, ~23 fl oz) looked newer to me within that category. It comes with honey boba included, which I usually eschew for caloric savings but didn't mind trying. The boba is as good as anyone makes it, with balanced chewiness and softness. You can tell that it's sweeter than non-honey-marinated boba too. As for the drink, the assam black tea flavor and the black sugar flavors are both prominent, and the drink has a good creaminess that doesn't linger on the palate. I forgot to request lower sugar, but the sweetness level was actually not too high. This location is standing-room only. I guess I don't mind that since I'm usually grabbing something to-go anyway, but if you want to hang out with your friends or pretend to study for a test, you may want to try elsewhere. I would actually love for Teaspoon to become as popular and as commonplace as Starbucks. They're a consistently good bubble tea spot and surely have enough variety to satisfy most boba fans.

When planning my daughter's 18th birthday party, I knew we had to throw in a special touch! We decided to plan for boba at the party, We reached out to a couple of places for quote inquiries and Eva at Teaspoon reached back right away with an email and photos of possible set ups ranging from full service to cup delivery. She also followed up with a phone call. We went back and forth with either calling or emails and we decided to go with premade cups and delivery to our party site. We made a last minute change in the amount we wanted to order and Eva accommodated it and revised our amount due three days before the event. The drinks came on time and she set them up at the tables where we asked her to. All our guests were so happy to have boba with their dinners that evening! Great job, Eva and Teaspoon!

Teaspoon is my go to boba tea spot in the South Bay Area. No matter which location you go to the drinks and the quality of the boba are consistently good. I also appreciate that their sweetness levels are accurate! I always do 25% sweetness and it's perfect. At this location you can order on a tablet or at the cashier. They also sell a few pastries (haven't tried them yet). My all time favorite speciality drink of theirs is the grasshopper. I just wish I was able to ask for it less sweet. It's one of those drinks that can either be made regularly or "less sweet" which is still too much for me. But the flavors are so good!! A must try. This time around I ordered a lychee black tea with aloe vera. It was delicious and refreshing!

My daughter and I love it here. Of allllllll the boba tea places in the area, we always find ourselves making our way back to this one. The staff is always friendly and helpful when we're not sure what or how to order. They are efficient, and the establishment is clean. Thank you Teaspoon Almaden! We will be back!

This place is great for Bobba! Black Ballz, baby! You know you love 'em. I got some sort of Dirty beverage for the Dirty Boi. There was a coffee Dirty Beverage, and there was a Ube Dirty Beverage. Naturally I had to get the Dirty Ube Beverage, because I like it Dirty, baby! And purple stuff. I love Purple Stuff Especially when it's Dirty! Sunny D? Not uh, no way! Gimme that Purple Stuff! Grape Juice? Not uh! Gimme that Dirty Grape Drank! It's Dirty! My first impressions of the Dirty Ube Beverage were thoughts of my dirty childhood, when we used to ride our dirty bikes up to the reservoir and jump in the dirty water and get sucked down into the drain. A bunch of always get sucked in and never return. Now that's dirty! But whaddya supposed to do? Being a Dirty Valley Boi only leaves so much room for Dirty Activities! We're all getting sucked down life's dirty drainage pipe anyway, so might as well have some fun singing and dirty dancing in a dirty reservoir with your dirty boys. Ride on sweet chariot. Fly away on your diamond wings! Your Dirty Diamond Dingo Wings! You're such a Dirty Boi, you dirty boi. ^______^

Updated review with pictures :) Teaspoon is my favorite place to get tea in San Jose! I have enjoyed everything I've tried so far. My favorites are the Lychee on Lychee tea and the Thai tea with oat milk and boba. This time we did try two new teas and loved them.

Yum! A solid boba place (especially in the South Bay), drinks are always consistent and good! Lots of options but I always go with the house milk tea 50 sweet/ 50 ice. Always comes out super quickly, and customer service is always friendly and fast. Their matcha drinks, jasmine tea and taro are also really good drinks. The boba is always soft and chewy and perfect! Kind of a small parking lot but I always find a spot and am in and out quickly. Highly recommend!

I was craving some tea and was stumbled upon this tea shop as it was the nearest place at that time. I got the jasmine tea with grass jelly and egg pudding and I can tell you their tea is aromatic but not too bitter. I did not know how sweet their tea was so I was reluctant to choose which sweetness level at first. The worker there was really helpful in answering my questions. She even suggested to brew me some tea to try first, which I thought really nice customer service.

Came for some late night boba with the bestie. First time coming to this teaspoon. Nice small location. Their is no inside sitting just grab your drink and go. They do offer some pastries such as macaroons. Unfortunately, didnt try them since boba is really sweeet already. What we got: -matcha royal with strawberry and boba toppings i give this drink a 4.5/5. Its really good just extremely sweet. -grasshopper: good refresher drink The service here was fast and friendly.

The staff is super nice and quick. They discontinued a drink and always make it for me without it being on the menu ! Highly recommend this place. Super clean as well

I feel like this location consistently lets me down. Other teaspoons I've been to make the drink exactly like the picture. This one in the 3 times I've went, have the drink just shaken up for you. No fancy swirl on the cup, no separate layers of drink, just homogeneous. Whether it be matcha royale, caramel cream, or liquid gold, I've had the same experience of all of them just being mixed. At these prices, it's something I expect, especially when other teaspoons do it. No other comments about service or ambiance. It's passable but not my first choice.

I really wanted to make this my go to milk tea spot when in the area but the drink I got today was a complete miss. I ordered a straight up house milk tea with cream. When I got the order I didn't see the cream, maybe it was mixed in? Went on my way to my car. I tasted the drink in the car and it was very watered down. Tried it again and was not impressed. Tasted like water with milk. I tossed the drink out. Waste of $8

There are quite a few choices in the Bay Area when it comes to milk tea but when it comes to creativity and variety of drink selection, Teaspoon is one of the very best! This location has delivered both times I've visited. Friendly staff, quick and efficient service and tasty drinks! My personal favorite is the Matcha Royale w/ strawberry. I've had many matcha drinks at other places and it's one of those drinks that are a tad bit harder to get down. The matcha tasted great and love how they use organic milk and cane sugar. The addition of the strawberry pure added another texture and sweetness element in which they all came together well! This location is well maintained and clean! I look forward to trying some of their other drink creations. I definitely recommend coming here and trying it out!

We LOVE Teaspoon! This location is the closest to us and is worth the 15 minute drive, despite the semi- sketchy parking lot. The employees are super sweet and oh so patient as I stare at the menu and try to make a decision. The inside of this store is super cute with modern decor and is currently decorated for the holidays. They have a variety of speciality drinks but you can also make your own. Our favs are the Guava sunset, Thai tea, and Lychee on Lychee. They also have a few slushie like drinks for your friend that "doesn't like tea" and offer a great seasonal menu.

This place was poppin', boba poppin' lol on a Hot Sat eve! I have to say all their drinks look so yummy, it's hard to choose. They are a little pricier than some of the other boba places I go to tho. But I chose the taro lover, I love anything with taro or ube. Per menu, taro milk with slow cooked chunks of taro. The chunks are more of a paste on the inside of the cup. Wish there was more taro paste so that every sip had a richer taro flavor. Overall good , needed this sweet dessert drink after a savory dinner. Pls add more chunks of taro!

My love for bubble tea started with Teaspoon. My favorite there is the grapefruit garden with lychee jelly. Thought I would venture away from my normal order and got a strawberry colada this time. Big fan. It had coconut milk with pineapple and strawberry jam. Super tasty and slightly smoky /roasted flavor coz of the coconut milk. I asked for it with less sugar and they complied. Definitely worth a try.

Teaspoon is the best! Their drinks are consistently good, use fresh tea, and mention the brand name for their oat milk and dairy creamer within the menu- a bonus for transparency. I also love their very innovative toppings. From passionfruit dolphins to mango stars, they always make ordering and drinking their teas a very fun and flavorful experience.

Whoever is in charge of the training and making the drinks here, they deserve a raise! All of the other teaspoons I've been to in the Bay always make my drink too sweet or too milky. I always go here now for my jasmine milk teas because it is consistently made well and always nice balance of strong tea flavor and creamer! It's really hard to get this ratio right at other places so this is the best jasmine milk tea ever! Please don't ever change the recipe!

I go here from time to time and today I decided to try a new drink, the White Crystal (White Grape Oolong tea with Crystal boba). It tasted amazing, even more refreshing than what I usually get which is the Grasshopper (Lychee Green tea with Cucumber juice and aloe). All my drinks regardless of the boba spot, I get with less sugar (75%). If you're okay with how sweet regular tea spots are, then I recommend getting regular sweetness. It's a little hole in the wall shop, so there's really only room to stand and wait for your drink - not a sit down type of boba spot where you can hang out/relax. I really recommend the new drink on the menu!

Teaspoon is a solid boba shop for fruit teas. I've come here a lot and gotten milk teas, but I've always been a little disappointed they are too watery. The passion fruit tea is very refreshing and I've heard great things about other fruit teas as well. Quick service and convenient area.

I finally tried something new and it paid off in spades! The Violet Latte with boba was SO good! Coffee flavor with coconut and ube omg never had Ube before and I love it in this drink! I am not adventurous with my Boba drinks but at Teaspoon I will try anything now! Highly recommend this drink!

Fast service and the kiosks are easy to use to customize your drink, especially the level of sweetness, since I don't like my drink too sweet.

*PSA* - if you're a loyal customer and you use their rewards system, note that you will not earn a single point ordering from the kiosk they have in-stores...... even though there are no signs or disclaimers for this. After connecting with the owner regarding this, they did mentioned that they'll be putting up a sign moving forward. I came in on Sunday night and there was not a single person at the register. We waited around for a bit and still no one at register, but noticed customers in line putting their orders at the kiosk to the left, so we got in line and did the same. I spent over $60 in boba and a few macarons and when we got our drinks I asked about the rewards and the girl says you can only earn rewards when ordering at the register....... And apparently there's no way to add the points for my purchased drinks. However, the owner was able to step in and assist with this. Thank you for that! Overall, if you want to earn points, you will want to order via mobile app or at the register directly!

#taste - 4/5 #portion size - 4/5 #service - 5/5 #value - 3/5 #tip - sign up for their rewards program to get a free drink on your birthday! #context - this is one of the closest boba places to where I live, so my family stops by occasionally. There seems to always be customers waiting so that's a good sign. #like - being able to easily order on their mobile app and then pick up is really convenient. The consistency of the drinks are good so they're mixed well and not diluted. #dislike/suggestion - I wish there were more flavors.

I find myself coming here more often since this is one of the better boba places in the Almaden area. This is in a large plaza with tons of parking. Also the service here is fairly quick so I'm usually in and out in about 10 minutes. The drinks here are pretty consistent - the tea ratio to whatever mixed drink is pretty on point. Also, the boba is made pretty well. I usually get the house milk tea with boba, less sugar & less ice. I realized that if you get the Thai tea, it comes with boba and it's the same price as the house milk tea without boba. If you're a regular or a fan of Teaspoon, I highly recommend downloading their app - you can place orders on the app for pickups and easily track your rewards. Plus, you get a free drink for your birthday!

Best boba tea in bay area. My first time to visit this boba place and ordered hojicha milk tea . The taste was pretty good , unlike other boba tea that I can only taste sweet , this one would actually had tea flavor. The boba was cooked well and soft , love to have it for tea break. Note: tight and small parking area

Nice place with lovely selection of boba and fun teas. Ordered taro lover and it has taro chunks in the drink. Recommend to go

Date Written on: 05/06/2023 I had browse online in search beverages. I had called into the shop but I had been told they do not take phone orders. So, I went inside to order drink. Customer service was quick and the check out was decent having my receipt sent to me direct virtually as I had requested for it. It was good, and tasteful and refreshing. No issues or concerns.

Upgrading review to 4 stars -- I have been very impressed the past few months. The boba pearls have improved in quality; perhaps the first time I tried this was an off day. The pearls are still little bigger and harder than preferred, but of solid quality and taste. Favorite drinks include: - the roasted oolong, 50% sweet, with boba. the roast is strong and it's been awhile since I've had good roasted oolong boba in the bay - taro lover with taro chunks, egg pudding and boba; taro chunks are more of a taro paste; unfortunately I've found that the quantity or consistency varies day to day

Always get the match but for some reason it's not always the same. Most of the time is good other times it's watered down. Customer service is decent

This Teaspoon is one of later opened locations (closes at 11 PM every day). They are located in a big parking lot with plenty of parking as well. Drinks come out fairly quickly here. My go to drink is usually the Creamy Jasmine from here. I get it with boba, but sometimes I get it with multiple toppings - boba, grass jelly, and rainbow jelly.

Thought it would be dangerous to have a Teaspoon near home, but luckily will not be going to this place again. The management customer service here SUCKS, which is a shame as I go to Teaspoon regularly at least once a week. Ordered 3 drinks, one being the lady bug with honey boba, and a note of no seeds. Passion fruit tea with boba is my absolute favorite, but am not a fan of these seeds at all. When I went to pick up my mobile order, they made all 3 drinks including the lady bug with seeds. The employee explained they can't make the lady bug without the seeds. I had told her I have received my customized order at other Teaspoon locations and she brought the manager over. Usually, a manager can be more personable, but not Eva. I felt like I was being schooled on why they can't, how the other locations were not following the recipe correctly, etc. I was really peeved at this point and though that's what I really wanted they allowed me to order something else. I left really pissed and disappointed as there was absolutely no respect to the customer, was even sent an email after that this should have been handled this situation in a much more pleasant way. D*MN RIGHT! How does a loyal customer leave feeling so disgruntled and disrespected, by a manager at least? Felt like I was being lectured by my mom! Definitely taking my business elsewhere and second guessing if Teaspoon is the place for me now.

This was a good Boba place and our go to place whenever we were craving for Boba. But in the last 6-8 months, quantity of flavor has reduced significantly and it just tastes like milk.

I actually started following Teaspoon's page on IG when they promoted a contest wherein the winning prize was a free boba drink for a year!!! A year folks! Sadly, I did not win. Still wanted to make my way to this establishment and try out their drinks. Their photos were so captivating. So my husband and I stopped in on a week day. It was just about 4:30PM and there was some hustle and bustle within the parking lot. They are located right off of Almaden Expressway in the same shopping center as Savers, Mcdonalds. Rotten Robbie gas station, etc. There wasn't much of a line. The store front is clean and the sign easy to find. Patrons are to stay in the front of the store during Covid and there is a plastic partition that protects the patron and the employee as you order. Store is clean. The employee was friendly. My husband and I both tried the Strawberry Colada with boba. Didn't need to wait very long. Drink was delicious and refreshing. You can always tell the quality and freshness of boba by how soft they are. These were perfect. The perfect amount of bite and sweet. Prices concurrent with other boba sellers. Will need to come back and try their creamy jasmine, Lychee on lychee, Mango funtime, Pina Colada, snow..etc..etc. Catch my drift?

Another good bubble tea spot. There are some uncommon options here like the Grasshopper: lychee green tea with cucumber juice. Honestly, it sounds kind of gross, but it's actually really refreshing!

Stopped by this afternoon after a hike nearby and I ordered the House Milk Tea with Honey Boba ($5.85). I placed my order via the app and my drink was waiting for me when I arrived. I'm a fan of the eco-friendly bamboo straws that they provide, but sadly my drink tasted watered down as the tea flavor was not prominent and the boba was not as fresh. I noticed that prices at this location are cheaper than the Campbell location that I frequent. Plenty of parking shared with the other strip mall retail tenants.

When I was visiting San Jose for the first time, I randomly Yelp-ed for boba and Teaspoon popped up near me. Lemme tell ya...I'M SO GLAD IT DID!! I like trying different drinks when trying new boba places. I picked the Grasshopper drink, because it sounded super refreshing. I got the drink with 75% sweetness and it was PERFECT. Oh my oogly moogly it was just SO good!!! The boba may be a bit on the softer side at first, but give it a few minutes to adjust in the ice and the consistency is O-N P-O-I-N-T. I've also tried different Teaspoon locations getting the same drink, the flavor, the drink quality, and the boba consistency is the exact same! Dude, that is rare. Talk about consistency, this place has it down. Granted, I've only gotten one drink lol. It's just so good I haven't had the desire to move on hehe. Bottom line: I don't have to even think twice about going here. :)