boba & life review

updated june 2023


life review

yo! welcome back to my blog.


the past couple months have been exciting but like ughhh, i don't have time to do anything :<


as we turn into the holidays (and competition season 😩), i can't help but be filled with joy >:D. the christmas lights, the holiday songs, it just makes me feel so festive . this summer was honestly disappointing, and i slept WAY too much.


a boba review!

unfortunately, i've only been taking of the unique boba drinks since like september, so those are the only ones you're gonna get. i'll try to update this as much as possible ;)


s/o to zoya & peter for helping me read over this next ver.!


1 ~ Sunright Tea Studio


  9/10

(on the cryan-o-meter)



cryan's review:
solid drinks with very chewy boba. it's also in a nice strip mall with great scenery and good weather. drinking boba here and walking around is such a mood.



2 ~ Societea


  6/10

(on the cryan-o-meter)



cryan's review:
i love the environment, but the drinks just aren't that good :<



3 ~ Grapeholic


  8.5/10

(on the cryan-o-meter)



cryan's review:
very good quality drinks and resturant looks very nice. they have really good fruit drinks, but their "boba" just isn't that good. also the price is kinda...



4 ~ 85° Bakery


  7.5/10

(on the zoya-o-meter)




  8/10

(on the cryan-o-meter)



zoya's review:
85° always had sweet drinks (i usually got mango slush w/ boba) and the boba were always very chewy, and it paired nice with their assortment of sweet and savory baked goods. not extraordinary but their normal size was veeery big.


cryan's review:
a more unusual entry on the list as it's not a boba place, but they have rly good boba deals and the drinks are mostly good. however, ive gotten dizzy from drinking too much of them at once, so drink responsibly! (im actually drinking one rn)



5 ~ Happy Lemon


  7/10

(on the cryan-o-meter)



cryan's review:
good fruit drinks, but i feel like there isn't that much variety. they're also known for cheese foam, but i don't really like that soooo



6 ~ Truedan


  9/10

(on the cryan-o-meter)



cryan's review:
man this brings back memories. i drank here almost every day during janurary-february. ive tried almost every drink here! they have great brown sugar boba, but there isn't any variety at all. everything is either a regular tea or a milk drink and their one "fruity" drink was almost always out of stock (in my experience).



7 ~ Orobae


  8/10

(on the cryan-o-meter)



cryan's review:
my general rule of thumb for these reviews is that i have to have gone to them at least 4 times (and have a good variety of pictures), but this place was rly memorable.

i've only been here once (when i went to irvine), but the tea is rly good and it was so "tea-y" that i was hyper for the next 5 hours. probably best milk tea i had, but it was kinda hard to finish.


s/o to melody for recommending other boba places in irvine which i got to try (i lwk forgot what they tasted like tho)!



8 ~ Tiger Sugar


  9/10

(on the zoya-o-meter)




  8/10

(on the cryan-o-meter)



zoya's review:
i personally love brown sugar milk teas and it’s their specialty, plus the presentation is always nice (almost don’t want to shake it 😭)


cryan's review:
the only thing i remember about this place was that the drink was very sweet. other than that, i thought the boba was pretty good and the drink looked nice.