Rare Tea | San Mateo / Half Moon Bay

The best tea ever.

Overpriced !

Great boba option in a more hidden plaza. I like to stop by when I’m charging my Tesla at the Superchargers next to it. I usually get the grapefruit or strawberry fruit tea and an order of popcorn chicken, which always comes out hot and crispy. They typically don’t have someone in the front so I opt to use the tablet to order. It works well enough.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Popcorn Chicken

The workers there were very nice and it’s a very chill setting. I wish the drink had a little more flavor but it was good. ?

Strawberry matcha was delish

Everyone was warm and friendly. Great customer service. Really good coffee boba tea. Would go there again.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Teapresso Brew

Our absolute favorite place for boba! Love their teaspresso drinks where you can really taste the tea!

Got seeds instead of extra mango, juice in other not strained, Heavy unstrained flavor. Lady is nice;gives recommendations,let's me take my time ,and everything is good. This time not so. I'm posting a picture,so you know it happened .

I am new to Boba tea and I am trying different ones around the bay area. I tried Rare tea 2 weeks ago and though the workers there were great, the milk tea Boba was not. I could *barely* taste the tea and the stores go to is fake milk which is gross. So, because the workers were great I thought that I'd try a mango tea Boba and so a friend of mine got me one today... all I can say is where is the Mango? It tastes like milk with cinnamon and at 7.25 it is the most expensive mango Boba that I've had...?I get one for less than 5.00 that is completely and 100% better, so ciao "real" tea... I may try it again if they actually put tea or mango in the tea.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 5

Got seeds instead of extra mango, juice in other not strained, Heavy unstrained flavor. Lady is nice;gives recommendations,let's me take my time ,and everything is good. This time not so. I'm posting a picture,so you know it happened .

Tea flavor is definitely a plus. The bobas were a bit on the soft side but overall a good experience here. Will be back to try their other flavors!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

I gave 5 star a year ago because the Teapresso milk tea was my favorite drink in this area. It has a rich tea flavor with organic milk to pair perfectly. But recently the drink doesn't taste the same - the tea is not as strong and the milk is more watery. Maybe they changed the formula. One star off for this. I truly hope they can bring my favorite drink back!

Just had a bad taste. No other comment!

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 2

The strawberry Palmer is delicious. You can tell the fruit is really fresh. Also got the popcorn chicken which is yummy for sure. Quick service and friendly staff strange that they are taking orders by the door still but not a big deal.

Drinks are good and it's great that you can actually customize sweetness and ice levels.

Food: 5

Service: 5