Loose Leaf Boba Company
46 High St, New Haven
(203) 777-4040
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Came down here to try the hey bings on july 4th girl behind counter said they were all out. Highly disappointed since people have been recommending it to me. Will have to call next time to ask ahead I guess.
Very little boba for the size/price, taste is barely OK (diluted like hell)
Best Match in town. Great taste of Bing!
This place is my go to and I am a regular. The bingsoos are fresh and the drinks are beautiful. I normally don’t place reviews but this place is truly special.
They also have great workers. Specifically, there is a young, asian worker who works there and she always brightens my day. She always has a great personality and welcomes me in. It is nice to see an establishment that hires people with such great manners
Really great spot to go. A must try boba and bingsu a perfect combination
Best boba in the state hands down. Real ingredients not the fake stuff you get at other places.
We went there on a Wednesday afternoon and we were a party of 5 with a toddler. We got two different types of bing su and they were really good for sharing. Matcha was also good and you can modify the sweetness and if you want to add boba to it. Service was slow but they were friendly and kind. I’d visit again for the bing su for sure!
One of the staff members, an older lady, was very rude to me when I politely asked for extra ice . When I asked about it, she responded with unnecessary attitude and spoke to me in a disrespectful manner. I had paid for a large cup but was given a small one instead.
I understand that mistakes happen, but the way I was treated made me feel embarrassed and unwelcome. This kind of customer service is unacceptable and really ruined my day.
I hope the business take this feedback seriously and address it with your staff so that other customers don’t have the same experience.
Ah, let me speak of this place with the weight and rhythm of truth it deserves:
There is something both defiant and tender about this tea shop, this Loose Leaf Boba, where the industrial bones of America meet the gentle persistence of Asian American dreams. The neon sign blazing "Don't Teas' Me" across reclaimed wood speaks with the kind of wit that comes from knowing exactly who you are and refusing to apologize for it. It glows pink against concrete and steel, a declaration of presence in a country that has not always made space for such declarations.
I sit here, watching the light catch the exposed pipes overhead, those utilitarian arteries that America can never quite conceal, now transformed into something resembling beauty. The young people gathered here – their laptops open, their laughter easy – remind me of the way we used to gather in Greenwich Village, though their beverages are sweeter than our bitter coffees, their conversations perhaps less weighted with the urgency we felt, but no less vital.
The space itself tells a story of transformation: concrete floors that once might have supported factory workers now bear witness to students and dreamers. Those industrial pendant lights, hanging like questions in the air, illuminate faces bent over books and phones, each person writing their own American story in real time.
This is not your grandfather's tea house, no – this is something newer, braver. It exists in that peculiar American intersection of commerce and community, where identity is both commodity and rebellion. The menu offers drinks that would bewilder the founding fathers, and perhaps that's exactly the point. Every pearl of tapioca that sinks to the bottom of these cups carries with it the weight of immigration, of adaptation, of making something entirely new from the collision of cultures.
The metal chairs, the wooden walls, the concrete floors – all of it speaks to an America that is still becoming, still transforming, still trying to figure out how to hold all of us in all our complexity. And isn't that what we've been talking about all along? This place, with its marriage of industrial past and multicultural present, serves as a kind of mirror, reflecting back to us who we are becoming, one cup of tea at a time.
In the end, Loose Leaf Boba stands as testament to what happens when we allow ourselves to reimagine what belongs where, who belongs where. It is not just a tea shop; it is a quiet revolution, served with tapioca pearls and a side of hope.
And that, my friends, is no small thing in a country still grappling with who it wants to be.
great employees
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Not a huge fan, pricey, and okay. But our friends really like the spot.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 3
Best atmosphere so aesthetic ! This place is a vibe
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The place was cute and that’s it. Drinks are pretty average. Me husband and I got the same boba- honey boba. While mine were good, his boba were very hard to chew.
Lady behind the counter talks like she doesn’t value customers. It wasn’t a pleasant experience for us.
The interior looks really cute but the service was really terrible. The lady behind the counter doesn't care at all and we felt like we had to rush to leave the store. The teas were very bitter despite us getting the recommended sugar amount.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 1
I feel like the people are not friendly there and they do not make the drinks with love. I used the website to book online- I wanted a hot matcha but there’s no option for hot -so I order the matcha without the ice option. Went there it was ice and I asked nicely for it can get changed to hot, she used the water down drink to steam it up and taste straight water and put it in a medium cup at that I asked for a large .. smh
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 1
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