The Whale Tea Pennstate

+: Real tea, real taro, real milk. No artificial powders. Good service.
-: Too $$$ for what you get IMHO and charged an extra $0.50 for NOT getting ice! 🙄
Summary: Good place to try out once. Won’t return. Should’ve stayed with my “go to” boba tea place and restaurant @ Mr. Wish

Best boba shop in state college.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I have been to a few different Boba tea places in this town and I really think this has the best tasting ones. They are extra nice and helpful here!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Brown Sugar Fresh Milk, Mango Slush L

Very friendly owner and place is nice

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Very cute shop. One quirk is that you have to place your order through the electronic kiosk where the register would be, but the barista was friendly and told us to ask if we had questions.
I got the Whale Crystal, a drink of blue coconut milk and tao jiao (peach tree jelly). I would’ve guessed that the blue came from butterfly pea flower, but I didn’t actually pick up on any flavour besides coconut. The drink was very good - the tao jiao had an interesting texture and very subtle floral taste. It didn’t really taste peachy. The barista recommend mixing the drink before drinking and I will reinforce this recommendation since I think the texture and flavour of the tao jiao were best when combined with thee coconut milk. The sweetness level was not adjustable for the drink but I didn’t think it was too sweet at all even though I usually take my drinks with low sugar. I really enjoyed this unique drink!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I drive an hour just to get boba at this place... Their teas are so good! I just moved to pa from California and this place has better milk tea than anywhere in the bay! So glad I found this little gem ?.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

This is one of my favorite spots in State College. Great atmosphere, fantastic drinks, and the best customer service. Anytime I'm having a bad day I pop in because they always cheer me up. Their drinks are all fresh and super consistent. Cannot recommend it more.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Brown Sugar Fresh Milk

I LOVE this place. The tea is delicious, the store is clean and cute, and the staff is amazing. I do not have enough nice things to say about Chloe in particular. She always greets me when I come in, knows me by name and order, and asks about my life. She is the sweetest person and whoever left the review about her being rude was just plain wrong. I don’t know if I’ve ever had kinder service in State College? 10/10 - I recommend to EVERYONE!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Brown Sugar Fresh Milk, Creme Brulee Series

Not worth the money! And the lady is pretty rude. She tries to be polite, but she's actually rude. When we ask some questions about a tea we would like to order, or we ask for clarification she's obviously annoyed. I'll never go back by paying that money.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 2

Recommended dishes: Mango Fresh Milk

My girlfriend and I visit this place at least once a month (we're not local) but I've been to quite a few tea and boba shops in State College area and this is our favorite. The drinks are always so good and the service is always extremely friendly! Would recommend to anyone who enjoys boba or tea or fun drinks.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Brown Sugar Fresh Milk, Creme Brulee Series, Milk Foam Strawberry Tea 芝芝莓莓

Love the ambience here. Staffs are friendly. Bubble tea drinks are so good!!! Highly recommended!!! Creme Brûlée Oreo, Black Glutinous Rice Coconut Latte and Glass Jelly Milk Tea with Pudding are my favorite ones ?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Really good boba! The staff was friendly, nice flavor options and a fair price for the size. I would definitely go again!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

I do like the strawberry slush with the fruit bursting bubbles, amazing choice and my favorite go-to. The strawberry puree milk is good too.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Passionfruit Slush, Strawberry Fresh Milk

Best place for boba tea/ smoothies in State College!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Passionfruit Slush, Peach Fruit Tea L, Lychee Slush L

Great tea!

Dietary restrictions: Some dairy free options

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5