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Comebuytea -- Huntington Beach -- 5/23/2026

Fourtea -- Orange -- 5/22/26

A tier ☆boba: 4.7 out of 5 has a gummy candy texture in a good way like a life saver or peelerz texture so, nice chew and good softness :D give good amount of boba ☆drink: 4.8 out of 5 princess lychee = lychee blended with cheesefoam probably leave drinks at recommended sweetness/100% blended drinks melt pretty quickly and become delicious juice (not watery, melted drink has flavor like juice but probably depends on sweetness chosen) ☆atmosphere: 4.5 out of 5 typical boba place decent amount of seating decent foot traffic and some people sitting and chatting - varies not consistently too busy or too quiet, consistently nice amount of people ☆overall: 4.7 out of 5 quick service 2 kiosks make things quicker large enough menu and good drinks plus always reliable and consistent and good quality some unique-ish drinks/spin on common flavors (e.g. blended drinks like princess lychee and thai tea blended)

bobaTEAque -- Orange -- 5/19/2026 & 5/21/2026

B tier ☆boba: 4.1 out of 5 boba is more on the firm side than chewy/soft, but still has pleasant enough chewiness no lack of flavor at least ☆drink 1: 4.9 out of 5 watermelon milk = watermelon juice + milk (soy milk extra $.25) sooo good, i love their watermelon green tea and this watermelon milk one is especially good - they have good watermelon juice got it at 75% and it's like perfect sweetness still has some sweetness but not overly sweet ☆drink 2: 4.7 out of 5 watermelon green tea = watermelon juice + green tea same notes as above, this one just isn't as good to me as the watermelon juice with milk, but it is still really good and i crave watermelon juice with tea all the time (i love any fruit juice with green tea) ☆atmosphere: 4.5 out of 5 middle-of-the-road, nice boba shop cute art on walls of bears spacious and often not too crowded, so can be good to chill/study ☆overall: 4.6 out of 5 nice vibes and good drinks boba isn't amazing, but i would/do come back

Odd One Out -- Koreatown Los Angeles -- 5/16/2026

THE ALLEY -- Fountain Valley -- 5/15/2026

A Tier ☆Boba: 4.7 out of 5 one of the OG brown sugar bobas around here boba is like pretty close to perfect qq texture, just on the smaller side ☆Drink: 4.8 out of 5 ube brown sugar creme brulee boba milk (long names lmaoo) and i got it with oatmilk sweet by default, but not sickly sweet, and server told me the sweetness came from the boba so any adjustment would affect the amount of boba really good drink and one of the best creme brulee topping (they were like the OG of it or one of) ube flavor is really good which is a plus, ube flavored drinks/foods vary a lot for some reason, but the Alley is one of the ones that do it well ☆Atmosphere: 4.3 out of 5 empty and spacious things are being stored near the front of the store now the seats are in the back and that area looks nice/standard trendier boba shop seating the nicest looking area is honestly the counter and the space behind that is kinda nice with the plants ☆Overall: 4.5 out of 5 service is quick and helpful menu is bigger now but not really varied so the drinks are more so the same base and just different toppings (i.e. not a lot of different flavored fruit teas, milk teas, plain teas, blended drinks, etc) atmosphere/vibe isn't bad it just feel more vacant now and like they don't expect people to stay since so many things are being stored in the front drinks are more on the expensive side (drinks are around 7.95, basically $8, by default, but the drinks often come with toppings already || oatmilk/soymilk is extra $.50) kiosk ordering

TP Tea Irvine -- Irvine -- 5/13/2026

Umacha -- Costa Mesa -- 5/7/2026

A Tier ☆Boba: 4.7 out of 5 soft and chewy so texture is pretty ideal just some boba is a bit on the softer side and lacks the chewier/qq texture ☆Drink: 4.8 out of 5 Marry Me fruit tea (essentially mango fruit tea w/ mint leaves and mango jelly stars good mango fruit tea in terms of fruit teas and mango fruit teas, plus it comes with mango jelly and any time a drink comes with free toppings that's a plus ☆Atmosphere: 4.7 out of 5 cute, small, open, clean aesthetic crowded since in a small shopping center (Mitsuwa) ☆Overall: 4.7 out of 5 service is nice (not always quick with making drinks and taking orders) large selection of drinks and fruit teas are really good plus they come with toppings like jelly well-organized 2 sizes of drinks so more on the expensive side (smaller size is already like $6 -- 5.75 specifically)

Boba Tier List -- 5.12.2026

My ranking of almost all the boba I've had (I'm probably missing a place or two) and almost all around SoCal

I need to revisit like all of them and rank them based on the overall shop (atmosphere/vibes, drinks, and boba all included in the ranking)