Tea Cloud

Tea Cloud is heavenly. It is like a tea and boba shop for adults — the ones who have graduated from the powder drinks of old. There is a very large selection of loose leaf teas that are freshly seeped and brewed to order. You can go old school and take it as is or new school and do the milk version or with add ons. The locations is cozy and a bit tucked away. Great service. The selection is so large that I probably can get a different tea selection w/​add-​ons like boba, jellies, etc. every day of the year and still would not exhaust their menu. Give them a try and you will be back, no doubt.

We’re on a mission to find bubble tea in Denver/​Boulder. Cute store design. Lacks seating but there is a cute Japanese style window seat. This review is only on bubble tea, not ice teas which I’d guess are wonderful here. Lots of powder flavors for boba tea but you can also choose from any of the loose leaf teas. Toppings include boba, rainbow or coffee jellies, taro or egg pudding. The boyfriend tried jasmine tea with egg pudding and boba. I opted rose green tea with coffee jellies, extra sweet. Neither was sweet at all and watery flavored. Boba was hard and pudding lacked flavor. I enjoyed my choice but it tasted more like a refreshing iced tea. Coffee jelly was tasty.
We wanted to love this shop but it didn’t deliver on bubble tea despite the cute shop and nice staff.

Excellent Boba Tea, but they need more blenders to serve customers faster.

This is a great fantastic place to go if you don’t want to hit up the money hungry bucks. I came in shortly after they had opened to a clean well set up interior. This place felt homey and comfortable with tea leaves and the like throughout the shop. I order a mango boba tea with the assistance of the woman working their saw my «what should I get» look on my face. Great choice as it was amazing (glad I got a large)! If I’m ever back in Denver I’ll make a trip this way for this shop. They are «doing it right».

I feel wishy-​washy about Tea Cloud. The interior was very modern and cool looking with a nice vibe, and the employees felt pretty happy. However, the boba left me dissatisfied; the balls were much harder than they are supposed to be, which I think means it was undercooked (I could be wrong). There was also significantly more ice than I am used to, which, again, could just be my personal tastes shining through.
Lollicup serves more boba for less money, but Tea Cloud is ok if you’re really desperate.

The staff was super friendly and helpful :) Eric and April ROCKED today!!! The drinks they made were super delicious!

Went there for the first time and was unsure of what to order with the numerous options to choose from. The people working there suggested we check out the tea station where you can smell all of their teas to get an idea of how they may taste. I ended up going with the Rose Black Iced Tea latte w/​boba. After looking at other reviews, I realize I could’ve had it blended, but that’s ok. It was still pretty good, and I would definitely go back just to try more teas! Note, there is no seating there, besides a small window bench where maybe 2 – 3 can sit. Would’ve been nice to be able to sit and enjoy it instead of having to leave immediately.

This review is for their boba only. I was craving boba and looked up the closest place near me. Tea cloud had high ratings and the boba reviews were good. So I went and got the royal milk tea boba drink and it was so disappointing. What a waste of $ 5. I literally threw ²⁄₃ of it away. The milk tea tasted almost like chocolate milk? And the boba balls were tough and NOT soft and squishy, like one of the reviews had said. I’m still struggling to find a good boba place in Denver. Missing California boba like crazy.

I wanted to love this place but my Thai Boba tea was awful! It wasn’t mixed right or something and tasted chalky and separated. The black boba balls they use taste like plastic. I’ll Go to Lollicup instead for now on.
They get a Star for the cute shop tho.

I’ve been really interested in trying this place and wanted to love it! Finally made our way down on Valentine’s Day. Made sure to check the hours before we even headed over. Arrived at 4:04 and what do you know it’s closed. Even when the hours on the door clearly show they should’ve been open. Really inconvenient.

My fiancée found this boba place which claims to be authentic Taiwanese milk tea. After returning from San Francisco, I’ve been on the lookout for a boba place that has authentic taiwanese milk tea.
We decided to try this place after an early dinner while being in downtown. Since it is downtown and near 16^th street mall, parking is fairly limited. It’s a small shop but they only serve a variety of tea drinks so the space doesn’t have to be that big.
The menu is pretty varied, but I came in craving taro milk tea as the one in San Francisco was bomb and I wanted to compare. I ordered the large iced taro milk tea with extra sweetness and boba balls.
First sip, I was a tad bit disappointed because the boba balls were not as soft as they should be and the extra sweetness wasn’t there. It was still a good milk tea, but it wasn’t as good as the one I had in San Francisco. Boo, but I’m sure I’ll be back the next time I’m near 16^th street mall.

It was a Wednesday afternoon and after finishing up our lunch, my friend and I decided on boba for dessert. Tea Cloud is a small store on Champa Street and has a beautiful architecture that stands out from the other stores on that street. They are located on a corner, so the store has two entrances. Whatever your preference, you can enter the side where you can descend down stairs like a goddess (my personal favorite) or you can enter at the side of tea-​making area and potentially play peek-​a-​boo with the employees. As we descended down the stairs, I fly a nice 6 feet, after tripping on a tile, right in front of the menu and the cash register where a very nice (HAWT) cashier awaits us to take our order. We take a couple minutes to make up our mind. The menu is very extensive. They not only sell boba, but they sell loose-​leaf teas and small food items as well. Their menu is ridiculously huge and will please the pickiest of people. You can customize almost everything from flavors to sweetness to boba/​jellies to iced/​shaved/​hot. Being Indian and growing up on chai, I do not enjoy regular tea unless it is adequately sweetened to my inevitable-​diabetes-​victim preference, and Tea Cloud definitely got me one step closer to diabetes. I got the large rose petals tea with boba and normal sweetness level and my total was around $ 5 with tax, which I think is great considering the price of Starbucks if you know what I mean. The hot cashier, whom I shall call Alex because he kind of looks like Alex from Target but more mature, mind you, took our order accurately and made the boba quickly. They also offer Boba cards that allow you to get 1 drink free after 10 drinks. We bought 3 bobas and Alex offered to pack them in a bag for convenience. How nice of him! We almost left the store without our boba straws until… yep, you guessed it, Alex stopped us and told us not to forget our straws. What a nice man! As we left, I slowly placed the tile back into place (sorry Tea Cloud). When we got outside, we did what everyone does, take pictures of the drinks, duh!
In all seriousness, our experience was amazing that we went back in for a second time and had the honor of running into Alex and also even decided to get a boba card so we could «run into» Alex again. The interior is very nice, modern, and clean. The employees are extremely helpful, considering the extensive choices one has to make just for boba. It is also a five minute walk from the light rail and close to the Mall Ride for easy transportation.
To summarize Tea Cloud in three words:
Choices. Amazing. Alex.

I was SUPER excited to learn BOBA HAS COME TO DENVER! After living in Taiwan for a year this is one of the things I miss the most, and Durango hasn’t really heard of it yet…
First of all, the menu is super intricate in the sense that there are so many options (very similar to what you would see in Taiwan except everything would be in Chinese lol). First time around I tried a royal milk tea with coffee jelly, my mom had an iced rose petal tea, and my dad had a thai iced tea with boba. The guy working here was super nice and told us about the frequent buyer card which we totally got started on: D
The royal milk tea was LEGIT. You can taste the flavor of the tea and the coffee jelly was quite good. It wasn’t overly milky and I kind of had to restrain myself from drinking too quickly; I only had one cup so I had to savor it! I tried my mom’s tea which tasted like I was drinking actual crushed rose petals, and my dad’s thai tea was really good, but the boba wasn’t too good :(Hence no five stars. The boba wasn’t the chewy, semi-​sweet ball of gooeyness that I was expecting; I think the coffee jelly was a lot better.
Overall thank goodness boba has started to make its way to Colorado because I NEED IT. This is a solid place to go for both boba noobs and those who are more experienced; the menu will provide something for everyone.

As a boba aficionado, native NYer and frequent LA goer, I put my foot down to say that this is good ass boba. I got the royal milk tea, which is the regular milk tea, and you can taste the brewed tea.
I’m a bit lenient (hence 5 stars) on this shop, as this is in Colorado. 1) an 8oz of a regular boba is $ 4.50 after taxes, which I find a bit expensive for a casual every day drink. But if you’re the type to have a grande starbucks frappé on the daily, there’s not much of a price difference. 2) the boba isn’t honeyed, so although it’s super chewy texture (and a bit hard), it really tastes like you’re eating plain plastic. 3) long wait time, I get that there are about only two working behind the counter, but it’s definitely not a fast service. If this was a store in LA or NY, I’d dock it down as a 3.5−4 stars on those points above. However they also have loose-​leaf tea and other tea options.
Cute interior, not really traditional seating, so generally you stand. But very nice service and being about the only boba shop downtown with very good tea, I’d still visit again.

Came here right after I arrived here.
THIS PLACE GOT THE BEST BOBA EVER!!! Super chewy!
I had boba in many places, not just Denver! From East Coast to West Coast, I am very surprised that I can have such high quality tea and boba here! I have been looking for these kind of places for a long time! Finally, IT’S IN DENVER!!! WOOHOO!

I was walking to Walgreens on this beautiful day and found myself thinking «Man, I wish I had a cold, fruity beverage right now», when I looked up and literally right in front of me was Tea Cloud.
Now I am not a well-​versed tea enthusiast, nor am I an any-​beverage-​but-​water enthusiast (I’m a foodie, so I save my calories to grub out), but the staff at Tea Cloud made great use of my unsure «I want something cold and sweet» and hooked me up with a Boba Smoothie! They helped me pick flavors, and even went so far as to make sure I used the correct straw so that the boba could come through. Having never had boba I didn’t realize I disliked it until today, but that’s my personal preference and has nothing to do with this shop. The flavors of the strawberry and vanilla in the cold drink were exactly what I needed and really perked up my walk!
The shop itself is ultra-​charming. I am a drinker of hot tea occasionally, but have never really expanded my horizons past heating water up in the coffee pot and sticking a grocery store teabag into it. I thought, perhaps, this might be my time to learn but it seemed the only tea sets were cast iron and a bit too pricey for just an exploratory drinker as myself. Once I am equipped with a tea pot and understand how to use it I would love to come in here and get schooled on the different types of tea, and I’m positive this welcoming staff would be more than happy to help me out! I am also sure that once the winter weather rears its ugly head I will be stopping in here more than once or twice to get myself some hot tea! Can’t wait!

I was driving downtown for an event and I made it a priority to stop by this place. I LOVE tea. I practically drink it daily whether it be green tea or black tea, I don’t discriminate. This place is quite quaint and doesn’t really have any seating. Like another reviewer said there’s this tiny little bench, otherwise it is a grab and go place. That’s the only reason for the 4 stars, I would have loved to sit for a little bit before heading back out into the busy city. Otherwise, the décor is really warm and inviting with an assortment of teas and tea pots/​cups for sale.
I was greeted by a very nice gentleman who I am assuming is the owner. I ordered the Lychee peach black tea with boba and made it into a milk tea. There is a wide selection of teas in this shop, and I think you can make pretty much anything into a milk tea. It came out to be a little less than $ 5 for the large size and that was definitely enough tea for me. He does ask you the level of sweetness you’d like. I decided to go for medium just to gauge how sweet is sweet to this place. It was not too sweet at all, just the way I like it. If you like the sweeter teas I would definitely go with the high level of sweetness and I am sure it still won’t be too sweet. I can taste the hint of lychee and peach and the creamy milkiness to it was just right. He imports teas from China and Japan, can’t get any more authentic than that! Overall I really enjoyed the bubble tea here and will definitely be looking for excuses to go downtown just to get some tea from here.

I don’t know how I have never reviewed this place because I come here ALL the time when I need an afternoon snack (or let’s face it, when I just want to get out of my office cube for a bit). Unilocal fail. I should have my Elite badge stripped away (no please no I was only kidding).
The customer service here is top notch and I have never had a boba tea I didn’t love– that is saying something because I try to get a new flavor combo almost every time I come here. If you want to check this place out, I should mention there aren’t any tables or chairs to really sit in inside. I am assuming they just depend on their «to-​go» customers!
Frequent customer card offered here: Buy 10, get the 11^th free!

All I can say is wow!
I love bubble teas and I usually go to lollicup all the way on Colorado blvd.
But half the time they make the jasmine green teas wrong (w milk).
So my friend told me about tea cloud !!
The location is right downtown so parking does give a slight headache …
But the teas are too die!!! They guys that work here are so nice and make the drinks with love!
The jasmine here is on point!
This is my new bubble tea spot and I’ll probably go here today and get one !!!
You must try !! It’s about $ 5 for a large — well worth it !!!
Thanks again!!!

Hidden in the belly of downtown Denver, this quaint little tea shop is quite the wallflower. Very inviting and cozy as you walk into the wooden décor with well placed shelves and displays along its slender corridor.
The selection of tea related beverages is immense and quite overwhelming. From slushies to tea shots they have all kinds of tea and non-​tea flavors to choose from. So if you’re not a tea person try their honey dew or coconut flavors or just ask! The tea baristas are very helpful.
I always go with jasmine milk tea and boba everywhere I go. And this place I can definitely taste the essence of jasmine with the delightful layers of sugary milk, boba, and taro jelly.
The boba here is like most Colorado boba shops. Medium soft/​chewy. It’s not as soft and chewy as their Taiwanese counterparts but it’ll do.
The only reason it receives a four star rating is because the seating space is literally a 8 foot bench. I love to loiter and be lazy. Lawlz.
If you need a nice calm break from your day this is a good place to start!