Chatime

The place is called Bubble Chacha now and is not clean. I ordered a lychee green tea with grass jelly. Eventually i had to throw it away in 5seconds after sipping it. the grass jelly tasted weird, just like it has been left in the refrigerator thousand years. It spoiled the whole drink. I would prefer paying more money for a fresher tea at Kungfu tea or Gongcha. Will not give it a second try…

Do people ever use their brains to fully think things through when they are trying to make a simple beverage? I’m just curious…
I prefer the chat time location in Chinatown then this one… seems so disorganized …
bubbles at 9:00 am on a Friday morning!
attitudes were poor and space was not clean… the drinks were alright…
when you ask for a more specific drink the staff finds your request annoying and inconvenient… there’s so many bubble tea shops in flushing… if you cant do simple things i ask for then i take my business elsewhere… Service is not good; poor attitude. and there’s no system on where to order… so basically i waited for 30 mins while everyone was just pushing and shoving to order their drinks… a little regardless…

Whenever I hang out with my friends and we feel for bubble tea or milk tea this is our go to place. They have a wide variety of drinks and things to put in your drink like tapioca, jelly, flowers and sweet beans.
The pricing is pretty cheap as well. If you’re getting a large, trust me it’s a large. Yhebserving size is really fair. They also always have special deals and sales going on.
However even though it’s amazing the place does share the space with a restaurant which means you’re waiting for you drink (s) outside. Still worth it though

Didn’t like it. There was something in it that gave it a grainy taste. Didn’t care for the service either.

This is my go-​to bubble tea place in flushing, mainly because the Buy one, get one deal is really too good! This deal applies to many flavors. The large rose-​milk tea was awesome, not too sweet, and the amount of pudding given was very generous, all for about $ 2.00 (of course, this was part of the BOGO deal too, so I got 2 bubble teas for about $ 4). Like most places in Flushing, it is cash-​only. The place itself is kind of dirty and unsightly, but most people just buy their bubble tea to go.

I highly recommended… It’s really hard to get authentic AND cheap boba in States. Chatime has a buy one get one free menu, so it’s half the price which is amazing. Their milk tea and pearls are good and the service is not bad.

Price is cheap, they have BOGO all the time, quality is so-​so, you get what you pay for, will come back to grab on the run, but given more time in the area, there are plenty of better choices for sure…

Probably the best bubble tea deal you can get in Flushing, they have a lot of BOGO offers and buy 2 for $ 3 or 2 for $ 4. Student discounts are valid as long as it’s not a sale item. The hot pudding milk tea is pretty good, could use some more pudding though. Like many other places you can choose your level of sugar and ice.
No seating, just grab and go. Not the best bubble tea but not the worst. Final rating? 3.5 stars

I love this place… The drinks are well priced and their boba is perfect — just the right consistency. I like the Taro and Matcha Red Bean Green Tea, as well as the Pomegranate Green Tea and Strawberry Slushee.
Only thing I don’t like much is that the menu is on a changing screen and doesn’t give a great snap shot of what they have.
Also, today I ordered a Match Red Bean Green Tea and they forgot to add the red bean. =(But that’s the only they have messed up the order and I’ve been going for years.

I love this bubble tea place because it seems to be one of the few that actually has Lychee Milk Tea! The large is only $ 3.76 (tax included) A lot is different variety of drinks to choose from as well.

So many flavors available. I think they actually have the most extensive menu (next to Kung Fu tea). This is my go to place for cheap fruity green tea. They have ongoing deals all the time like BOGO hot milk tea series or buy 2 for $ 4.50 green tea specials.

I realize it is an cultural and age thing, but I just don’t get Bubble Tea and the other Tapioca Bead drinks that seem to be every 20 feet along Main Street in Flushing. The line is long with what seem to be primarily high school age kids, but there are certainly some older folks waiting their turn or sucking hard on the large bore straws that allow the «bubbles» to be drawn into the mouth (Isn’t that a choking hazard?).
My friends wanted to try them, so who was I to demur? I found myself drinking an overly sweet «Green Tea» concoction, with Purple Tapiocas and Red Beans occupying the bottom third of the thin plastic container. I wondered what was in the bubbles, as they had a rather sickly spongy/​gooey consistency followed by a weird chew and swallow. Some lab work should be done, as I doubt its ingredients have ever been evaluated.
So, we took our drinks around the corner to a good Taiwanese bakery, ordered a few small cakes, and sat at their window bar to enjoy the street life.
I don’t see this product ever making my short list of favorite drinks.

I’m probably writing this as a reminder to myself to not buy from here again.
They didn’t clearly state what their 2 for $ 2 deal was and I felt like I was being rushed by the cashier to make a decision. It came out to be $ 4.50+ for two drinks, which isn’t an awful price I suppose, but the drink wasn’t that great.
The tapioca tasted like it was kind of burnt. Their mango milk tea was way too sweet and tastes more artificial. I’ve ordered a regular milk tea from here previously, and it was just too milky.
Maybe the other locations are better, but I don’t think I’ll be coming back to the one on Main St any time soon.

Don’t waste your money here.
It might be 50 cents cheaper, but it is not worth it.
Spend a little extra and go to kung fu tea or cocos.
This chain tastes MUCH better in Taiwan. They actually have a store in Taipei 101.
I’ve tired SEVERAL drinks from Chatime. Ranging from their milk teas, to green teas, to juices.
There juices are OKAY. But they taste much more artificial.
Their milk tea tastes horrible.
There green tea are usually too sweet or has a bitter taste (that isn’t coming from the tea).

We just came from Spa Castle and noticed the big sign saying 2 drinks for $ 3 and couldn’t resist, but noticed it was actually during certain hours. We decided to get a drink anyway and we’re so glad we did!
The green tea pear drink caught our eye and we both got the same drink. It pairs so well (trying to refuse using a pun here)! It was really refreshing and we both wish we got a large. It was sweet, but not cloyingly sweet. I actually just like liquid in my drinks so I didn’t get it with aloe vera, but I’m sure that would work well with this combination too. I actually can’t wait to get it again and am glad they have a location in Chinatown!

Their bubble tea was great! I’m taking a star off because of how confused an english speaking, bubble tea virgin was. My girlfriend and I stopped in for our very first cups of bubble tea after a lovely visit to the Queen Botanical Gardens (that looked like my backyard in Pennsylvania). I ordered Caramel and gf got Vanilla, both with coffee flavored jellies. It was by one get one free, so 4.50 total (50cents extra for coffee). The area makes you feel like you’ve been plucked from queens and dropped somewhere across the oceans. The bubble tea felt like the «when in rome» part of our trip. I enjoyed it so much, I’ve been seeking out other places closer to fulfill the craving.

The BOGO deals are awesome and wicked cheap!
My favorite is the coconut milk tea with boba or the taro milk tea. So good and the tapioca pearls are chewy with a slight hint of sweetness. Love getting it with the grass jelly also. There’s usually a line, but it goes by pretty quickly.

Dirty and rude.
I’m surprised no one complained abt how dirty it is there. this place is dirty! When waiting in line you can see the workers making the drinks and how they «clean up» after themselves. They use rags to clean the table and wipe the customers’ drinks… with the same rag! The workers are rude when your order is complicated. Even though I don’t speak Chinese, it’s so obvious they’re talking abt me right in front of me. Drinks aren’t even that great. I’d rather pay a dollar more for Kungfu tea. Not coming back here.

This is the smaller sister location of their other branch on Roosevelt Avenue.
Smaller store space but typically quicker service even with just a 2 man assembling line.
Weird.
The foot traffic is the same if not more than that on Roosevelt.
Expect a wait during summertime.
Expect no one during wintertime unless they want WARM/​HOT bubble tea.
YUCK…but I’d drink it anyway.
But they are conveniently located on your way to the subway.
Chew before swallow.
Gulp.

Fellow Unilocalers took me here and taught me a valuable lesson: You can order this stuff without the tapioca balls. To boot, you can order it without added sugar.
Amazing.
I used to stay away from these places – I’m a tea purist, I just throw leaves or ginger in hot water, okay? – but now my horizons have broadened. I’d come here again.
They have a Buy 1 Get 1 Free special – we got two large red bean milk teas for ~$ 5 – 6.
Speaking of – red bean is a great replacement for the tapioca bubbles, so if you for some reason insist on having a suspension of solids in your tea, but hate those gooey black balls, this is the way to go. And the red bean is sweet on its own, so you can skip the sugar and still have a sweet drink.
Minus point for not having the ginger tea, which is what I really wanted.