T4

Very very slow service… I went at 10:30pm and after ringing me up I was told the kitchen was closed and no more snacks/​foods. My favorite drink is also «not available tonight». Then they proceeded to mess up my order and did not put boba in there. After they remade it they forgot I was there… I waited a long time for 2 drinks. Ridiculous. Never going back again.

I love a good bubble tea but rarely venture from the tried and true. But sometimes you have a craving, an adventurous spirit, and a partner in crime, so that’s how wifey and I found ourselves at T4. Since we were trying a new place, we decided to get more than a bubble tea — we ordered basil popcorn chicken, egg/​bubble waffle, and a plain milk tea with tapioca.
The chicken came with a variety of sauces, which helped cover the bland fried chicken bites. The egg waffle was flavorless and could have used some sweet sauces (chocolate? nutella? whipped cream?). The tea was okay but not awesome.
It was nice to try something new, and I would go again if somebody else suggested it. But if I’m on my own, I’ll go back to my favorite joint next time I have a bubble tea craving.

I tried their Earl Grey milk tea with Boba today and I’m a say that they could use some improvement. I ordered the same beverage on the mission boulevard location and it was spectacular. However this location seemed to be very bland. The tea didn’t really have much taste and although I shouldn’t be complaining, they had way too much pearls

I went here in the afternoon. The service was half assed. The wait was 30 minutes for one damn drink. The drink wasn’t even made correctly! If you’re into hanging out in an extremely crowded tiny store with rowdy high school kids, this is your spot.

My go-​to boba joint for whenever I’m in the Fremont area (or even if I’m just feeling T4, I’ll just make the drive). T4’s roasted oolong milk tea and panda milk tea are distinctive and unique; no other boba place makes oolong tea as flavorful as T4 does, and I’ve definitely had my fair share of oolong teas. The panda milk tea (milk tea with black and white boba) is the best PMT I’ve ever had; get it with 80% sugar and no ice (T4’s drinks still come cold even without ice). It’s flavorful and light, not at all overwhelming or too sweet. An absolute treat for your taste buds!

Under their new management, the place got a bit of a facelift– but here’s why I’m giving only 2 stars:
— the flashing screens in the back are too fast, especially when you want to read the special combos
— they no longer take Fivestars, and therefore don’t honor any rewards you may have earned up
— service has taken a hit (except for one guy, I’ll explain below)
— my milk tea was only filled about 80%
The guy in the black LA Dodgers hat was really nice and showed sympathy to a lady disappointed about the Fivestars change– he’s another reason I’m not just giving 1 star.

T4 is yet another new boba spot, and since I’m still on my boba phase, had to stop by for a drink. It wasn’t packed on a Saturday afternoon, so I was able to order and get my drink in less than 5 minutes. I tried the Okinawa Milk Tea (50% Sweet & Ice, $ 3.50,
), and 50% was the perfect amount of sweetness for me. I regret not getting the white boba, since I needed something to chew on while drinking my milk tea. In any case, I thought the milk tea here was solid and had good flavor, and I liked that they have communal board games if you want to stay and hang out. Parking can be really bad during the lunch rushes, but it was fine during the afternoon.

I came here with my coworkers for lunch and as soon as we walked in I felt calm. The color theme and the cleanliness of this place is definitely a step up from your average boba place. I ended up getting the passion fruit royal tea and popcorn chicken. My friends got teas with lobster ball, popcorn chicken, and calamari.
They had salt + pepper, cayenne (?), and curry powder! What boba place has curry powder? The food took a while to come out, but it was worth the wait. The popcorn chicken had a crispy exterior and a juicy interior (dark meat). It didn’t feel overly oily or fatty either which was a plus! I tried my friend’s calamari and WOW. The calamari was not rubbery at all, it almost melted in my mouth! Even some restaurants can’t get this kind of texture with their calamari.
I would definitely come back for a snack next time!

I miss the old times when everything (except the smoothie) was $ 2.50 each before 5 p.m. Anyways, their drinks and snacks are still delicious. I recommend the first timers to think about the level of sweetness (regular sweetness is way way way too sweet for me).
If you are looking for a study place or a quite place like Suju’s coffee, then this place would not be a good choice because they always have load music on. However, this place would be a wonderful place to hang out with friends since they have free wifi and games provided for customers.
The main reason I gave 5 stars for this place is their high quality services. The cashier with the bun has the greatest service with friendly smile on his face all the time.

Another representative from Taiwan! I came here with a fellow Taiwanese hoping to find some home flavours. There are many T4s in the Bay Area and this just happens to be really close by.
tl;dr get the crispy chicken and a bubble tea; skip the rest.
The bubble tea here is decent, as usual. Better than the stuff that plagued here before but a long way from being the best.
We also ordered a hefty amount of food and there are a few surprises. The crispy chicken is actually good (tears of joy)! The breading was not too thick and there’s a good flavour and crisp to it. However, the other items were just so-​so. They messed up the sweet potatoes, and the green onion crepes were the incredibly thick kind without much flavour.
The space is rather large and there are a few sit down tables should you decide to linger here with a laptop.

There are so many boba spots in the bay area that honestly it is so hard to keep up with them all! But T4 had finally finished with their remodeling so my hubby and I decided to come back to remember why we were in love with it in the first place.
First off, I totally dig the new look. The new white booths, the bright teal walls, and the television screens with moving pictures of their most popular drinks brought a nice modern feel to the place. On top of the new look, they also adjusted their menu, taking out some drinks and implementing some new ones. At first, my hubby thought they had taken out his favorite drink, the french pudding milk tea, but thankfully they did not. I myself got the jasmine milk tea with pudding that was still on the menu. But don’t hesitate to ask them to make a drink that you used to have there before! It may still be there!
T4 has a variety of different promos that are available during normal weekdays at certain hours. There are happy hours, special combo meals, and even a discount for students. It’s a little hard to keep track of them all, so just remember to read all the signs. You can save some good money!
Price-​wise, T4 is pretty cheap if you order the small cup size, but if you choose to get the large cup, then it will cost about the same as most places. My hubby loved his french pudding milk tea. It was as creamy as he remembered it with a slight undertone of brown sugar. My jasmine milk tea tasted as it should with more of a tea-​flavor than milk, but perfectly sugary enough to satisfy my sweet tooth. The egg pudding was also incredibly smooth.
Unfortunately, T4 no longer uses five stars (bummer!), but they have a new stamp card now: buy 9 drinks, get 1 free! Pretty good! Overall, we are both super happy that even though T4 went through some changes, the way they make their drinks did not. And we will definitely cheer for that!

Popcorn chicken and green tea… Perfect after dinner snack because I can! I ordered the basil popcorn chicken without salt and pepper because they do load up on the salt here.
M-​F from 6−10pm is happy hour where all drinks are only $ 2.50… Makes me super happy! You can customize the ice and sweetness, which is always a plus.
They also started selling egg puffs here, however, the price is outrageous compared to quickly’s. It’s $ 4.95 here. ($ 3.99 elsewhere). I will pass on this and hope they lower their price.
Oh yah, LOVE the straws here… Where else can you get metallic gold and silver straws?

Warm Springs上这家感觉真不错，特别推荐Chicken Wing和Fried Flour Bun， 都是外酥里嫩，吃起来很爽[色][色]
I really enjoyed the Avocado Milkshake, Chicken Wing, Fried Flour Bun and Fried Lobster Ball

Alright, T4, you’ve earned a star back. You’re still here, and I still love you. Most importantly, I still shell out my hard-​earned money to keep you around. I figured, hey, if I’m still coming to you after all this time, you get at least 4 stars!
This location recently went through a renovation, but now it’s back and trendy as ever. The wall menu is now replaced by a couple flat-​screens advertising some of their more popular drinks. Paper menus are available near the register where you order. After reviewing their menu briefly, I didn’t really notice any changes. Perhaps subtle changes were made to a few items but the design and variety is still as great as they were before.
Like with most milk tea places, I have a select few drinks that become my «usuals,» one of the being the Elegant Rose Royal tea. So I order as I always have, specifying the sweetness and the ice level to my liking. However, for some reason, this time around I was told that they don’t put sugar in this drink, I was happy since I’m sensitive to sweetness. Not long later, I got my drink and I was happy… Except. How in the world is this drink still so sweet, sans sugar? Could it be syrup???
Although the Elegant Rose tea was sort of a disappointment in terms of sweetness, I still found the drink perfectly refreshing and gulped it down within 10 minutes. There are many other drinks to choose from anyway, where sweetness can be adjusted.
Service here is pretty nice and their happy hour is pretty good. Currently there’s a 15% discount if you have a work or school ID on you at time of purchase, except during happy hours, which has now changed from 2−5pm to 6−10pm! I saw no sign of the 5-​star rewards card system anywhere though. Hrmm.

First time here and it was pretty good. I ordered the mango milk tea (usually comes with whipped cream but I said no whipped cream), aloe jelly, boba, normal sweetness and 30% ice. They have a big menu which is awesome for those who like exploring different flavors. The only thing holding my review back from 5 stars is the customer service. They’re very fast, but the conversation between worker and customer was not great. It’s kind of like «hi, order, money, k bye» kind of thing, and when I went it wasn’t busy at all.
They do have a stamp card though!

Haven’t been to this place in almost two years. As I remembered last I never came back because I didn’t enjoy the drink I got and the drive is a bit far from San Jose.
Was in the area tonight getting dinner so my friend and I decided to stop by and get something to drink. Place is clean, spacious, and very teal. Staff is super friendly too. My mistake but I realized I ordered my drink wrong. I thought the osmanthus tea had milk in it but it didn’t. The barista was so kind enough to allow me to keep it and make me a new one. I ended up getting a roasted oolong milk tea with grass jelly 50% sweetness and my friend got the rose milk tea with pearls.
Mines was made perfectly and surprisingly the rose one wasn’t overpowering at all. You can taste the tea flavor in both. Drinks are a bit sweet even though we adjusted them. So be careful. Besides that I would definitely come back. Drinks are way better than the last time I remembered under their new management.

One of my favorite tea places to go to in Fremont. Service is fast, and they recently renovated the inside, making it look cute and classy.
I always order the yogurt green tea there, it tastes like my favorite childhood drink, Yakult. I highly recommend this drink, it’s so refreshing! Their other drinks are also pretty decent, and you can customize your sweetness and ice level here as well.
Their basil popcorn chicken is also my favorite. I would come here specifically for this chicken! It’s super crispy and I love the bits of basil that will come with it. Delicious.
It can be crowded here sometimes, but I never had to wait more than 10 minutes for a drink. And the rare times they have messed up on my order, they were quick to correct it!
Definitely one of the better tea places in Fremont.

Eh, I’ve been here a couple times over the course of the last three months after my AYCE shabu shabu at the plaza over. But this last time I stopped by on a Wednesday night at around 8pm, all the lights were all and the windows were boarded up– couldn’t even look inside. I just drove past it really quick didn’t even bother looking for parking, but I notice the sign that they were closed for an undisclosed amount of time and will be back soon. No date, no contact– well that was short lived.
The times that I was there, the drinks came out in a decent amount of time. It was difficult for the cashier to understand my orders and for some reason, they don’t take my five star. They’re somewhat slow with creating orders, even though it’s never busy when I stop by. Whenever I’m here, I grab myself the Roasted Oolong Hot Milk Tea with boba, and it’s a bummer that they don’t cut that hole on top of your lid anymore so you can put your straw through. At normal sweetness, it was a good amount of sweet in my drink. It didn’t leave that nasty powdery feeling on my tongue which was much appreciated.
The inside of this location was actually really nasty. It was always dirty and had this wretched smell like dumpster. Wasn’t sure if it’s coming from the inside of the store or elsewhere. Hopefully when they reopen, some changes will be made.

I’ve only recently started coming to T4, as I’ve been seeking a comfortable study spot open later, since my usual suspects of Fantasia (
and Tea Lyfe (
tend to shut it down a bit early. My only criteria for boba shops is that they must have a soothing, ambient atmosphere that is not too loud, of course have decent drinks (don’t have to be stellar), and lastly, reliable wi-​fi.
This eliminates crowded, smaller stands with lines out the door, such as Gong Cha or ShareTea. The only other café in the area that I thought of was Super Cue (
), but during a recent trip, I was less than impressed by their powdery drinks. On to T4! Would this place meet my reasonable expectations?
The first thing when I walked in, I noticed a stylish, modern décor, with Taiwanese pop music blasting over the booming system at a moderate volume, and a hip, young, well-​mannered crowd filling up about 75% of the joint. Seats appeared soft and cozy, with plenty of legroom to boot. Criteria #1: Pass!
As for #2, which are the drinks, the initial few times, I ordered the matcha with fresh milk and no ice, with either 30% or 0% sweet. It’s pretty darn good! Although not bloody excellent by any stretch, it certainly far surpasses what I’d deem to be just adequate. On my most recent visit last night, what started out as a bummer because they ran out of fresh milk, actually turned out to be a blessing.
Since I couldn’t order my usual, I had to try something else, and chose the basic jasmine milk tea with no ice and 30% sweet. Wow! I was more than satisfied with the taste. As a matter of fact, it reminded me of the Japanese green milk tea at one of my former favorite boba shops, the old J&S in Richmond (before they changed to Bubble Loca). I had been craving that flavor for awhile, and had not been reacquainted with it until now. Criteria #2: Pass with flying colors!
And finally, the wi-​fi. On each long outing of at least an hour or two, the internet has been blazingly fast, never dropping out a single time, even when I was tapping remotely into my home computer. Of course, I always notice that I am the only laptop camper in the entire establishment, so perhaps if more people were to log on, it might slow down. Then again, if my experience is any indication, most visitors tend not to use the internet anyhow. Criteria #3: Pass!
There you have it. With all bases covered, I think I have found a keeper! I am very pleased to officially add T4 to my short rotation of reliable study spots. Do keep in mind that I am NOT and have never claimed to be a milk tea or boba connoisseur. I merely frequent the cafés because they provide the ideal environment to get some work done!
Tidbits:
–Awesome Taiwanese music that is not distracting at all.
–The famous potted plant drink (with a mint leaf to mimic a plant and cookie crumbs made to look like soil) is offered here. Honestly, I didn’t know that it was available in NorCal, since I only knew about it from watching the 626 videos from the Fung Bros. The funny thing is that the top is still sealed off, so you can’t really see the plant anyhow.
–Labels on the cup describing the drink, the sweetness, and amount of ice are a BRILLIANT touch. I have no idea why other places do not do this as well. This way, you don’t have to ask the bobaristas which is which, and this also protects the shop, as unscrupulous patrons cannot turn around and lie, saying they ordered something else when they actually just changed their minds.

You know what? I needed to update my review as clearly things have changed or perhaps I just ordered the right drink this time! So I stopped by T4 during happy hour so everything is $ 2.50 including snacks. I got the Lychee black tea, 30% sugar and ice (got a large which is $ 0.50 more) and fried squid. The lychee black tea was very refreshing and appreciated the small cubes of lychees on the bottom. I was initially bummed out because I forgot to ask for boba, but I didn’t miss it. The fried squid was actually a large squid sliced and breaded with a kind of breading that reminds me of shimp/​squid chips, different than other places. But beware, it will make your car smell for a few days if you have to drive far like I do. I don’t know if I liked it, but I do prefer other location’s fried squid better, but it was a nice little departure from it.
I paid $ 6 for everything and it was a nice large snack which I enjoyed. I’ll see if I do come back if it’s consistent but glad I had a better experience this time than the last time I went.

Ahhh T4. So conveniently close to Little Dipper Hot Pot. You are perfect after hot pot.
Seriously though, there’s happy hour here from 1−5pm where most drinks on their menu is $ 2.50 and popcorn chicken is also discounted. Grass jelly milk tea is really tasty and almost kinda light. It doesn’t leave you feeling kinda gross like some of the other boba chains do: P
There’s also a drink called the potted plant milk tea that’s basically roasted oolong tea with crushed oreo bits on top. It was pretty good and tasted like a lighter version of an Oreo McFlurry.
I’m a fan of this place and will definitely be coming back: D

Happy hour 1 to 5 pm everyday? $ 2.50 popcorn chicken during happy hour? Delicious tea that doesn’t taste like sugar overload? WE LOVE T4.
Let’s start with the fried snacks. I’m a sucker for Taiwanese style popcorn snacks due to the MSG and sodium content. During happy hour we thought they would skimp on the popcorn chicken, but they didn’t! For $ 2.50, an order of popcorn chicken is very generous (nearly twice the amount Tapex gives). And the chicken is probably on par with tapex. It’s a bit sweeter but still very tasty. The only downside is that they don’t add spices, you have to do it yourself. They have shakers filled with chili powder, salt and pepper, and other stuff. They also have sriracha, sweet chili sauce, and hot and sour sauce available at the condiments section.
We also tried the calamari rings which were my favorite. They give a great amount of calamari rings, even during HH, and the rings are large! The fried snacks doesn’t taste like there’s too much of oil unlike tapex, which is something I feel better about after eating them.
The drinks here taste very legit. My bf loves the bitter melon drink here. I always opt for the 80% sweet milk tea and green tea, which are not sweet and taste more like tea not sugar.
We love it here and will definitely drive the extra 10 minutes for the HH deal!