Share Tea

My friends and I walked past this place and thought we’d give a try. I’ve had sharetea when I was in New York (before they closed in Flushing) and really liked it. It was actually one of my favorite tea shops. I was really excited to see it in London too, but it came out to be so disappointing from the drinks we got. It was just not as good. I got the wenshan tea creama which is tea with milk foam on the top. The tea was way watered down and I couldn’t even finish my drink, threw it out halfway. For the price, it’s really not worth it.

BEST pearl milk tea in ALL of London! I have been to and tried several boba teas and nothing compares to this one! So good and perfectly made! The staff is also very friendly and knowledgeable :)
I will continue to come back weekly!

Naja, kann man mal machen! Aber einen echten Teetrinker würden sich hier eher die Haare sträuben. Man hat eine Menge Auswahl, kann sogar den Süßheitsgrad in Prozentangaben wählen. Tee mit Yakult, Matcha… man ist erst mal eine Weile damit beschäftigt die Karte zu studieren und die verschiedenen Zusammensetzungen durchzugehen, das führt dazu, das sich nach hinten einen große Schlange bilden kann. Wir waren zufällig am ersten Geburtstag im Laden und so gab es 2:1. Eigentlich wollte meine Freundin gar keinen Tee, aber klar das ich Sie nötigte um die Möglichkeit zu haben gleich zwei Sorten auf einmal zu testen um mir ein besseres Bild über das Geschäft zu machen. das Resultat, meiner Freundin schmeckte er gar nicht, so das ich am Ende auf ca. 1 Liter «Plörre» hängen blieb. Denn so wirklich lecker war es dann doch nicht und auf die Bubbles verzichteten wir gänzlich.
In Deutschland schossen die Bubble Tea Läden wie Pilze aus dem Boden, hatten aber keinerlei Überlebenschancen, aber im Land des Tees funktioniert das Konzept noch! Dennoch wundert es mich, da die Engländer ja qualitativ auch eher verwöhnt sind was guten Tee betrifft, womöglich sind es hier eher die vielen Touris, die den Laden am Leben erhalten!

Share tea is a really good brand from Taiwan, where bubble tea comes from, but this location is not as good as elsewhere globally.
The bubble tea is not bad and better than the more local chains, but you definitely don’t want to sit in the café. There’s no atmosphere and it’s kind of in a random spot and not very popular.
I always get the traditional pearl milk tea or the Okinawa pearl milk tea, which has brown sugar and has a roasted, nutty taste to it. Add in grass jelly for some good texture.
I actually recommend going to Chatime, I think that chain is much better and it’s only a block from Share tea.

Tea is good but they don’t offer wifi for guests… :(though they have a network I was told «it isn’t for customers.» There are also no outlets for people who want to charge their phones… No wonder no one chooses to sit in here… Bad policy for a place in the middle of a tourist spot! Two people came in after me asking for the wifi after they had ordered as well. Time for share tea to get with the 21^st century and provide wifi for their guests.

Coming from a big bubble tea/​boba community in so cal, I never tried this place before but heard it was in NorCal and was curious to try it in London. It was delicious and it tasted like home. Very satisfied.

I was pretty happy with my visit to Share Tea! I ordered the regular milk tea with pearls, hot. The boba was perfect and the milk tea was at 80% sweetness which to me was already very sweet. I liked that you can adjust your ice level and sweetness level… but it does make it confusing if you’re ordering more than one drink. :)
I was also able to try the matcha green tea on the house — it was at 100% sweetness and a bit too sweet for my taste. I liked it but if I ordered it I’d probably go for just 50% sweetness.
No public bathroom though… so don’t drink too much!