CuTea

I left a review for crawfish lovers that reviewed CuTea, too. but I guess I’ll just repost it here.
The atmosphere is extremely clean. and empty. Which probably helps in viewing the entire area. The interior decorations is like any other seafood themed restaurant…
MILKTEA — so here’s the cute part. I ordered an Almond MT + boba & grass jelly, Red bean MT + redbean x2. Remembering seeing someone else’s order, I asked the girl if she could upgrade my cup to a large. I thought there were sizes, heh. She does this adorable animé-​like pose where she grabs the cup, points, cheeses it and says «WE ONLY HAVE THE LARGE » ;). Almost had me getting another order for no reason, LOL.
bad news: The boba was either 2days old or extremely overcooked. Believe it or not. Almond MT wasn’t mixed up or something because there was a lot of powder when I drank it.

Not sure why the drinks they made are not consistent! I remember the first time me and my friends tried the strawberry paradise and the mango tango it was so great, with all the topping in it made by the owner, however I brought 3 drinks today it was so bad… my strawberry paradise doesnt come with any mango bites/​other topping and just simply the syrup drink and killed the taste. Then the mango tango/​paradise supposed to come with the green mango bite instead they give us the regular mango. overall I am so dissapointted on the girl who made our drinks. She’s seem rushing and don’t know what she is doing. They should have train their employees well.

The Jasmine Milk Tea was good, the boba was inconsistent in texture, some hard & some fine– definitely been sitting for a while. The cashier charged me for 2 when I ordered one and said she would give me $ 3.23 back in cash when I paid with my debit card. She seemed so casual about making that mistake and unapologetic.

The service was really nice. However their boba was extremely sweet. Could not even choose the percentage of sweetness. Ended up going home to dilute the milk tea.

I just ordered my first milk tea here and last time I came in few days ago they didn’t have the Thai tea. So we left and this is my 2^nd visit now and love the Thai tea taste, but I added on boba and they didn’t taste very good… it was pretty hard and not so chewy like quickly or tapioca express boba beans are nice soft and chewy. Overall I’m satisfied with the Thai tea I been craving. Customer service is good they greet you right when you walk into the door though.

I came here the first time i order taro drink with boba they didn’t have that so i mention what about grass jelly didnt either it was around
i pick chia seed they have that. second time i came around order avacado shake they blend overdue avacado taste was awwful.

I come in and order my drinks and order extra add ons too. Cashier was alright, she just walked away after I got my change back and didn’t even say thank you or please wait.
While I was waiting, the cashier that took my order was talking to another employee. They were bashing about how many add ons I ordered. That pissed me off.
Overall, my tea was too watered down and fruit bits were bitter and sour.

Their sign says that they’re open at 9AM. I come at 10AM and it’s completely closed.
The most basic way to run a good business is to first commit to the hours of operation that you post! It is such a turnoff to have inconsistent business practices. It doesn’t matter if the food and drinks in there are stupendous if the customer service and business operations are lacking.
Not cute CuTea! Not cute.

This is review is for their tea only. During all the times I came here it was at night so there wasnt a crazy line of high schoolers. I know their tea seems very similar to Jazen tea but it has more flavor and recently more fruits are added. The store owner or manager is very nice. If you are dissatisfied wit anything she would fix it without any question ask. since they just open a joint crawfish place they are giving 20% off. People give this place a chance!
P. S. They accept cards without any limit or extra charges. (Nvrmind they are no longer accepting cards)

You know, this place is pretty good. I thought it wouldn’t be since it’s in a rundown place, but it really surprised me. I ordered a matcha smoothie in a large cup. But they only filled it half way? I guess the girl was new but I’m really forgiving so thanks for sparing me the calories ! My boyfriends drink was good too, can’t remember! My point is, it’s worth trying. BUT I once walked in on a weekend at 1 and they were closed. How disappointing! The management is iffy so they should work on that. But drinks are good.

Hmm… I really wanted to like this place, and was about to give it 3 stars, but while sipping on my jasmine milk tea, I choked not from a piece of pearl, but the metal wire from the dish washing sponge! I had such a difficulty time getting it out my throat! -.- that thing scratched my tongue because it got so deep in my mouth! And that thing could have scratched my esophagus lining! I will never come back! Come on, this was purely unsanitary and could hurt somebody. And how in the world can you not notice it in the mixing cup before you pour your tea!!! I used to work in a Asian fast food place and it’s never inappropriate to cut corners and rush!
And I was sort of glad that I was the one who choked on the wire instead of my niece because I was sharing a drink with her! Gawd, it would have been awful if it was her who swallowed it! And popcorn chicken was more batter than chicken! (And I went here based on Unilocal reviews about the chicken) Terrible first impression ;/​
And while I was there waiting, I saw a lot of the customers wiped their utensils since they all had the look that food particles still remain on the utensils! I was going to try their phở since it looked delicious coming out of the kitchen, but I’d rather go somewhere else that won’t kill me!
I would never recommend this place to any of my friend!
Go elsewhere!

CuTea is a knock-​off of Jazen Tea but unfortunately not as good. They have similar chubby cups with assorted Fruit Flavored teas, milk teas and other boba drinks. Chubby cups are definitely cute but so impracticable. I cannot fit the cups in my cup holder and hate the risk of it spilling it all over my car when I drive home.
I’ve tried the Strawberry Passion which is what the cashier recommended. It was good, but nothing really special. It’s refreshing and light with little bits of fruits. Not as super flavorful or memorable. The place is definitely hard to spot, especially at night because the sign outside in a Phở restaurant with a banner underneath that says CuTea. It’s a small restaurant with plenty of seating if you want to come and enjoy a drink with your friends. Service is very friendly and I wouldn’t mind coming back sometimes.

So I must agree with some that say that this place was a little hard to find but eventually I found it:) I guess it’s inside a phở restaurant, which it is a little small but that didn’t stop me from trying this place out (I came here to try out the drinks, not so much the food though).
So the first thing I did noticed is that this place does kind of resembles JazenTea/​Sipatea. I wanted to try out a milk tea since I really like them soo I got the Coffee Milk Tea with pearls/​boba and I really liked it! Their coffee milk tea taste way better than Tapioca! (And I am a big Tapioca Fan) lol I also tried their Strawberry Paradise which does taste similar to Jazentea’s Tutti Frutty. Does are so far the only drinks I tried from there and I really liked them! They were pretty good!
The thing I did not like is their location. They share a very small parking lot with like two Mexican/​taco restaurants, a 7 Eleven, a gas station, and other small stores which makes it a little hard to find parking lot when its a little busy. Other than that, whenever I want a coffee milk tea this is the place I go to:)

Pros:
Service: the people working here are super friendly and polite plus they are usually fast with getting drink orders out.
Stamp cards: I remember when most pearl tea shops offered stamps cards back in the day when there was no 5 star service system. So it was nostalgic getting those stamp cards again.
Cons:
Drinks: I tried the original iced milk drink here for the first time and it was the worst drink I’ve had in a while. It had a disgusting toffee flavor aftertaste. It was so horrible, I had to throw away the drink after taking several sips. I came back to give it another try but this time trying something simple such as the milk tea and the strawberry paradise flavored tea drink and it wasn’t as worst as the iced milk but it was still bad enough for me to toss out. I would definitely come back to try their phở but not for the drinks.

Pros:
–Popcorn chicken tasted great! It doesn’t taste old or stale like some of the other milk tea places.
–They have their own stamp card
— Located inside Phở Ngon, so you only have to make one stop for lunch/​dinner and a sweet treat.
— they have fresh grass jelly here!!!
Cons:
–the area where the drinks are made doesn’t look very attractive. It looked very messy when we came in.
— the drinks were really really sweet– I usually ask for less sweet when I order my drinks, but even so for the regular sweetness drink it was way too sweet.

Not the best, but not bad! I came here when the place just opened, and the drinks weren’t very impressive to be honest. The taro milk tea didn’t even tasted like taro, and the boba was hard to chew. I decided to give it another try and they improved a lot! Highly more impressive & delicious!
Now that they’re serving snacks such as popcorn chicken, calamari, etc. I enjoy this place even more! Friendly service too!

damn it.
i forgot the friendly cashier’s name. hes the one that did our drink.
he was such an adorable person.
he even drew a giraffe/​dinosaur/​unicorn for my son on his cup
i ordered the something healthy (#6)
no sugar added, only beets, pineapple, something and something.
i like the taste of it because im trying to eat healthy now and it was something different for a milk tea place to have.
and yes this place is kind of like phở hoa with jazen tea

Place is very similiar to Jazen tea and at first I was skeptical to try this place since they pretty much copied jazen tea ! Even their drinks are sort of the same but after coming here so many times, I found out that this place is pretty good but not the best ! It’s just very convenient for me. Now I don’t have to go all the way across the east side just to grab a drink. Décor is pretty plain and simple. There’s usually a couple of people that works there.
Cutea is also combined with phở ngon !
Well to the people who like mango fuzz at Jazen tea, you’d probably like the mango tango here even though their drinks are sometimes sweeter.
Happy that I found a place nearby that’s similar ! (:

I came here today to try out their drinks for the first time. Wasn’t sure what to order so I got the taro milk tea, mung bean milk tea & peach me up. Prices are decent at a little over $ 3 for a regular size with add ons for an extra $ 0.50. Surprisingly they accept credit/​debit cards for no minimum and extra charge.
TARO MILK TEA. Disappointing to say the least, their milk tea isn’t even taro flavored but more like regular milk tea that they just add taro chunks and call it taro milk tea. The flavor of the milk tea was rather disappointing, not sweet at all.
MUNG BEAN MILK TEA. Was as disappointing as the taro because same concept. Milk tea was not mung bean flavored but just regular milk tea with added chunks of mung bean at the bottom. Milk tea was flavorless, not sweet and on the watered down side.
PEACH ME UP. This was the only drink i got out of the 3 that was actually not disappointing. Was a little on the too sweet side but refreshing. Reminds of me Sipatea/​Jazen or whatever they call it now. Their mango fruit add ons are on the sour side which i like.
The layout of the place is weird, its attached to Phở Ngon so theres a long line on the side to order drinks with minimal seating. More of a place to get your drink togo than to sit around and mingle.
I know this place just opened up and probably still working out their kinks. You can tell because they’re still working out of portable coolers and took a very long time to get our drinks made. The girl that took our order didnt seem to know the menu that well herself. Has potential but I’m probably going to wait a long while before coming back, hopefully their drinks will get better.

When I first heard of Cutea, I was hesitant to try it because it would be like any other tea place opening around San Jose. The place is inside Phở Ngon. I got the Majestic tea with lychee jelly and it had a smiliar taste to the Tuttie Fruiti at Sipa, but better. And my sister got the Caramel Ice coffee and it wasn’t too sweet and they actually made it from real Vietnamese coffee cause I saw the lady making it. Overall good first time experience.