Green Leaf Tea And Cafe

I went with my mom since she was craving a milk tea. I used to go to this place a lot back when it was ABC snacks and drinks but I haven’t gone back since I stopped going to the tutoring place next door. I ordered an avocado shake and my mom ordered a regular milk tea with grass jelly. Both drinks were not yummy! My avocado shake tasted more like vanilla ice cream than avocado and my mom’s drink had a bitter aftertaste to it. I would probably never order any drinks here but I would come back for doughnuts. I think the only place I can trust to serve me a good avo smoothie is Bambu.

I thought I was going to abc drinks. I just walked into kitchen nightmares. This place is a mess. All tables not bussed. A 6 month old baby left alone in the lobby in a stroller in her pajamas. 3 children running around the place knocking over donut boxes and sitting in bus tubs. (obviously the owners children) Cords everywhere and a big ladder where they are doing work.
I ordered almond milk tea thinking it was almond milk. I watched her pour 6 squirts of almond flavoring. I asked if its almond milk and she said they don’t have it. OK… way too sweet for me. Awful.

Ok since I JUST tried this place and it is sooooo much more different from all the other times I came.
BEWARE OF THE GUY CASHIER!
He needs to learn how to make the drinks. Its literally like water with 2 cups of sugar, added a lil milk for look then pearls. Thats what it tastes like.
I asked him for one scoop of ice cream but can he plit it in half for my kids. He literally SCRAPED the ice cream twice. And charged me for 2 scoops.
Good luck on making business if you keep that guy around.

I’m not big on boba drinks. I can definitely live without them. However, my sister is a bobasaur and this was the new milk tea shop that opened in place of ABC Drinks. Since they were having a BOGO promotion, we decided to give this place a shot. The BOGO is restricted in that one of the drinks HAS TO BE milk tea while the other one can be flavored. Still, it’s a pretty good deal price-​wise.
I tried the lychee milk tea and it was my first time ordering this flavor. I found it refreshing and very true to flavor, but I couldn’t taste the tea part. If you’re a lychee lover, I’d suggest ordering it! I ordered mine without pearls (a friend told me that each boba ball has ~15 calories… say what?!) but my sister said their pearls tasted good. Aside from drinks, they also offer ice-​cream and smoothies. But the selection seems sparse compared to ABC’s and, sadly, they do not offer green waffles. =(

I went when it first opened and I actually posted this new business to review later than evening but someone swooped in. (shakes fists!!!) that’s beside the point though :(
I got the BOGO deal for a taro and a red bean. The pearls were OK but the red bean was sooo terrible. It wasn’t soft at all like it wasn’t properly cooked. Taro was okay. Powdery.
My food partner went here about a month after he went along. When he arrived, it was completely empty and no one was at the cash register. He from the counter, he looked towards the back of the shop and saw the employee napping in the back.
The times i’ve gone has been when they first opened. I’m giving them the benefit of the doubt and they’ll work out the kinks until then

My friend, boyfriend and I decided to go walking this morning for our daily exercise routine and we ended up walking all the way from Aborn to Quimby. Before reaching this place my friend recommended the ABC milk tea place here since we were thirsty and hungry but we found out it was replaced with a new milk tea shop.
We entered and found that the owner was an acquaintance of my friend since he had owned a store that my friend is now in charge of. Anyways, my friend recommended the green iced tea which we ended up getting. I like that it was only $ 2.75. The strange thing is that when I have him $ 3, I was only given a penny back. I sure there was tax included but he didn’t tell me the price; that would have been nice to know. The drink was super tasty but the downfall was that it’s sweet. It was more on the sweet side than having the tea taste, but I didn’t really mind since I still ended up enjoying my drink. The only thing I personally didn’t like was their pearls– they were more on the hard side and didn’t have that honey flavor. I like my pearls to be chewy and soft but this was the complete opposite.
The service on the other hand was average. The man behind the register was very friendly but his accent was pretty difficult for me to understand ;(I did try having small talk with him haha. The interior design is lovely but a bit small. I’ll probably be coming back to try out some other drinks when I’m around the area again.

They took over the ABC snacks milk tea shop and I wanted to try their drinks since it was BOGO. I ordered green ice tea which was supposed to be 2.75 and my honey got the «free» Thai milk tea. The total came to 4.24 and I asked why since the tea I ordered was less than 3? She said she had to charge me a milk tea price or else the total would be over 5 bucks and I was okay? I didn’t mind because it was a new business and we love supporting small mom and pop shops.
So I asked her if the tea was powdered or if they use non dairy creamers– cheap processed products is not real milk tea and she said no and that the recipe is pre made and top secret. My senses were tingling with an uneasy feeling and I should have known what was going to be next. I figured my green ice tea with boba would be simple and couldn’t taste bad in any way. Boy was I wrong! The tea tasted so… off! I couldn’t place it– it didn’t taste fresh and there was a weird after taste which I didn’t understand why? The boba was slimy and gummy meaning I could have had really old boba which made me shudder just now. I switched with my honeys and took his Thai Milk tea instead and I KNEW it– the taste was not half and half it was non dairy creamer. I realize that both drinks did not taste freshly made. I wanted to tell her that these were not up to par and I couldn’t gag it down but they just opened and I felt bad. Now I feel worse for not giving feedback. So buyer beware I don’t think the way these drinks are made are just not my and my love’s preference. Will not return, I’m getting queasy thinking about this place…

Came in here on a Saturday solely because of their BOGO sign they have outside their store for any flavored milk tea. Went to order 2 thai teas and was told that’s not part of their BOGO. Suggestion: if you’re having a grand opening and a customer comes in for your BOGO for any flavored milk tea, honor it. It’ll most likely bring them back.
Overall, service is rude, price is way high, and drinks (mint tea) have WAAAAAAY to much sugar. If you want diabetes, I suggest you order it. Also, you may get overcharged so pay attention. I’d never come back.

Average milk tea café in San Jose.
Pros:
Service: the is a mom and pop shop so service is always genuine.
BOGO: as their promotion, they had a buy any flavored milk tea and get a complimentary milk tea. the prices alone aren’t too bad either.
Cons:
Drinks: Most of the drinks were on the sugary side with barely any taste of tea.

Honestly, I was super bummed when ABC closed down & after trying Green Leaf several times now, I have to say they’re no ABC):
Most of the interior looks the same but the color scheme has changed. It’s too dark for a tea place, IMO. The colors should be brighter & cheerful. Service was good but still not as friendly or personable as the previous owners.
I noticed that they offer free wifi using evergreen donut’s name so I asked about it. Turns out that they are owned by the same people & the donut shop will be moving here in about a month! This space is nicer and roomier, the donut business is busy in the mornings & the tea business is busy in the afternoons. Makes perfect sense in the business perspective.
They’re offering BOGO right now but I truly hope they up their tea game. The boba is soft/​chewy but has a different taste. Not sure how to describe it. The tea isn’t fragrant like ABC’s, I think it’s mainly flavor. Sad that I’m actually gonna have to drive further for my tea now! I’ll visit when the donut shop merges though…

I actually really like their pearls. They are soft and chewy and pretty tasty. I asked for my mike tea hot but they couldn’t do it. I will come back again though because the pearls are great!

Cool place to come by and relax for a bit. Couch seats and free wifi, why not? Same owners as Evergreen Donut. I wish they had larger sizes for their drinks though. Hard to beat their buy 1 get 1 free tea either. So far have tried mango, passion, thai, milk and guava. Guava is my favorite thus far but still want to try all the other flavors too (:

Tried Green Leaf Café today and I’m not quite happy with the new place tbh. We got taro mt, lychee mt, thai tea, and the original mt all with green tea. For the mt you have the choice to have green tea or black tea. We came there for the bogo deal and they didn’t have anymore boba and they only offered grass jelly in replacement. The grass jelly tasted weird to me and we weren’t satisfied with the taste of the drinks overall. The only drink that wasn’t so bad was the lychee mt. The service was slow even though we were like the only ones there.

I miss ABC. This place a whole different vibe. I’m not quite sure how I feel about it. It looks empty and less homey. The customer service is eh. I felt that ABC café really got to know their customers and appreciated our business. They always wanted input on how to improve. This place is just go in, buy your milk tea and leave. They still seem pretty new, because they were having issues using their credit card app, till I eventually asked them to just type in my info because the swiper wasn’t working. But on a positive note, they are having a buy one get one free promotion!

I admit it… I was drawn to the buy one get one free sign, hey what asian doesn’t like a good deal? The menu was limited but luckily I asked if I could get a drink without milk and he said that they do offer any of the teas with either black or green tea. I got the passionfruit black tea and a free thai tea both with pearls. The passionfruit black tea was pretty good but the pearls were a tad too soft for me. The thai tea was too concentrated and sweet but for someone getting a buy one get one free deal I shouldn’t be complaining. In all I will probably come back since the place is close to home and the gentlemen helping me was pretty nice so 3 stars for drinks and 1 star for service.

There drinks aren’t really all that great. They’re about 2.75 for a cup but when they make the drink they put A LOT of ice so in one sip the drink is practically gone. Their Thai tea is way too sweet and their milk tea is ehh. But you get what you get for that price. I probably wouldn’t come there for milk tea.

Delicious tea, and great prices.

Newly opened tea café that took over ABC’s location. Green Leaf Tea and Café currently has a promotion to buy one get one free on some of their specialty drinks. My boyfriend and I tried the taro milk tea and the lychee milk tea.
Taro Milk Tea is okay. My boyfriend enjoyed this more than I did. I tasted a lot of the taro powder which made the drink way too chalky for my taste.
Lychee Milk Tea was better than the taro but I’ve never had a lychee milk tea before so I really have nothing else to compare it to. I really liked the lychee bits included in the drink. It made the drink more natural tasting.
The pearls were pretty good. It was still warm and very chewy.
The service was good. The gentleman who I assume is the owner was very kind and friendly.
I’m not a huge fan of milk and so I’ll have to come again to try a drink without the milk…

The Lychee milk tea and the Guava milk tea is delicious. The lady that took my order was very nice, a very hidden spot but the ambiance is very welcoming.