Yi Fang Tea

Jayson Chen

Stopped by this Taiwanese milk tea shop and tried their fruit tea super fresh and flavorful, but a bit too sweet for me even at 30%. Still tasty, just wish the sweetness leaned a little lighter. No seating area here, so most people just hang around outside the store waiting for their drinks or chatting around the corner. Kinda adds to the casual, street-style vibe though. Also got the Sun Moon Lake black tea good overall, but could be a little stronger. 30% sugar was perfect for that one. Overall, solid spot for a quick tea fix.

Katrina

Their Signature Yifang fruit tea is excellent. It comes with slices of fruit. The tea is fragrant and flavorful. The best fruit tea I've tried. Also tried one of the seasonal item: Kyoho Grape Breeze. It's also good with a slight hint of grape flavor. Would like the grape flavor to be stronger. Their drink is very good, however, this place is super small. There is only one line to enter and come out, and no place to stand around inside while waiting for your drink. It gets congested easily when it is crowded. When you drink is ready, you'll have to squeeze your way through to get inside during peak hours.

sahithi t

This has become our new favorite go-to place for summer drinks. We love their Mango fruit tea and Mango Pomelo Sago with 50 percent sugar. 30 percent sugar is great too. Would love to try more recipes here. 8-9$ for a large drink per person, feels a bit expensive if you’re a regular.

Ayesha K

Update: the smashed lemon iced tea is perfect for a hot summer day. Cute little bubble tea place on Castro street. Got the brown sugar pearl cocoa bubble tea latte - came with a lot of boba and hot chocolate at the bottom. Recommend mixing it vigorously to get the best flavor. The hot chocolate tasted like it was sweetened with honey although I’m not sure. There were two tablets through which one needs to order and pay. They ask for your number and send you a text when your order is ready. No chatting with the cashier which is a drawback in my opinion.

Marisa

I got the matcha brown sugar. With least sweetness and ice. Flavor was very good but the boba were too mushy for me. They were like melting, had no shape and were not that chewy. More loose and slimy. I like boba that have some give and chew but still fresh. Price is a little pricey, $8 for the size is I think 1-2 dollars too expensive

Meline J

My cousin recommended Yi Fang versus another boba shop across the street so, we went there on Monday night after dinner. The shop is very small with no seats inside but there are 2 tables for outdoor seating. There was a short line so I thought this should be good. There are 2 iPad (one inside & one outside the shop) to place order. They do have lots of variety of menu. I recommend to look at the poster before ordering because it can be overwhelming. I ordered regular size Fresh Taro latte with mochi cake jelly (30 % sugar & no ice). I put in my phone number. I got the receipt & was called via text when my order was ready. Despite the short line, the service was pretty quick (less than 10 minutes). The fresh taro latte was pretty good. It's basically milk with lots of taro bits. The mochi cake jelly was good! And they put generous amount of the jelly. Even with 30% sweetness, it was still sweet for me (more like 50% sugar in other place). Thankfully, the unsweetened taro bits can counter the sweetness of the milk. I will probably try their fruit tea next time.

sleepy

Had their bogo special. Sugar cane mountain tea and their fruit tea. Sugar cane mountain tea was four stars for me. Had it with 30% sweet since sugar cane is already pretty sweet. Tasted good, but not much sugar cane taste. The fruit tea was great. So good we went back for a second one the same day! Really refreshing, not to sweet and perfect for a hot day. Don't expect much from the fruit inside the drink though. Would definitely get the fruit tea again.

Julia Montez Rath

In my experience, the best boba around. Wonderful taste, texture, and temperature (I highly recommend the brown sugar pearl black tea latte). However, like with most other boba shops, I can only go on occasion because the packaging all goes to the landfill.

Jonathan Quintanilla Hoang

I ordered mango pomelo 50% sweet. But it's still over sweet, like 100% I could enjoy it because it was too sweet, but my friends' drinks were good 👍🏽.

A Zhou

misleading buy one get one free offer for the green grape sago. it's 2-6pm but they don't make it clear when you order on the kiosk. placed order at 6:02 because it makes you put your phone number and asks you to get a membership or something (got in line a few min before 6). employee was unsympathetic and the drink was mediocre. the grape flavor was artificial and the lowest sweetness, 30% was far too sweet. they claim to use cane sugar but it tastes like erythritol. the tea was also too mild. it was also $8 which doesn't reflect the size and taste at all.