Tastea
979 Story Rd, San Jose, CA
Crema's Take
“Tastea is a late-night gathering spot in San Jose that keeps the creative drinks flowing until 11 p.m., making it the go-to place for young professionals and students unwinding after work or school. Their signature creations like the coconut blueberry shine with careful flavor balance, though adventurous regulars appreciate the rotating specialty options like pandan milk tea that push beyond the usual boba shop offerings. With its energetic, welcoming vibe and light food menu, it's the kind of place where you can linger over an inventive drink and actually relax.”
What to expect
Google Reviews
This trendy place is especially popular with young people who come to hang out and chat after work or school. It’s open late, closing at 11 p.m., which makes it a perfect evening spot.
Cute spot with lots of creative drink options and friendly service! The coconut blueberry is a standout — super refreshing, nicely balanced, and definitely a must-try 🍹✨ I was excited for the coconut matcha, but it didn’t quite hit the mark for me. The matcha flavor was a bit too strong and overpowered the coconut. Still a solid place overall, and I’d come back to try more flavors!
Pandan milk tea was good but could be better with more pandan flavor than coconut. Would love for the pandan flavor to be more akin to the pandan flavor from CA Bakehouse’s pandan waffles. I ordered with no ice and topped off and lite sugar, but half sugar would have been better. The grass jelly included in the drink floats on top so it’s hard to slurp it up the straw from the bottom of the cup.
On January 9th, around 4–5 PM, I came in to purchase a drink and had one of the worst customer service experiences I’ve had here. The girl employee working at that time did not acknowledge me at all—no greeting, no basic courtesy—and her attitude was very rude and unprofessional. On top of that, the drink was made extremely poorly. It tasted completely different and much worse compared to the drinks I usually get from other staff members on previous visits. This experience was very disappointing and unacceptable. Due to the rude service and lack of quality, I will not be returning. Management seriously needs to address staff behavior and service standards.
We were at this shopping area next to tastea and saw the crowd. Whe we look closely, it is their 2nd anniversary and has BOGO for specialities drink and if you spend certain amount you will get free gift. We were targeting to spend 15 dollars to get the shopping bag. Line was long and slow. When it was our turn, as we didn't pay attention on which drink qualify for BOGO, we hsve to redo the order. After we ordered our drinks were ready pretty quickly. Happy to get nice back and the drinks were good the vietnamese coffee is on the light side.
Crema Reviews
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