Tea Magic

So I find myself back very near Columbia University again and decide to drop into Tea Magic as I have pasted it so many times in the past, I was a warm Saturday night and as I enter I notice that the shop is empty. Well I initially think...great no waiting. I look at the menu and that have a nice variety of drink options. But why hasn't anyone else come into the shop? I place my order (Black Milk Tea, Boba and some salted cheese action on top). They ask me what size and then point to their cup sizes. Their medium is like a large in most places and they large is looked like a 1/2 gallon. No one needs that much. Maybe its for a contest like if you drink it in 30 seconds you get a t-shirt. I get the medium and then the young lady behind the counter tells me the price.....$9.00?!?!? Well now I know why no one is in here. Glad I did not got for the large....I would have had to take out a loan.

Now my expectation of this drink was now much higher. I have to say that it had great tea flavor and the boba and salted cheese were very good. Was it $9.00 good. I don't think so. I am taking off one star for the price. Other than that the drink was good and the inside of the shop was nice.

As some other reviews mention, the boba is super sweet. The drinks are decent but pricy for portion and quality.

Service is prompt and there are some seats so perhaps worth it if you're looking for a place to sit.

This spot is really convenient just 3 blocks south of Columbia's campus and close to the 110 St subway (1 train). It is small inside but there are a few tables and a counter to order at the back. There are a lot of different milk and non-milk/fresh tea options and more than a dozen toppings to choose from.

Although there are options to customize the sugar, I ordered my drink with the lowest sugar option possible and it was made with full sugar anyways.

The drinks are SO SMALL for the price!! The small size tea with boba cost $7 and was literally the size of my palm.

Has simply never led me astray. Tasty teas made with barely any wait. Not much of a crowd too--if you're unlucky on timing you might run into a recently-released class of Columbia kids but barring that it's a chill spot. Drinks are usually too sweet but they're endlessly customizable so, y'know, customize them.

Pass by here pretty often but never got a drink here. Finally stopped by this afternoon. I wanted a brown sugar matcha latte with boba and saw they were advertising this exact drink on their window along with a line of other matcha drinks. The drink came out quickly, cost almost $8 for a small. Boba prices have gotten crazy.

Boba was chewy, could have been cooked just a little longer. The drink itself was too sweet. At first i thought it was bc of the boba but it was too sweet all the way through. Matcha flavor was there but I wish it was a little richer. Would ask for 50% or even 25% sweetness in the future.

Overall enjoyed the drink. Am not convinced to stop in for sure next time but also not dissuaded. Would stop in again if they offer another drink I happen to be craving

I come here sometimes. The drinks are good, and they can be customized, but I feel that they are too expensive. Otherwise I would give 5 stars. :D

Super bummer. Came in and got a black tea with bubbles and 75 sugar. Heads up if you're lactose intolerant or dairy allergic, they use cream instead of a nondairy creamer.
Ended up being charged twice for the same drink. Second time it was made, it was made without sugar. All around awful time here, would avoid.

I am addicted and I mean addicted to boba coffee milk slush thick blended smooth with boba on top before they seal!!

As a entrepreneur and business owner that also started when I was younger in the restaurant business. I always try to give constructive criticism to other business owners, as well as calling out their employees that poorly represent the business they chose to work for. There was nobody there, the one attendant lady had the biggest negative attitude. I even had to ask her if anything was wrong with her. Her response was "I just woke up" followed by a bunch of attitude and slamming things after I asked her if she could use nondairy milk instead of cream. My drink was decent, but I won't go back and her negativity was so intolerable that I had to write a review so hopefully the owner will see it. C If you can't serve others with a smile, or at least, without the small brat attitude, then someone else deserves the job! And I left this because she was hell-bent on holding her attitude towards a customer in an empty store..

I've gotten violently ill and i'm so sure its from the bad milk they put in my drink, since i ate nothing processed that whole day. Never going back to that place, since they are a store that is RELYING solely on their milk drinks, so i'm extremely disappointed. I told my friends and they also decided to never go there again, since they don't look after our drinks- especially the milk which goes bad in a few hours, which every 5 year old would know. Since they didn't pay attention to their work, i have been trying to clean my car for a day but the smell won't come off. I hope tea magic workers be a bit more resourceful next time and care for their customers, which they should do unconditionally.