Kung Fu Tea

The bubble tea is very good. I love they have a lot of variety. The lunch is ok. could be better!

I’ve tried bubble tea from so many places in Cleveland, and I think Kung Fu tea may have been the most consistent in terms of quality, and the choice to adjust sugar and ice level is the most true to the bubble tea experience you’d expect from Taiwan. Plus, the self-​ordering system is really cool!
KoKo Bakery cooks their bubbles the best, but their tea is mediocre.
Fusion Café has the BEST quality tea hands down, but their bubbles is inconsistent.
Pacific East and SzuChuan Gourmet are both inconsistent with bubble tea.

Words cannot describe how ecstatic I was when I found out that Kung Fu Tea was coming to Cleveland! From my experiences of frequenting many bubble tea houses in Asia and the West Coast, I can truly say that KFT has great bubble tea! My go-​to drinks are the taro, green, or black milk teas, usually with tapioca, half ice and 75% sugar. I recommend going with the 75% or 50% sugar because otherwise it’d be too sweet! You can also get the bubble tea hot. I don’t recommend getting tapioca pearls in this case because it’s hard to fish them out with a spoon! Their fruit teas are delicious too :) I usually get the peach or mango one with lychee jelly! These are the perfect teas for them hot days, which we obviously get a ton of. But in all seriousness, I definitely, 150% recommend checking this place out! You will not regret it :)

The other day I went her and got a bad tasting taro tea. It was definitely out of character — I’ve had at least 10 bubble teas from them and they were all perfect. It made both me and my wife have a headache and didn’t taste like taro at all. I messaged them on Facebook and they gave me 2 free bubble teas at my next visit, both of which were perfect again. Great customer service.

East Coast bubble tea has arrived in Cleveland!
Like others have mentioned, Cleveland has been super slow on the uptake for bubble tea. My husband was so happy that KFT opened that we joke his quality of life in Cleveland improved by 38%. We’ve tried KFT in Boston and other locations, and this location is comparable. (I did peek inside the San Mateo location once and was horrified at how small and dirty it was! How can you allow it to be part of your franchise?) The interior is super modern and spacious with large LED screens for the menu. Plenty of seating inside and outside on their patio.
It’s a part of Kenko, which is a local fast Japanese casual place that franchised KFT. I don’t care much for Kenko — I just skip right to the boba.
KFT is free of the super sugary high fructose corn syrup. They also do their bubbles right! You can also customize how you like. I usually do less ice, half sugar, and less bubbles.
My favorite flavors are the oolong tea. I also tried the yakult and it’s so good!

Well, I’ve been trying to get rid of this listing because Kung Fu Tea is basically part of Kenko, but Unilocal won’t take it off for me. So now I need to review this too.
I don’t have much more to say that isn’t in my review of Kenko. This is a chain that is very popular on the east coast and has finally, at long last, made it to Cleveland. Heard they are going to have one in Columbus too. It’s bubble tea, as authentic and «legit» as can be, that fills a 7 year bubble tea void that I have had in this city.
For those of you who might be visiting from San Francisco (not that anybody would), this Kung Fu Tea is much better than the one in San Mateo.
For those of you who haven’t tried bubble tea before, it’s basically flavored tea (or plain tea), usually mixed with milk, and with sweet, chewy bubbles («boba») on the bottom that you eat with your tea. You get a big straw to suck up the bubbles with. If you are trying it for the first time, I would suggest getting just the regular Kung Fu Tea (not the flavored stuff), with bubbles, 50% sugar. Quite honestly I usually go 25% sugar because bubble tea with full sugar can be cloyingly sweet.

I’ve had Kung Fu Tea in many cities — the motherland included! — so I was pumped they were coming here to my hometown of Cleveland. I am pretty pleased that the tea taste is on par to my expectations. Definitely would venture here over any other place for bubble tea. The last time I went was rough but they were good sports about it. At first they made the wrong drink, fixed it, then I dropped my correct drink, and then they so kindly made it again! Good service
Flavors I enjoy: Thai iced tea, taro, ANYTHING RED BEAN!!!, plain olé milk tea, or almond. Toppings: boba (duh), oreo, RED BEANS, and sometimes pudding if I am feeling fat. Customization: half or quarter sugar, light ice, and I play around with the milks.
**see me eat #LINvFOOD or #lineatingcleveland on IG**

Great service. They gave my wife a replacement drink because she didn’t care for the first one (I thought it was great)
I’ll definitely be coming back. They have the best bubble tea in Cleveland!

Wow! You don’t know how happy I am to find a legit franchise bubble tea place in Cleveland, and it had to be Kung Fu Tea !! Originally from Georgia, you expect bubble tea to be everywhere, but unfortunately Cleveland only have one place, and it’s called Koko Bakery. Koko Bakery can’t even be compared to no other bubble tea places in Georgia though. I’m just happy that my favorite drink taste really good just like home back in Georgia. Regardless how hard it is to find a parking spot, the long drive, and even though they have a big staff, which is too much for a place not so big, I will be coming back for my bubble tea craving !!

Absolutely better taste and much cheaper than Koko. Since I found out this new boba place, I’ve tried to come every weekend because I keep craving for their teas. On the 1^st 2 visit, their boba really chewing. But after that, my bf and I felt they kinda hard to chew, but still can be accepted. Well, now its gonna be my to go place for boba, and yep, say good bye to Koko Bakery for their expensive boba tea!

Great bubble tea, easily customizable, lots of variety. You can change the amount of sugar or ice you want, for instance, which makes it easy to suit to your own preference. I would recommend sticking to the classic bubble tea, though there are plenty of options for the adventurous! Definitely best bubble tea place I’ve tried in the CLE by far.

Authentic Chinese bubble tea. This is one of branch in USA from China. Red wow milk is just amazing!!! High quality. And also, honey lemonade is fresh and very good. Very surprised to find this place in Ohio!

Finally! A real/​true/​quality boba in CLE. Cleveland has been slooooowwww in catching up with this trendy Asian drink phenomenon that’s been so popular in both coasts and some of the more diverse inland metropoleis. It’s been introduced in limited fashion as an «add-​on» menu item by more and more businesses — mainly Asian restaurants — within the past few years to try and satisfy the increasing demand for it and capitalize on its popularity… but NONE have really put any serious effort into producing a proper and quality boba or bubble tea drink. After many trips to the West Coast and Toronto, I personally had the idea of pioneering real boba in Cleveland a little over ten years ago. I didn’t end up taking the thought seriously enough as I did not believe CLE was ready for it back then. The increased diversity coupled with the resurgence of the downtown and uptown areas within the last couple of years, Cleveland certainly is ready now. A little over a year ago, I revisited my idea and made several trips to the West Coast and NYC to research boba cafes and met with consultants and potential distributors to introduce this to Cleveland. I visited MANY cafes and sampled MANY drinks, accidentally becoming sort of a boba connoisseur. Having trouble finding the right partners, I put my idea on hold again. These guys beat me to it :)
Bottom line is — even though Kung Fu Tea is a franchise… they are legit!!! Quality product that is on par with what you would find in a good, independent boba café in the west coast or NYC. Milk teas are perfectly blended and the bobas are perfectly «al dente» and sweetened with honey. While experienced boba afficionados may give a quizzical look to my 5-​star rating, Kung Fu Tea, at present, is «as good as it gets» in Cleveland compared to its local competition — if you can even consider them as «competition». It’s not even close! Glad they’re here!

For the love of boba KFT has arrived.
The thoughts of excessive calorie count dissolves as I sink my teeth into the perfect chewy consistency leaving only a sense of contentment, satisfaction and BSB ringing in my ears. «You are… my fire, my one desire»

Yay! Real Asian bubble tea!
So, I never have actually been to a Kung Fu Tea (as it’s a chain), so I don’t know how it compares to others. Sure, I still wish for like the 200 flavor places in Richmond Hills, but hey, this is CLE. However, I was happy an authentic tea place opened up in university circle!
With Kenko (a build your own sushi bar) right next to it, Kung Fu Tea is located in a great location for Case students. For those who work around the area, it’s still good location as well. :)
I ordered the longan red date tea, regular ice, half sweetness, nata jelly. The tea was good, the jelly as well. I found it to be a tad too sweet to my liking (maybe they forgot the half sweetness?) but hey, I don’t ever add sugar to my coffee, so I’m a different one.
We’ll be back to try the different flavors. Good assortment of teas (citron, taro, oolong, white gourd, yogurt grapefruit), so it’ll be interesting. And I’ll probably order mine with less sugar next time too. But overall, probably the best place in CLE to grab some Asian bubble tea most definitely!

Had the milk tea with boba for $ 3.25 which is a steal in Cleveland. The custumer service was great, everyone is polite and the place has a great vibe. They have sushi, rolls, teriyaki along with other Asian food. I haven’t tried it yet, but it looks yummy. I will probably come here often.