Kung Fu Tea

Pleasantly surprised.
I did not have high expectations as most bubble tea places are pretty terrible, but I was pleasantly surprised with Kung Fu tea. It was my first time getting boba since moving from Norcal where you can’t really go a block without stumbling into a boba café.
I played it safe and went for the regular milk tea with boba. It wasn’t too bad. It was a little on the sweet side, but it did not have the super artificial sweetener syrup taste that some other bubble teas have. The boba (plural?) themselves were also surprisingly sweet in a honeylike way, but were nice and soft. Good boba consistency is rare but they were not bad here.
I’d definitely return to try some other flavors.

Ok never in my life have I ever written anything negative about a place. But the place hands down the worst place ever! I order three drinks. I get the usually drink which is milk tea w boba and red beans and my son wanted to try a different drink, which was the very berry tea w boba. I tried it and tasted like the berry has been sitting there and fermented, when something has been sitting there, u get that that sour taste. Which is disgusting in a drink. So I told them this doesn’t taste right and I would like to get something else and so she charges me for another drink and I said no this drink is disgusting I want something else and they looked at me like I had two heads. The manager says to me they can’t make me another drink unless I pay for it and so I left the drink there and when I got to my car I tried my usually drink and it tasted the same as the very berry drink, it’s got that old sour taste. Never again in my life time I will give them a dime, I am going to call my bank and cancelled the transaction 1^st tomorrow. It’s now about the Principle, I think the worst part was I gave her a $ 1 tip. I cannot believe they will sell stale and fermented food to customers. Anything to make a buck and who cares about customer satisfaction.

They dont understand english. We order oolong milk tea. They give us regular tea woth buble

I’m usually not a fan of KFT, but lately I’ve been starting to like them more because their Roasted Oolong Milk tea with egg pudding is IMPECCABLE. I am also still really obsessed with their yogurt green tea. That will always be my favorite. I really like this location though because they have really nice seats and lots of window space — I love sitting next to windows. Although smaller than other KFT locations, I prefer coming here than the one on mass ave.

Extremely bad customer service. I stopped by today for the first time in this location. I ordered a Lg green tea milk tea, It could be me forgot to mention to have boba, or usually other location would ask me if I would like to have boba in there. Anyway, I asked the lady to fixed it, she rolled her eyes at me, very unprofessional to deal with mistakes and customer, is it necessary? She slammed the drink right at me. Didn’t say a word entire time. Staff needed to be well train, provide better customer service. She needs to improver herself if she continuing working at the customer service industry. Otherwise, she should move on. I bet she wouldn’t like the same way as how I got treated it if she was the customer, think about it.

(I really mean 3.5 stars, but I wanted to balance out another reviewer’s 4-star-but-meant-as-3.5-star review.)
I really like Kung Fu Tea. Their teas have had consistent quality across all their stores in the Boston area, and I have not yet been disappointed. My problem with this particular KF Tea is that the person who manages the music selection has horrible taste. The same song has been on repeat for the last half hour. And I agree some other reviewers’ comments that their teas are kind of expensive. This is also the only KF I’ve been to that requires a $ 5 credit card minimum, which is pretty lame, since a regular milk tea with any filling plus tax will cost $ 4.82.

Very convenient when we are downtown. Dinner and a slush afterwards. Always quick, polite and clean.

This franchise seems to be expanding all over; I’ve seen it in Brooklyn, Manhattan, now Malden. This particular location is very clean, but doesn’t offer much beyond drinks; other locations have snacks and things that provide more options. I like the amount of seating, the space is very clean, and they have free wifi. But, prices are high (3.25 for basic milk tea but if you want bubbles they tack on .50, plus tax, so the lowest priced bubble tea item is $ 4). And, it just generally doesn’t feel as friendly/​inviting as other locations I’ve been. Not sure why. Still, good to have a tea place when there are so many coffee places in Malden.

Prices are crazy high (over 5 $ (tax included) for a regular size shake with pearls) but the convenience and hours more then make up for the surcharge. Product (we had the slush tea which is more smoothie like) is very good and the bobas texture was spot on. Worth a stop if you’re in the area.

Rating: 3.5
Definitely one of the better milk teas I’ve had in Mass. The menu gives you the option to customize your tea i.e. amount of ice or sugar in your tea, type of milk, etc. I ordered the taro milk tea with boba — it could have used a little more taro flavor but was still good. The boba had good consistency — not too hard nor too mushy. Would come back if I was in the area!

All their drinks are second to none. My fav is the KF oolong milk tea. Service can be improved. They’re almost snobby if I don’t order promptly. The large size is more like a medium. And it’s all a bit pricy for sugary milky drinks. But their blend of specialty tea leafs is worth it’s weight in gold. Oh, and their honey boba is the best!

I had a delicious Taro Root milk tea there yesterday. I’ll be back there as soon as I see a recycling container instead of just a trash bin in there.
Residents in Malden have to pay $ 2 per trash bag which insentivizes them to recycle more, which they should and which I am in favor of. I would hope the same policy applies for businesses, but even if it didn’t, Kung Fu Tea distributes tea in plastic cups which is understandable, but it will soon be 2016 guys, get with the program:

This is the only Kung Fu Tea branch in the Greater Boston area that perfects sugar levels and gives ample grass jelly with my standard order.

Stopped by today to get a passion fruit green tea that I buy frequently here. However, in the midst of consuming the tea, I was surprised to find a weird-​looking pearl in my drink. It was clearly visible as all the other pearls were their usual black color, while this one looked white, almost mold-​like… and honestly just gross. I’ve posted pictures in case you’re curious as to how gross it really was… (VERY!!1!1!!)
This isn’t the first time I’ve seen this either. My sister received a drink a few weeks ago with the same weird boba in it. I never write reviews but this was the second time I’ve seen it happen so I really felt the need to bring it up this time. And although this location has a very clean store front and lovely cashiers, these incidents make me question the level of cleanliness they uphold behind the scenes…

Ordered some bubble teas here. I placed an order for 3 teas 2 Strawberry and 1 Coffee Slush teas. They were out of my first 3 choices, not a good thing. They messed up my order only gave me 1 of the 2 Strawberry teas. When I asked about it. The girl at the counter gave me attitude. So I said forget it and left.
Bottom line clean place, Wheelchair Access but no power door. They take credit cards, prices are high $ 5 for a slush tea, service was slow. They weren’t busy. Young staff girl at counter has attitude. Catchy name but that’s all here. Better off going to a Lollicup location.

When I went to school in Amherst, I LIVED at LimeRed bubble tea. We went all the time to study and enjoy our favorite drinks! Since I’ve moved home, I have been searching everywhere for great bubble tea similar to LimeRed that is closer to me than Chinatown (because I know it’s full of the good stuff).
The store is immaculately clean, the service is friendly and their tea is super customizable. I love how you can choose if/​how much added sugar you want in your drinks and you can ]get them just the way you want. I have a weakness for Taro so it’s hard for me to get anything else. Joe got some kind of coconut tea, but I was in Taro heaven. I will definitely be back

I been here something like 15 times in the past 3 weeks?! The Malden location is fairly new and dangerously close to my friend’s house. It has became an –almost– nightly ritual of some sort at football halftime, to Kung Fu it up.
They have various tea to choose from (e.g. Oolong, Green), various flavors to enhance the tea from fruity to milk based, they also make smoothies and hot drinks. Our favorite is the Orange Green Tea, the oranges are freshly squeezed and you can still taste the pulp inside the drink. If you are a fan of lychee/​coconut, get the nata jelly to go with it, they are these heavenly little cylindrical units of fruity deliciousness. I got that instead of the regular bubbles since the first time I was there and never looked back. The coffee and matcha flavored milk tea are also quite unique and something else.
We always get rather large orders for the group, they are definitely fast, efficient and the bubble/​jelly teas are soooo yummy. The staff are also super friendly and nice. Highly recommended!
P. S.: The Kung Fu in the name actually means that the tea –takes hard work and exceptional skills to make– (not –martial arts– tea).

Don’t be fooled by the silly name of this bubble tea place because this place is amazing. I never knew there was a bubble tea place that wasn’t in Boston Chinatown only. This place is located in Malden which is actually pretty convenient for me.
I got the regular green milk tea with bulba in it. This is honestly one of the best green milk tea I’ve had in Mass from all the bubble tea places I’ve tried, even in Chinatown. The bubble tea is very flavorful and milky which I like. What good is bubble tea without its flavor? The flavor isn’t necessarily sweet because of the sugar but from the milk taste it gives out. I’m not sure why this place got 3.5 stars, it’s much better than all the other ones I had. I will definitely have to stop by here again and get my daily dose of bubble tea.

Soo excited for them to open a location in Malden! It’s convenient from my parent’s house. Most bubble tea places are a hike.
My favorite is the passion fruit green tea with the lychee jelly. I had a milk tea there once, and they added way too much sugar when I asked for none. It was too sweet to drink. Minus one star for that.
It’s a little pricey, but the passion fruit green tea is so delicious. I don’t mind spending that much on a drink at Kung Fu Tea.

So happy there’s a kung fu tea in Malden! Great boba tea shop. Less hassle then heading to the one Allston. The place is just as cute and trendy.
I had the sunshine pineapple with boba pearl tea which is so good. If you enjoy crush pineapples. My husband had the mango slush, its delicious and freshing.