Refreshing drink in Kaimuki, Honolulu, Hawaii... This location of Taste Tea is on the corner of 5th Avenue and Waialae Avenue. When you park at the Kaimuki Shopping Center, you'll have to walk out to Waialae Avenue where the entrance is situated. It's kind of awkward, but it works. This shop has been here for a long time. The interior is quite spacious with a bunch of claw machines on one wall. There are nice murals on the other walls! Service from the young adults was friendly and efficient. No complaints here. I ordered a Peach Iced Tea (with Taiwan Spring Tea as a base) - to compare with a peach iced tea that I recently got from a more expensive brand name place. I liked this Taste Tea version because I don't need little pieces of fruit in my Tea. It was just plain and simple - and more cost effective. I just needed a drink in this 80°F February weather! LOL!

Went back and got the Lychee Iced Tea with a green tea based (can choose between green, black, chamomile) and wow was that refreshing!!! Good combination of tart, sweet, and smooth. Oh and for this drink I recommended 100% sweetness with big boba. Boba Pearls absorb the sweetness while not distracting me from the lychee green tea taste. Would definitely get it again! Huge shout out to the worker for recommending the green tea base.

Wow lots of options! For a non boba tea drinker it was a bit overwhelming trying to figure out what to order. Luckily the help was nice and patient and at 8:00 pm on a Monday night it wasn't busy at all. Friend got the blended strawberry milk tea and I got the blended honeydew milk tea with small tapioca balls. The blended drinks only come in large. I was happy to learn that only their lattes contain milk so no problemo for us lactose intolerants! Not being experienced with these types of drinks, I don't have much to compare this to, but I feel like it was a little too much tapioca and not enough blended drink for me. Also got a few pebbles of ice but the blended part was nice a smooth. I think I liked my friend's strawberry better. Wanted to try the snow ice but it was late at night and I wasn't hot . Maybe another time. I felt old coming in here. Maybe because there was a bunch of high school students hanging when we entered? Maybe it's because there are 3 schools in close proximity to this place and I could picture youngsters wanting to come here after school? Maybe it was the UFO catcher type grabbing machines in the place? Maybe because I am not versed in Boba and had no clue what to order? Prolly for all those reasons ! Love the easy parking in the back. Walk around to entrance on Waialae on the other side of Fairwood and Pho.

First time here and got the pickled mango with lychee jelly and boba as per the cashier's recommendation between the two choices I was debating on. Loved it!!! Much mahalo for the recommendation!

Tasty for Taste Tea! The number of times I've passed here especially waiting at the stoplight I've seen this place and always thought of seeing the layout of this place. It's so not what you'd image...in a great way thinking that it's slightly below street level and yes you access the entrance on Waialae not through the parking garage, but the artsy wall is quite impressive. The dungeon-ish space is brighten with the feeling like you're at Kewalo Basin Park with the view of Diamond Head in the background chilling on a tree swing is a clever touch. The other wall is a great art as well though there a few folks sitting there that I seriously do respect not taking any pictures so you know I need to be back to capture that image as it's stunning as well. I got my usual favorite Winter Melon Spring Tea with Coconut Jelly and this will be my breakfast drink tomorrow morning but I did take the moment to chill here which there are decent amount of seating to do so and with some outlets to keep you plug in getting work done here is a breeze. The staff is amazing, and being close to many schools they also have snow ice I'm sure is popular, another great find to see that they have cold brew Black and Spring Tea already made is a great item to grab and go...tearrific! Thank you!

Boba quality 10/10. Flavor great. I wish my blended taro milk tea was blended a little more because it still had some ice in it. Pickled mango tea was so yummy! Super fast service.

Amazing taste, fantastic value, fast service, many options, great staff, and tons of free parking. I cannot recommend Taste Tea of Kaimuki highly enough. I have visited this location dozens and dozens of times, and I have never been let down. Whether you order ahead or jump in line when you arrive, they are super fast at making your drinks. They have tons of teas, shakes, blended drinks, and so many extra toppings! We love the ice cream milk tea, original milk tea, brown sugar, and all the blended! So cheap and so good! Please try them out if you're in need of a delicious, cheap boba drink!