Bee & Tea

Not so friendly service, i mainly go for the yogurt side but decided to switch things up a bit. I was reviewing menu and worker said «are you ready yet» i took a few steps back to make them know i was not ready to order just yet. No one was behind me so i figured why the «rush» I ordered a chai and tropical tea with boba & asked cashier what is a bao bun? Her response to me was «its food» i then asked well what kind of food and she just pointed to the menu section where they were located. I said what comes inside what does it taste like and all she said «if you dont know then you wont like it» very curt answers and after this point i was no longer interested in buying anything else and just wanted to get my items and be out as soon as possible. Not very friendly or helpful to those who are not familiar with boba or the type of food served.

I’m a big fan of boba and was so excited to walk in here when it first opened. The selections are great and I’m already a big fan of both the caffeinated drinks and the non-​caffeinated Honey Dew tea.
However, and this is a BIG however, the service is awful. I have never received a smile from any of the workers once and I’ve gone in a dozen times. Today in particular I felt embarrassed and judged. I was looking over the menu while my boyfriend counted his ones (he works in the service industry and these were his tips). As I was doing so, one of the two workers seemed to roll her eyes and take a step back, giving a look to the other worker. I then moved more obviously backwards so they wouldn’t get further annoyed by me. When I was ready and I moved forwards again, the other worker served me without a single smile or even acknowledgment. She took my order and spoke once to say «that it?» They made me feel unwanted in their place of business and I almost wanted to just walk out. No one wants to be treated rudely.
I was in there at around 6, so I wasn’t keeping them open, and I’m a generally smiley and friendly person. I’ve worked retail, my boyfriend works in a deli. We both would have been fired if we showed up to work with an attitude like that. I’m so saddened that this is the first truly negative experience I’ve had to write about on Unilocal.
I just saw the owner respond to comments about rudeness but it was the same for me today so either he’s not being clear about expectations or his workers just do not care at all.
I’m still giving this place a three because I enjoy the options and I’ve never had a bad drink. However, there are plenty of other places I could go to get the same thing with a smile and thank you, so I’ll be going there. I don’t want to sound entitled to anything but kindness is free and attitude is off putting.

I’ve a total boba fan, and I’ve had boba at many different places in the San Jose area. When I saw there was a boba place in Morgan Hill, I was very excited. However, this place is just mediocre compared to other places up north. The tea tastes watered down while the pearls aren’t really special.

First time trying this place out. The store has both bee & tea and forever yogurt all together. The place is super clean and everything looks organized. The menus are really attractive. I ordered sweet romance And rosy peach tea. I was a bit disappointed on the taste. The sweet romance had a really weird bitter after taste. The rosy peach was opposite, it had a bitter taste in the beginning but wasn’t too bad as the sweet romance.

Gave this place a second try … i was pleasantly surprised that the flavors of the yogurts actually tasted normal. So im assuming the first time that i came the right temperature wasnt used causing most yogurts to go bad.

The milk green tea with boba is our favorite. There’re many selections for drink which we haven’t tried them all, so far satisfy with the drink.
However …
Can you have door stopper or auto door for wheelchair or parent with stroller or hand-​full people to get access easier ?
I had a difficult experience to get in and out the shop. I don’t expect other customer to help me open /​close the door because it’s not their business. But since it’s your business, it would be wonderful to make a place more friendly to all kinds of customer.

Drinks were good. I love how the cups were so big! Place was nice where you can also play games get yogurt and toppings.
There was some young people working so as i was ordering, they were making their own drinks and drinking it for themselves. Lol. Customer service was ehh.

It’s okay for where it is at. Had a Groupon for boba and baos so figured we would try on our way back from Gilroy. The tea was a little bland. I ordered a green tea and husband ordered a black milk tea. His was sweet even when we asked for less sweet. Had to wait for the ice to melt to mellow it out. My green tea did not taste much like green tea, again bland.
The baos are small and pre-​made to be reheated when ordered. They were OK. Nothing to rave about or remember. Not worth the stop, but in a pinch it’s not horrible.

The inside was very impressive along with the menu options. Although I tried a Thai tea and what is one of my favorite drinks tasted awful. It was like drinking syrup. Will try again and not let one bad experience ruin it. Worth trying and frozen yogurt looks delicious!

Although I like the concept of boba tea, Bao (Chinese bun) and frozen yoghurt in one eatery, I felt that the execution wasn’t very good. The boba tea was average and the bao was not to my liking. Also, the yoghurt was quite runny and some of the flavours didn’t work.

I really wanted to give this place a chance that’s why i waited a long time to write my review.
I was super excited when this place first opened. Finally a boba place in MH! The concept of having a boba and a frozen yogurt place in one building is kinda odd.
The flavor of their drinks are good. I just wish they’d have the option of blending their drinks like most boba places in Asian populated cities.
Why 3 stars? When I walk in to a place 45mins before closing I don’t expect the «we are closing soon therefore we can’t make that drink» comment. This happened to me twice! I’ve also gone there twice where I was told they are out of boba… really?! That’s a definite thumbs down for me. It seems this place is being ran by mostly teenage kids… I’ve seen the owner maybe twice at most… he may not be there at night. Really disappointed with this place and hope owners find a way to recover because there’s now a competition in town. TeaLite isn’t very far from this place. Not the greatest but a tad better than BT.

If you work with the general public providing a service to someone that’s in a sense keeping you employed, why would you make them feel like you’re bothering them by coming in and ordering 3 drinks and a frozen yogurt. And then the drinks you make are really bad tasting, when you’ve been there many times and they’ve always been good. One bad experience discourages one to return, it’s a shame, this place has the potential to be a 5 star with better customer service and more consistency on the quality of drinks.

Awesome selection of yogurt and toppings with a really cool décor inside. We love to go here and sit outside.

Stopped by this place the other day when I saw a sign outside of the Target plaza that advertised baos. Now, the baos here are amazingly delicious. It is definitely worth stopping in here to try. I know I will be back soon to try more things off the menu. They also offer wraps, acai bowls, boba, and lemonades.

Acai bowls were good. I have been twice and frankly I am to the point that I will go across to Jamba Juice for the service.
The workers here have no sense of urgency. The do one thing at a time, and it might not have anything to do with orders. I asked one woman (out of two of us waiting there alone) if they are always this slow? She said «yes, but when the owner is here, they are a tiny bit faster».
I can’t imagine how it is when there is more people. Slow, slow and slower… I might try one more time, then it will be in and out of Jamba Juice in a third of the time.

Great drinks but the service is SLOWWWWWWW. The prices — great. Ambience– nice, clean. Customer Service — horrible. It’s not like it’s even busy or anything. The workers just work at an extremely slow pace. I walked into the place and felt like I was inconveniencing THEM for wanting to order a drink… Really? If it weren’t for the delicious drinks, I probably would’ve just gone to Jamba Juice across the way instead.

Finally, a place in town to get baos (steamed Asian dumplings). I’ve never seen such a variety of flavors and they are all good! You can buy one as a snack, three as a meal, or take a dozen home to feed family. I have had Bee & Tea cater boba drinks and baos for my get together with friends and family at home. People love the baos and the drinks are always tasty. I’ve tried two of the Asian wraps, Thai peanut chicken and sweet & spicy chicken and love them. They are freshly made (not per-​packaged), high quality ingredients, and they even make the cilantro mayo themselves! Gotta try Bee & Tea for their food and drinks.

Review of Boba:
We order the regular milk tea (The Purist) many times and have gotten several mixed results. Sometimes the formula can be completely watered down and taste awful while at other times it is decent and mixed correctly. The times it was watered down, I asked for them to remake it without ice, but the drinks still tasted the same, so it was definitely the mix and not the ice causing the issue. Thus, I’m giving them a 1 – 2 star for lack of consistency and flavor overall.
The location is great as well as the yogurt, but the Boba definitely needs some work. I don’t want to give up on one of the first boba shops in Morgan hill, so please make an effort to improve the formula!
— — — EDIT:
Yes, my last visit was on 1÷27÷16.

I should’ve reviewed sooner, since I was here a couple days after their grand opening. but I’ve been so caught up with school and work that I forgot.
Anyways. the milk teas here are on the sweeter side but they do have some interesting combinations on their menu. I think the last time I went here I got a peach green tea drink with aloe vera.
Besides their boba teas, they serve self serve yogurt and sell baos (banh bao for my vietnamese folk). The baos are okay, kinda pricy in my opinion. but they’re decent. I liked the Miso steak one, and the curry one wasn’t as flavorful as I liked it to be.
The workers there are friendly through, and are willing to remake your drink if you have any issues.
Overall, it’s decent for being in Morgan Hill, but there’s definitely better places in San Jose.

pretty good place! loved their hot boba!!! sooo sooo good! love the pistacio frozen yogurt too! nice customer service and cute place!

Want to support this business because what a great idea in an under served area.
Great boba tea especially for Morgan hill area, lovely wall mural inside of the store, but the frozen yogurt? I didn’t know how frozen yogurt could taste bad but some of them did taste like some mishaps happened while mixing ingredients together and just unpleasant taste.

Nice décor and color. Looks like a nice place to hang out with the family and enjoy food, yogurt, and boba drinks… Customer service sucks. Girls behind the counter are slow and cannot multi task, even when there was only two customers in there. The Boba drinks are a
Little bit on the expensive side. The one I that I tried (Thai) was the worst I have ever had, tasteless. The yogurts that I sampled were disgusting, ether too salty or texture was off, maybe the mixtures were off. Too bad. Hopefully this place figures it out real quick.

Don’t waste your time here, drinks are gross. I tried so hard to like this place but there is nothing on the menu that is really worth It. The green tea is disgusting and over brewed, the frozen yogurt was sour and watery. and the customer service could use some help…
I’d go to San Jose for milk tea, definitely not a four star place.

To be perfectly honest, while I believe every drink is sweetened with honey, not sugar, the Chai Pearl Milk Tea was too sweet for me. I sampled the Matcha Green Tea yogurt. Also too sweet.

Really great boba choices and the toppings for yogurt are really fun too. Lots of choices for both. The boa steam buns taste very good as well! Our new favorite place in town!
On a non-​food note, the interior design and Morgan Hill mural are very inviting, fun, and well done.

I’ve never paid so much for water in my life. What a disappointment.
I ordered the purist black milk tea with boba. Contrary to the name, it tasted like neither your run-​off-​the-​mill milk tea, nor a combination of milk and tea. The closest «pure» liquid it tasted like was water (with a hint of tea, but searching for any flavor in that drink was like finding an oasis in the desert, and I could be convinced that I found a mirage). Their pearls were gummy and flavorless, so I swallowed them whole until I decided I couldn’t drink any more.
Strangely enough, their flavored drinks are on the completely opposite end of the spectrum. I had a sip of my friend’s honeydew milk tea, and it tasted like a Blastoise spewed honeydew syrup into my mouth. Gross.
For $ 4.50, I expected so, so much more. Take your money to the Jamba Juice next door, or better yet, keep your boba cravings in check until you can make it to San Jose.
(+1 star for having board games, cutesy ambience, and okay staff)

I’ve come back a few more times and tried a few more of the Bao flavors. The pork was fantastic and is my absolute favorite. I also had the steak which was good but a little too spicy for me personally. I’m still a huge fan of the Raspberry Pom Pom boba. My only suggestion would be to have more staff. I’ve come in a few times and there was only one person working and the other was on break outside eating. The poor employee seemed a bit overwhelmed.

Gonna join the lower-​star reviews…
Cute shop.
Meh employees.
Meh boba. Very tiny and bland.
Meh drinks. B-​l-​a-​n-​d.
Not enough boba and bitter green tea!
Bao? Nasty. I’ve had very good bao in my life, and this was like cheap, frozen tasting bleh balls. Lol. And a nasty aftertaste.
Sorry, not sorry, pass…
Tried the fro-​yo and the café mocha was ok. But that’s the only ok flavor. Lots of toppings. Needs improvement!

New to town and this place is down the street. I’m from an area that has boba places all over, so for MH to have one, I was excited but had low expectations. Came here on a Groupon for 2 teas and 6 baos so I can’t speak for the froyo. The place was welcoming since it had a big Morgan Hill mural and cute signs.
It was close to closing on a gloomy Sunday evening so the place was pretty dead. We took a while to order since it was our first time and the 2 guys working were more than patient. Gave us some recommendations. Ended up ordering a Raspberry Pomegranate tea and forgot what the other one was. We got all of the baos except for the Shiitake Mushroom. I was thrown off by their boba list for some reason, so ordered the standard honey boba. It was a lot softer than what I’ve had before but whatever. I asked to try their black crystal boba which is damn good! A little too brown sugar-​y, but I plan on ordering that with my drink the next time I go.
Without the Groupon, our order was worth about $ 21. I did enjoy my tea and was quite impressed with the baos! Our faves were were the Curry Chicken and bbq pork ones. I loved how the baos were labeled which made life so easy since we knew what to expect. I would be back to try other teas. Would I duplicate my order (2 teas and 6 baos) and pay full price? Not likely.

I really hate to slam the new guy in town, but I gave this place two chances, and still not impressed. There are a few other yogurt joints nearby, so it’s easy to be critical.
Most of the yogurts taste terrible… Too bitter, too chalky, too bland… Just nothing overwhelmingly amazing that demands another try. It seems that yogurt places are trying too hard to come up with new and unusual flavors, and it takes away from the classic experience. You have to doctor these yogurts with toppings to make them taste good.
This time I just skipped the yogurt and instead ordered an Acai bowl (Immune), and it was terrible too. It was one of the most bland things I’ve ever tasted. Jamba Juice right next door has a much better Acai bowl!
Also, since nobody seems to monitor the machines, we saw people taking samples, and then using their fingers to swipe the «hangers» off. And those same people were then using their fingers to grab toppings out of the containers. We saw kids doing this too! I’m not a germaphobe, but this was pretty gross… I suppose it’s just a part of the territory with self-​serve toppings, but still!!!

Disclaimer: This is not a 4-​star review of a boba shop in California, or even in San Jose. This is a 4-​star review of a boba shop in a small town that otherwise has no bubble tea.
A few weeks ago, I saw a Unilocal friend check in to a new business. Upon further investigation (in other words, reading the business info and looking at the photos), and I was absolutely flabbergasted. A bubble tea shop in Morgan Hill?! That’s unheard of! I wouldn’t have been surprised if it had taken decades to see this happen, but it’s already here. On my next return visit, I knew that I would have to take the opportunity to visit Bee & Tea to see whether it was for me.
I found the shop in a corner of a plaza with an entrance directly across from Jamba Juice. Signs actually indicated that this business is a dual entity that also contains Forever Yogurt, a frozen yogurt shop that I’d never heard of before either. Further investigation reveals that one of the few Bee & Tea locations (Morgan Hill is actually #3) shares an address with a Forever Yogurt shop in Chicago, so maybe they’re trying to expand together in new markets.
While there are acai bowls ($ 7.95 alone, $ 10.95 combo with boba) and baos (3 of them + 1 boba = $ 10.95), I was squarely focused on the bubble tea menu. After taking a long time to try to decide between the 20 or so options (all $ 4.25 for a «regular» 24 oz or $ 4.95 for a «large» 32 oz), I chose a Purist. It’s just a milk tea (I chose green instead of black) with no risk of additional artificial syrups, and I figured it would be a good litmus test for the rest of the menu. I went with the default honey boba topping, which is included in the price, and I opted against the additional toppings like popping boba, red bean, and jelly, which are 50 cents each add-​on.
The drink was actually quite good, even great by chain standards. Since I didn’t even try to ask for less sugar (and yes, «light» sweetness is an option that’s printed on their cup), I expected it to be too sweet like you might find at Tapioca Express or other places. It was actually quite balanced between bitterness (none at all really) and sweetness. This is a big win in my book. The green tea flavor was always present, although it wasn’t very strong. The tapioca pearls were actually cooked properly as far as I’m concerned. They should have a bite to them and not be too soft, and a few chews should break them down. I have no idea if the boba quality is consistent, but it met expectations today.
A quick note on Forever Yogurt: it seems to be a bit pricey at 50 cents per ounce (Yogurtland is around 39 cents/​oz last I checked) but there’s a huge variety of flavors and toppings. I sampled the mango sorbet, which was good and didn’t taste artificial, and the Thai tea froyo, which was pretty yummy but didn’t taste at all like Thai tea. I might actually order some froyo next time if I’m in the mood. Forever Yogurt has a rewards program that extends to Bee & Tea, and it’s $ 1 spent = 1 point, with 50 points earned yielding $ 5 reward cash.
(WARNING: Rant ahead.) I have enjoyed a lot of wonderful milk tea places in San Jose, Cupertino, SoCal, and even Las Vegas. Bee & Tea is not excellent, and it’s nowhere near as good as the best in the Bay Area, but it’s the only game in this particular small town. You can get much higher quality bubble tea if you’re already in San Jose for another reason, but it’s mindboggling to read that people will drive at least 20 minutes one-​way for boba. Maybe that’s not what those reviewers meant to say, but it’s the only way to interpret «I would rather drive to San Jose» at face value, sans additional qualifiers.
That said, I’ll certainly try my best to continue to visit my favorite places up north, either when I’m already there for other reasons or if I can grab lunch or dinner to justify it. However, I’m not about to trash the only game in Morgan Hill when it’s not bad or even mediocre. It’s a great option if you’re limited to this area.
Welcome to Morgan Hiil, Bee & Tea. Please stay open for a long time (at least until a better shop arrives, if ever). If the busy Friday late afternoon crowd of all ages that I witnessed today is a reliable indicator, then I’m sure you will.

The interior design of this place is super cute!
The froyo is awesome and they have some interesting flavors, some being more preferable than others (tried Mexican chocolate which tasted like chalk, and tried mango sorbet which was amazing) plus they have a wide range of toppings to choose from!
The milk tea is expensive and not worth the price in my opinion ($ 4.25 for a regular) The honey boba is often hard and not very sweet, and when I tried the mangolychous (a milk tea with mango and lychee flavoring) it kind of just tastes like drinking perfume.
The acai bowls are okay overall, however the menu shows so many toppings on an acai bowl for about $ 8 but when you order it they make you choose 3 toppings OUT of those shown, which is misleading. The flavor of the acai itself is close to none and overall very mediocre.
The bao are definitely not worth the price, as they are small and not that good. They are also very expensive for what you get, as you can go to a Chinese restaurant and get one three times the size for half the price.
Overall I would only come back for the froyo or if I was really desperate for an acai bowl to feel healthy.