By: Lorel Gonzales and Paris Rocha

SAN JOSE, CALIF.—A review on R&B Tea, one of the most prominent after school spots near Silver Creek for boba and snacks. 

R&B Tea has a wide variety of different drinks to choose from. To help choose what drink you are interested in getting, they are categorized depending on the series of drinks. In this review we will be trying the most popular drinks and seeing if they’re worth the hype. To accompany the drinks, they have numerous snack options from a puffed waffle with dipping sauce, to savory options like popcorn chicken or curly fries. 

Taro Stormy: The stormy was very sweet and creamy. It had a very fluffy texture, unique to the other drinks. We can compare it to a milkshake except it is more smooth and icey. The base of the cream seemed to have a vanilla flavor which added to the taste of the taro which mixed well together. Our rating for this drink is a 8.5/10 

Brown Sugar Milk Tea: The tea had a classic milk tea base and was sweetened by the syrup of the boba. The boba pearls were soft and chewy and paired well with the brown sugar taste since the boba itself was regular. The overall rating is a 8/10

Devils Booster: It had mutual flavors of citrus like orange and lemon. The citrus gave a tang feature that wasn’t too much and was still enjoyable to drink. It also didn’t taste like the average energy drink; it was lite and wasn’t sugary. The drink also included bits of pulp from the citrus fruit and because of that factor it wasn’t just a flat drink. The rating for this drink is a 7/10.

Watermelon Fruit Tea with Lychee Jelly: It was overall very refreshing with a fruity aftertaste. The tea itself was slightly bitter, paired with the sweetness of the jelly which gave a nice contrast. It didn’t contain the overpowering artificial taste that some fruit drinks contain, and felt as if you were drinking real watermelon juice. We would recommend anyone who likes the flavor of watermelon and doesn’t like overpowering sweetness. We rate this a 6.5/10.

Egg Coffee W/Coffee Jelly: It had a strong taste of coffee as well as it was very bitter. The cream tones down the bitterness and computes a sweet element and almost acts as a creamer to the coffee. The cream was also whipped which incorporated a soft consistency . Although the Coffee jelly had no coffee taste, it’s purpose is more for texture. Overall, rating was 6.5/10

Altogether, we believe that these drinks deserve their spots in the top 5 because it gives a variety of flavors that can work on multiple occasions. It also gave us the opportunity to experience drinks because they come from different categories.