From the outside, the store is unassuming, with the same plain gray facade as the neighboring buildings and a simple black sign. But once I step inside, I am met with an aesthetic interior that perfectly fits the Asian-inspired, Pinterest-popular, title of ‘boba shop’.
My nostrils are immediately filled with a sickly sweet smell as I enter Te’Amo — a boba and dessert store off Metcalf Avenue.
The walls are filled with large pictures of flowers while fake plants hang among the ceiling lights giving the store a warm and welcoming feeling that makes me want to try their boba.
I excitedly step up to the counter and offer the person working a shy smile while I peruse the extensive menu. My smile is not returned and I begin to feel a little awkward as I decide what I want.
I hastily settle on the brown sugar boba, a classic in my opinion, and the man behind the counter remains stone-faced and quiet while taking my order.
I brush off the interaction thinking of it as a fluke, and sit down to wait for my drink. My attention falls to the clear case holding mochi donuts, pistachio cakes and other assorted sweets. They all look good but slightly stale and artificial.
The man calls my name and I take my first sip of what I am expecting to be a deliciously sweet and comforting milk boba.
It was not.
I set it down as my tongue is assaulted by what tastes like drinking straight half and half mixed with my body weight in sugar. It is so rich I think that one sip met my sugar intake for the next two days.
The Candy Land-worthy level of sweetness and an overwhelming amount of thick dairy immediately begin to work together in a vicious attempt to give me the worst headache of my life. I find myself wishing I had a glass of water or maybe a bottle of Lactaid.
I get up to ask the employee for water, but he is nowhere to be seen after immediately disappearing to the back as soon as I got my drink. I didn’t see him again the rest of the time I was there.
The website claims Te’Amo is a place that "Brings People Together with Every Cup." The service I received is proof of the opposite.
I throw out the unfinished drink as I leave, completely unsatisfied with my eight dollar drink.
I came to Te’Amo excited to feed my boba addiction and left with less faith in humanity, a stomachache and a pounding headache.
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