Kung Fu Tea

Not many flavor options for milk tea but you can customize your order. Compared to the Old tea house, this is much less sweet (healthier) and wow milk collection comes with real lactose-​free milk, instead of some dubious milk powder. Highly recommended!

The bubble tea is good, but there are always a lot of people waiting.

So good! My favorite is the taro slush, no sugar. There are so many choices, and the prices are fair. Lines move quickly, too.

I tried to remain open minded when I walked into Kung fu Tea, to try the new place in town. Unfortunately, I’m spoiled by excellent bubble tea from the Old Tea House around the corner and have high expectations for what my $ 4 buys.
Kung fu Tea, has watered down flavors and charges extra for the bubbles. Neither flavors we tried in any way wow’d us.
The service was lack luster and impersonal, though the store was new and clean. A pro is that the have a list of options to make customizing your watered down tea a bit easier.
Recommendation, spend your money right around the corner on Eddy street with the Old Tea House. Really.

I have been to this place a couple of times and have ordered different things. No matter what I get, my drink is always grainy. I do not enjoy grainy bubble tea. It means to much mix is being used. I thought that perhaps it was an opening day fluke; however, every time I go back, I get the same grainy flavor. The servers are pleasant which is good and I like the inside of the establishment. Just fix the mixology and I will comeback.

Not a fan of how they charge extra for tapioca, but I must say the bubble tea is really good. Also, unlike their competitor old tea house, they do accept payment via credit/​debit card so that’s a big plus

I prefer old Teahouse for most of the standard tea drinks (green and black milk tea) but I must say that I do like the golden oolong tea here (which can’t be found anywhere else in Ithaca). I’d describe the flavor as a cross between green tea and thai iced tea. Milder than Thai iced tea, but a similar flavor profile. It is nothing like any oolong tea I have had and I am a bit of a tea snob (I’ve tried over 50 varieties of oolong teas over the years). Just a note, this isn’t high grade stuff made from full loose leaves, but it is pretty good quality for a bubble teashop.
Sweetness: Their drinks, without customization are slightly less sweet than Old Teahouse. If you prefer a really sweet drink you should customize (more = 120% sugar, less = 70% sugar, half = 50% sugar, little = 30% sugar, zero = no sugar). Their «more» is the default sugar level at most places. I prefer the «half», but I like my bubble tea to be not as sweet. I think the ease of customizing sweetness here is a plus over other Ithaca teashops.
Ice level: adjust it! (less ice, little ice, no ice) I like no ice, you tend to get a bit more drink this way.
Bring cash: $ 7 credit card minimum means two drinks are required if you want to use plastic. There is no ATM in the shop.
Service: I ordered a drink and they forgot to ask me about the customizable options (it was my first time there). A minute later after reading their menu I noticed that you could request less sugar. I asked if they could do this. They said they already made my drink and then said «is that OK?» In my opinion they should not be trying to make customers feel bad about making the drink over. They should have said «Sorry we forgot to ask about the customizations, we are more than happy to make the drink over if you like». I probably would have just told them it’s fine, but as silly as this sounds, I want to feel like am being a nice guy for not having them redo the drink, not like this is what all customers «should» do by default. The details of language and friendliness of service really can change a customer’s feelings about the experience.

The staff is quite nice and the bubble tea is far better than non-​bubble tea specific places (like Café Pacific, Teatime, etc) but I think I still prefer the Old Teahouse. The sole reason I think I’d go to Kung Fu Tea is because they accept credit card and Old Teahouse does not, which unfortunately is very often since I rarely carry cash on me. However, I do like the «Wow Tea» even though a lot of people don’t. It’s a very nostalgic drink I’ve had in China as a child.
Other reviews mentioned that they get the orders wrong sometimes and I agree, they have gotten my order wrong but not too terribly so I’m not taking off another star for it.

Great selection of drinks. I especially love the oolong milk tea half sweet and the hot red bean wow.

Overpriced and got my tea wrong (forgot the bubble). They also added wrong charges to my bubble tea for a «bubble fee», which I believe should be included in the price already.

Walked in here multiple times since it opened and they got my drink wrong most of the time. I understand they are sometimes busy but when you get the whole drink wrong and basically tell the customer to fuck off then theres something wrong with the service. Also tapioca is constantly out and they don’t make half the drinks advertised on the posters. The drink selection is way smaller than other Kung Fu Tea locations. At least the price is comparable to other bubble tea places in town and the location is close to campus.

Comparable to the other bubble tea place in Collegetown (Old Teahouse). I ordered a medium milk tea for $ 3.00 and added tapioca for an extra $.50. They currently have a grand opening promotion where you can buy one, get one free for certain kinds of drinks. Here’s the breakdown:
Price: Okay, overpriced if you’re from a big city like NYC or San Francisco. For Ithaca though, it’s on par with every other bubble tea place on campus, in Collegetown, and in the Commons. Expect to pay $ 3 — $ 6 for a drink. They charge extra for hot drinks, unlike Old Tea House, but I think their hot drinks are the same size as a large.
Tea: It’s okay. Nothing special, though my drink wasn’t as sweet as I’m used to. Not sure if I prefer it this way.
Tapioca: This is one thing that I think Kung Fu Tea does better than Old Teahouse– the tapioca was sweet, perfectly chewy, and floral.
Other: hours are usually from noon — 11 pm, which is earlier than Old Teahouse’s sometimes irregular hours.
I can’t speak for anything other than the milk tea with tapioca, but they do offer all of the standard flavors (taro, coconut, etc.) and a bunch of other drinks (slushes and milk?!). Worth a try if you want something new.

so delicious i gave up losing weight