Regular patrons of Tea Era say you shouldn’t be dismayed if you see a line out the door when you show up. It’s just a sign of the wild popularity of the cafe—it boasts more than 1,400 online reviews, most of them singing its praises. Plus, the skilled staff always keeps the line moving quickly, so you won’t wait for long even if there’s a line.

You might appreciate having a few minutes to pore over the menu, anyway. It’s enormous and packed with a wide variety of specialty tea drinks, including flavored tea, milk tea, juices, smoothies, and "snowfalls," which are frosty tea beverages. The roasted barley tea comes highly recommended, especially when you order it slightly sweetened with plump pearls of tapioca to offset its nutty flavor. The cafe also recently unveiled a vanilla crema series, which features teas capped with sweet layers of vanilla foam. Choose your base tea and customize it to your liking with extras like boba, jellies, and puddings.