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B-tier · Solid PourGrant Road · Mountain View
“Old-school and honest. The wintermelon plus pudding combo is a nostalgia trip that costs almost nothing.”
Weighted across 6 dimensions
The Breakdown
Quality and depth of the tea base — is it brewed fresh or out of powder?
The chew. Springy, warm and freshly cooked — or sad and gummy?
Range of drinks, toppings and seasonal specials worth coming back for.
What you get for the price — size, quality and refills of joy per dollar.
Service warmth, wait time, seating and overall good-time energy.
Can you actually dial it in, and does 50% taste balanced and intentional?
Shines brightest
📋 Menu Variety — 8.2
Room to grow
✨ Experience — 6.8
Lenti’s Review
T4 is the unpretentious veteran. No tiger stripes, no cheese crowns — just classic Taiwanese drinks at gentle prices. The wintermelon milk tea is caramel-sweet and nostalgic, and adding their silky egg pudding turns it into a textural treat for a couple of dollars. The shop itself is bare-bones and service is purely functional, but for everyday boba that respects your budget, T4 quietly over-delivers.
What she loved
- Excellent value — among the cheapest cups around
- Comforting, classic wintermelon and pudding
- Honest, no-gimmick menu
The quibbles
- Sparse, functional atmosphere
- Service is strictly transactional
The Order
- Signature drink
- Wintermelon Milk Tea
- What Lenti got
- Wintermelon Milk Tea, 50% sugar, with pearls and pudding
- Best for
- An everyday cup that won't dent the budget.
Find It
- Address
- 570 Showers Dr, Mountain View, CA
- Distance from Palo Alto
- 4.5 mi
- Price
- $ (budget)