Dont Yell At Me

They're really know for their pink lychee smoothie, so I tried it. I was worried that it would be really artificial from the pink food coloring, but I could definitely taste the lychee!

Probably one of the top 2 boba shops I've tried in Seattle! I believe they have multiple locations in the Seattle area as I've been to one other one and had a great experience there too. That time I got the oolong milk tea with boba. They have two separate bobas. One soaked in honey and one in brown sugar. It's so rare to see stores offer both options, but I thought that was really cool since honey boba is usually better for jasmine/green tea or fruit drinks and brown sugar boba is good for milk teas and lattes.

The boba baristas were also very friendly and made us laugh when we ordered and picked up our drinks. The store itself was very clean and had modern furniture and feel to make it a hot spot for young people to grab some boba!

My brother made the joke about taking me here for the first time and said if I didn't like the place, that I shouldn't yell at him.

Luckily for him, I ended up enjoying my drink, although it was nothing grand, it was still pretty refreshing! I ordered a brown sugar milk tea and got it with default sweetness, but less ice. Even with default sweetness, I found it had a very weak flavor. It didn't really pop, it was just okay.

Parking could be hard to find to get boba here, as it's only street parking and it can be PACKED. The place itself is really large though, so lots of seating and space to hang with friends if you're trying to hang out and chill.

My go-to order would be an oolong milk tea with boba but I wanted something refreshing too. I tried the osmanthus jasmine fresh milk tea and the pink lychee smoothie with cheese foam, both half sweet.

1. Pink lychee smoothie with cheese foam was really good and refreshing. Though it's a smoothie it wasn't super thick. It had lychee bits at the bottom too. The half sweet was just right for me.

2. Osmanthus jasmine fresh milk tea was light in flavor, a bit more on the watery consistency. My guess is that too much fresh milk would overpower the light tea flavor. Boba was made well though.

Aside from the drinks, the space was open, had a couple of small round tables. The plastic straws snap really easily. I had asked the worker for her recommendations and she just told me all the thumbs up ones, which wasn't helpful lol.

Solid choice for boba still, close to campus too.

This review is purely for the Osmanthus Jasmine Milk Tea with boba, less ice, less sugar. It tasted awful and way too sweet even with the less sugar customization. I could barely taste the tea flavor. It was just sugary milk (the photo might make you think otherwise). Maybe the barista made it with the normal amount of sugar. Maybe I just had a bad first time experience. The boba was also bad. I finished less than 1 inch of the drink before throwing it away.

I want to give this place another chance since there are other positive reviews but $7 for another drink that might taste as awful as this one is too risky.

The pink lychee smoothie with cheese foam was very good, refreshing, not too sweet with the 50% sweetness level, and it came with lychee bits which was awesome.

The osmanthus jasmine fresh milk tea wasn't the best. Tea flavor was good, sweetness was fine (50% sweet), but the mouthfeel was really thin and watery. Would stick to the smoothies.

I saw the good reviews for Dont Yell at me so decided to give it a try with a friend last Saturday. I thought it may be crowded but we were able to find seats easily. It's spacious and nice to hang out, except that it was pretty chilly in there so we had our jackets on. I believe got the original milk tea with cheese foam and boba (50% sweetness, less ice). According to the staff, drinks tend to be very sweet and 50% sweetness is the baseline for sugar. They will adjust the sweetness if it's not sweet enough so it's better to start on the lower side of sugar level. The drink was good - I liked how the boba didn't have overpowering sweetness to it and blended well with the drink.

There were more people who came in just before 4 pm and it got pretty noisy so I recommend going there a little earlier than that if you want to just chill in a quieter space.

The line moved quickly and they had delicious options. We really loved the salted cheese foam with the black grape flavor!!

I was only able to try one drink from here, so I'll preface by saying I don't think this one drink is an accurate representation of the entire store. BUT, alas, this is the only thing I was able to try from here, so it's the only thing I can speak on.

I ordered the osmanthus jasmine milk tea, which I saw, from reviews and from the menu, was a highly recommended item. I also love jasmine teas, and the addition of osmanthus would only elevate it, or so I THOUGHT. All in all this drink kind of tasted like nothing. It was somewhat like watery milk with a light essence of tea. And this drink did not let you forget there was osmanthus inside when I'd randomly suck up osmanthus leaves through the straw that were big enough that I'd have to spit them out. The aftertaste was also so painful that I'd take another sip just to get the aftertaste out only to then suffer the same aftertaste again and the cycle just went on and on.

The bright spot was that the golden honey pearls had a decent texture- not too soft and not too hard, but where I was expecting a lot of honey flavor, I got no flavor. And at a certain point, after the boba absorbed some of the tea / was steeping in the tea for a bit, eating the boba just contributed to the aftertaste. Overall just a somewhat unfortunate boba drinking experience. But, again, this was just this one time, having this one drink, and next time I'm in Seattle I would absolutely 100% be willing to try it again!

One of the few boba places that offer osmanthus milk tea :) Which is why it's one of my go tos to when I'm craving a more floral milk tea drink.

FOOD:
I'll switch between the rose milk tea and the osmanthus milk tea and can happily say that both options are great! I particularly like this place because their 100% sweetness is actually not too sweet. So for those who are craving sweeter, you may have to request for more sweetener.

SERVICE:
The staff are always so friendly and welcoming :) If you don't like the drink, they can remake it for you as well to your liking.

AMBIANCE:
Clean and minimal place. I really like the aesthetic!

Overall, one of my go to spots for floral milk tea :)

Always a go to when I stop by Seattle for a trip:)
Line is always really long, maybe it got more popular recently? There's seating thought so it's a nice spot to chill in U-district.

High quality tea- I love the lychee smoothie with cream top and their famous roselle tea. Minimalistic ambiance and pretty good service!