Molly Tea Menu, Prices & What’s Worth Ordering
Molly Tea is a jasmine-focused tea chain from Shenzhen, China, founded by Zhang Bochung in 2021 and now operating more than 2,000 stores worldwide. Drinks at US locations run roughly $7.19 to $8.99 based on recent Uber Eats listings. The signature order is the premium Jasmine Milk Tea. One thing worth knowing before you order: the house default is 70% sugar, which most US customers find too sweet. Asking for 30% to 50% lets the tea come through.
What Molly Tea actually is
Molly Tea, written in Mandarin as 茉莉奶白 (Mòlì Nǎibái — literally “Jasmine Milk White”), opened its first store in Shenzhen in 2021. Founder Zhang Bochung had spent years in food and beverage operations and noticed that China’s tea boom had become crowded with fruit-led drinks while almost no one was building a brand around floral tea — the older, more traditional side of Chinese tea culture. The name plays on the phonetic likeness between Molly and mòlì (茉莉), the Mandarin word for jasmine flower.
That single bet — jasmine first, fruit later — became the brand’s identity. The company now operates over 2,000 stores across China, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, and several other markets, per its own About page. The first US store opened in Flushing, Queens in 2024, and the brand has since reached Boston, Las Vegas, Edison, Chicago, Houston, Bellevue, the Bay Area, and Los Angeles. The shorthand the brand uses for itself — Eastern Modern, with cues drawn from the Four White Flowers of the East — is brand-side language; what shows up in the cup is a tea-forward, less-sweet style that runs noticeably different from a typical American boba shop.
The full Molly Tea menu, by category
The active US menu carries roughly 25 to 30 drinks across six core categories, with rotating seasonal additions and small differences between stores. Palo Alto launched in November 2025 with a heavily jasmine-focused selection — including just two peach milk teas on the fruit side — before broadening over the following months. Singapore’s Orchard Central flagship opened with a curated six-drink list during its March 2026 soft-opening week, then expanded to over 30 drinks once the full menu went live. Prices below reflect a recent US Uber Eats price band of roughly $7.19 to $8.99 for milk teas and signature drinks, verified across the Flushing, Sunnyvale, San Gabriel, Cupertino, Boston, Las Vegas, and Edison store listings; the specific number at your local store may vary by a dollar or so depending on platform markups.
Floral Fresh Milk Tea (花香鲜茶)
This is the foundation of the menu — straight fresh milk and floral-scented tea, no cream toppings, no boba unless you add them. If you only try one drink at Molly Tea, it comes from this category.
Premium Jasmine Milk Tea (茉莉奶白)
The signature drink. Hengzhou jasmine, seven-step scented and blended with fresh milk. Clean, fragrant, more floral than any standard boba shop version.
Osmanthus Milk Tea (桂花龙井)
Longjing (Dragon Well) green tea scented with golden osmanthus, blended with milk. Lighter and sweeter on the nose than the jasmine, with a delicate honey-floral finish.
White Champaca Milk Tea (白兰)
Champaca (a magnolia relative) gives a softer, fruitier floral note than jasmine. Often the better pick for people who find jasmine too perfume-like.
Gardenia Milk Tea (栀子奶白)
Distinct floral profile — gardenia is heavier and slightly tropical compared to jasmine. Polarising for first-timers.
White Champaca Oolong Milk Tea (白兰金萱)
Jin Xuan oolong (naturally milky on its own) scented with champaca. One of the most balanced drinks on the menu and a frequent reviewer favourite.
Gardenia Oolong Milk Tea (栀子金萱)
Same oolong base with gardenia floral scenting. Fuller and rounder than the green-tea-based gardenia drink.
Dancong Oolong Milk Tea (单丛)
Yellow Branch Dancong from Fenghuang Mountain. Rich, mineral, more roasted in character. The pick for people who want a stronger tea profile.
Peach Oolong Milk Tea (蜜桃老铁)
Five-year-aged Tieguanyin oolong from Anxi, Fujian, paired with peach and milk. Reads as a dessert drink with a real tea backbone.
Tongmu Lapsang Milk Tea (小种)
Tongmuguan black tea from Wuyi Mountain, Fujian, with milk. Honeyed and slightly smoky; a hot-friendly option in winter months
Snowy Whipped Cream (云顶)
This is the category that goes viral on TikTok. Each Snowy drink takes a base from the Fresh Milk Tea series and adds a layer of jasmine-infused whipped cream and crushed pecans on top — sweeter, richer, and roughly $1 more than the base drink.
Snowy Jasmine (一朵茉莉花)
The Premium Jasmine Milk Tea with the cream-and-pecans top. The reviewer-favourite “if I have to pick the prettiest” drink.
Snowy Gardenia (一朵栀子花)
Gardenia milk tea base with the same cream cap. Heavier-feeling than the jasmine version.
Snowy Dancong (一口单丛)
Dancong oolong base with the cream top. The pecans pair particularly well with the roasted oolong note.
Allergen note: all Snowy drinks contain crushed pecans. Ask in-store for the cream cap to be left off if you have a nut allergy.
Matcha
Molly Tea’s approach to matcha is its quiet point of difference. Rather than a straight matcha latte, the matcha sits alongside a floral tea base, which keeps the drink less heavy than a pure milk-and-matcha build. Anchor cream is the dairy used in the matcha cheese variants, which the brand calls out directly in its product descriptions.
Premium Jasmine Matcha (抹茶针王)
Premium Jasmine green tea paired with matcha-and-Anchor-cream cheese on top.
White Champaca Matcha (抹茶白兰)
Bailan-scented champaca tea paired with the matcha cheese. Lighter and more floral than the jasmine version.
Matcha Jasmine Salted Cheese (抹茶茉莉咸酪乳)
Jasmine green tea, salted cheese foam, matcha infusion. The salt cuts the richness and pulls the tea forward.
Matcha White Champaca Salted Cheese (抹茶白兰咸酪乳)
Champaca green tea version of the salted-cheese build.
Camellia Matcha (山茶花抹茶)
A newer addition built on a camellia oolong base with the matcha cheese top.
If you’re a matcha person and Molly Tea is new to you, the White Champaca Matcha is the lower-risk start — the champaca is softer than jasmine and lets the matcha breathe.
Pistachio drinks
Pistachio at Molly Tea is built on coconut water rather than milk, so these drinks sit somewhere between the milk tea line and the fruit tea line. Lighter on the palate than the cream-topped Snowy series, but still rich because of the pistachio cheese.
Pistachio Jasmine Coconut
Premium Jasmine green tea, coconut water, pistachio cheese on top.
Pistachio White Champaca Coconut
Champaca green tea, coconut water, pistachio cheese. The champaca version reads softer and more orchid-forward.
Allergen note: both drinks contain pistachios.
Fruit-led and seasonal drinks
The fruit line is smaller than the floral line and rotates more often.
Premium Jasmine Apple Milk Tea (针王苹果)
Fresh apple juice, Premium Jasmine green tea, fresh milk. The lightest, most “healthy-feeling” drink on the menu. Natural separation can happen if it sits — drink it soon.
Premium Jasmine Mango Coconut Tea (针王芒芒椰)
Mango, coconut water, jasmine green tea, pineapple-lime pulp, cream foam top. Tropical and clean rather than heavy.
Jasmine Mango Smoothie
Mango smoothie blended with jasmine tea, grapefruit, and coconut milk. Pulp-forward and thick. Seasonal availability.
Camellia Oolong Milk Tea (山茶花乌龙)
A Southern Fujian oolong base in a fresh milk build. A 2025–2026 addition.
Seasonal rotations come and go — the brand uses anniversaries, Chinese festivals, and holiday windows for limited drops. Check the store’s current Uber Eats or Chowbus listing for what’s actually pouring.
Oat Milk and dairy-conscious options
The US Molly Tea menu has trimmed its oat milk lineup down to a single drink as of this writing — earlier iterations of the brand’s catalog included a wider Jasmine, Gardenia, and White Champaca oat milk series that remains in Australia and Canada but is no longer listed at any US store on Uber Eats or Chowbus.
Camellia Zest
Camellia-scented oolong tea with fresh orange and oat milk, currently in the NEW-IN section at most US stores. The orange adds aroma lift; the oat milk gives the drink a softer, less floral body than the dairy versions.
A useful note on dairy: Camellia Zest is the obvious swap if you’re avoiding cow’s milk, but the Snowy whipped cream, salted cheese, and matcha cheese drinks all contain dairy by design. The brand’s Premium Jasmine green tea (without milk) is listed on Uber Eats as dairy-free. If you’re vegan rather than just lactose-conscious, ask the store directly — whey and milk derivatives can appear in cheese foams and toppings, and store staff can confirm specific drinks for your needs.
What to order if it’s your first time
Three honest starting points, depending on what you’re after.
If you want to taste what Molly Tea is actually known for, order the Premium Jasmine Milk Tea at 30% or 50% sugar, less ice. The whole brand is built around that double-petal jasmine from Hengzhou and the seven-step scenting process — and at the house-default 70% sweetness, the floral note flattens under the sugar. Dialed back to 30%, the jasmine carries the cup and the milk plays a supporting role. At Flushing it runs $7.99 on Uber Eats, and it sits as the #1 most-liked drink on that store’s listing.
If you came in because of TikTok, get the Snowy Jasmine at 0% sugar. It’s the same jasmine base with a cap of jasmine-infused whipped cream and crushed pecans. The cream is already sweet, so zero sugar in the tea balances it out. Around $8.99. Skip it if you have a nut allergy.
If floral isn’t usually your thing, try the White Champaca Oolong Milk Tea or the Peach Oolong Milk Tea. Both lean on the oolong base rather than green tea, so the floral side reads softer and more rounded. The Peach Tieguanyin pairing in particular has aged Anxi oolong as its backbone, which gives it a fuller, fruit-forward profile.
One thing worth saying plainly: across published reviews and what regulars repeat at the counter, the white champaca line tends to win over first-timers more reliably than the jasmine line. Champaca is gentler — a soft orchid note rather than the bright perfume of jasmine — and it pairs more easily with milk for palates that haven’t grown up on floral teas.
How sweetness levels work at Molly Tea
Like most modern tea shops, Molly Tea uses a five-step sweetness scale: 0%, 30%, 50%, 70%, and 100%. The default the staff recommend is 70%, which Time Out Singapore, Honeycombers, and The Paly Voice (Palo Alto) all flagged in their reviews as sweeter than most non-Chinese palates expect.
Here’s what works for each style:
- For Floral Fresh Milk Teas — Premium Jasmine, White Champaca, Osmanthus, Gardenia — 30% sugar is where the tea starts to come through cleanly. 50% is the safe middle if you’re unsure. 70% buries the floral note.
- For Snowy Whipped Cream drinks, 0% sugar in the tea base is the sweet spot. The cream cap supplies enough sweetness on its own, and a sweetened base on top of that pushes the drink into dessert territory.
- For matcha cheese and salted cheese drinks, 30% balances the savoury cheese foam. The salt and the cream already lift the perceived sweetness; adding much more flattens the matcha.
Ice options are straightforward — regular ice, less ice, no ice. Less ice is the practical pick for delivery so the drink isn’t watered down by the time it arrives. No ice works for hot weather sipping at the store.
Molly Tea calories and nutrition — what we know
Molly Tea does not publish official nutritional information for its US menu. The brand’s site lists ingredients and sourcing but no calorie counts, and individual stores generally direct customers to ask in person.
The numbers that do circulate come from independent TikTok creators who have run drinks through calorie estimators or pulled lab tests. The commonly cited figures are roughly 438 calories for a Snowy Jasmine and around 193 calories for a Premium Jasmine Milk Tea at default sweetness — both unverified by Molly Tea itself. Treat them as ballpark, not gospel.
A few things shift the number meaningfully: size of cup, sugar level, milk choice, and toppings. Dropping from 70% to 30% sugar trims a noticeable chunk of the load. Swapping fresh milk for oat milk adds calories rather than removing them. The Snowy whipped cream cap is the single densest piece of any drink on the menu, often more than the tea base itself.
If calorie awareness matters to you, the cleanest options on the menu are the brewed teas without milk or the milk teas at 0–30% sugar with no whipped topping.
Molly Tea locations in the United States
Molly Tea has moved fast in the US since its first store opened in Flushing, Queens in late 2024. By mid-2026 the brand operates more than a dozen US stores, with active locations in New York, the Bay Area, Greater Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Boston, Edison, Philadelphia, Chicago, Houston, and Bellevue, plus more under construction. Most stores run 11 AM to 10 PM, with weekend hours stretching later in higher-traffic markets. The current store map and any pending openings are listed on usa.mollytea.com.
Molly Tea New York
The Flushing store at 37-11 Prince Street, Flushing, NY 11354 opened in 2024 as Molly Tea’s first US location and remains the busiest. Hours run 11 AM to 10 PM Monday through Thursday, until midnight Friday and Saturday, and until 11 PM Sunday. The Premium Jasmine Milk Tea and Snowy Jasmine sit as the top two most-ordered drinks on its Uber Eats listing (4.8 stars, 1,000+ ratings as of last check). Expect a queue, especially on weekend afternoons — long lines are part of the regular pattern here. Phone: (917) 702-3085.
Additional New York stores include the Chinatown Manhattan location at 63 Mott Street, the Brooklyn stores at 5909 8th Avenue (Sunset Park) and 620 Atlantic Avenue (Atlantic Terminal area), and the Upper West Side location at 2857 Broadway near Columbia University.
Molly Tea Bay Area
Four confirmed Bay Area stores cover the Peninsula and Silicon Valley.
- Sunnyvale — 605 E El Camino Real, Ste 1, Sunnyvale, CA 94087. The largest Bay Area store with 2,500+ Yelp photos and 1,660+ reviews. Daily 11 AM to 10 PM. Phone: (669) 248-5934.
- Cupertino — 19110 Stevens Creek Blvd, Ste A, Cupertino, CA 95014. Daily 11 AM to 10 PM. Phone: (408) 564-4794.
- San Mateo — 153 S B St, San Mateo, CA 94401. Hours run shorter on weekdays (11:30 AM to 9 PM Monday–Thursday, 11 AM to 10 PM Friday and Saturday). Phone: (650) 727-3523.
- Palo Alto — 318 University Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94301. Downtown Palo Alto, opened November 2025. Daily 11 AM to 10 PM. The Palo Alto store opened with a narrower fruit selection — at launch only two peach milk teas filled the fruit category, per The Paly Voice’s review. Verify current selection at the store on the day you visit.
Molly Tea Los Angeles area
- San Gabriel — 425 W Valley Blvd, Ste 101–102, San Gabriel, CA 91776. The LA flagship and one of the busiest US stores, with 2,200+ Yelp photos and 1,700+ reviews. Open daily 11 AM to 1 AM — the latest hours of any US Molly Tea. The on-site parking lot is small; street parking is the practical option. Phone: (626) 464-7666.
- Arcadia — 1130 S Baldwin Ave, Suite 5/A5, Arcadia, CA 91007. Opened January 2026 with soft-opening promotions on January 28. Daily 11 AM to 10 PM (until 11 PM Friday and Saturday). Phone: (213) 913-8384. Worth the trip for SGV residents who want to skip the San Gabriel queues.
Molly Tea Boston
- 67 Beach Street, Boston, MA 02111 in Boston’s Chinatown. Opened late 2025. Walking distance from South Station and Boston Common. Daily 11 AM to 10 PM, until 11 PM Friday and Saturday. Phone: (857) 202-7551.
Molly Tea Las Vegas
- 3400 S Jones Blvd, Ste 20, Las Vegas, NV 89146. Opened in early 2026 and has built momentum quickly — 569+ Yelp reviews and a 4.9-star average within months. Daily 11 AM to 11 PM, the longest hours outside San Gabriel. Phone: (702) 629-6902.
Molly Tea New Jersey
- Edison — 1777 Lincoln Hwy, Unit 102, Edison, NJ 08817, in Festival Plaza. The most recently opened US store, with a soft opening from April 6–9, 2026 and grand opening April 10–12 with storewide BOGO and free fridge magnets for the first 300 customers. Daily 11 AM to 10 PM (until 11 PM Friday through Sunday). Phone: (908) 887-6811.
- Jersey City — 223 Grove Street. Confirm current operating hours on Yelp before visiting.
Other US locations
- Philadelphia — 3720 Chestnut St, 1st Floor, Ste B, near the University of Pennsylvania (University City). Daily 11 AM to 10 PM, until 11 PM Friday and Saturday. Phone: (215) 970-7293.
- Chicago — A Chinatown location that opened in January 2025 and was reported as the first mainland-Chinese tea brand to open in Chicago. Confirm current address on the brand’s store locator.
- Houston and Bellevue, Washington — both confirmed in operation per the brand’s listings and 2025 trade press coverage. Pull current addresses from usa.mollytea.com.
Molly Tea international locations
Outside the US, Molly Tea operates across China, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, Singapore, Thailand, and several other markets, with the network exceeding 2,000 stores worldwide.
- Singapore — The Orchard Central flagship at #01-17A, Orchard Central is the largest Molly Tea store in Southeast Asia. Drinks start at S$5.20. It opened in March 2026 with a soft launch from March 3–5 and a grand opening on March 6. For a tasting breakdown of the six launch drinks, Honeycombers Singapore and Time Out Singapore both published reviews.
- Sydney — Darling Square in Sydney’s CBD, the first Australian store.
- Melbourne — A Swanston Street flagship plus two additional Melbourne stores. Hours and addresses vary; check the brand’s Australian listings.
- London — A Chinatown location that opened in early 2025 as the UK debut, with Birmingham following.
- Canada — Toronto, Edmonton, and Richmond, BC (the Richmond store opened on April 18, 2026).
A note on Indonesia: search interest exists, but at the time of writing the brand’s English-language store map does not list active Indonesian retail locations. If you’re in Jakarta or Bali, check usa.mollytea.com or the brand’s regional social channels for the current status before traveling to a specific address.
Molly Tea compared to other bubble tea brands
Three honest comparisons people search for most often.
Molly Tea vs Chagee. Both are mainland-Chinese tea chains that built their reputations on tea quality rather than toppings, and both are expanding aggressively in the US. Chagee’s range is broader — its orchid oolong line is the brand’s signature, but the menu spans more tea types and a wider milk-tea spectrum. Molly Tea is narrower and more floral-focused, with jasmine and white champaca doing most of the lifting. Price ranges overlap closely. If you prefer wider choice, Chagee. If you specifically want jasmine done well, Molly Tea.
Molly Tea vs HEYTEA. HEYTEA was the originator of the cheese-foam-on-fruit-tea category and runs a much wider menu, including non-tea drinks and seasonal fruit pairings. Molly Tea is more focused — fewer SKUs, more depth on the floral side. A Yelp reviewer summed up the contrast bluntly: Molly Tea offers hot drinks and reads more tea-forward, where HEYTEA leans cold and fruit-led.
Molly Tea vs Tiger Sugar or classic boba shops. Different category. Tiger Sugar built its name on brown sugar boba milk; Molly Tea centres on tea aromatics. Most Molly Tea drinks ship without boba pearls by default — boba is an optional topping, typically around $0.50 to $1 extra. If chewy pearls and brown sugar drips are the point of the visit, this isn’t the chain. If you want to taste the tea itself, it is.
Across all three comparisons, Molly Tea’s defining trait is the same: a tea-first build with a deliberately floral identity, less sweet by default than typical American boba, and a smaller menu that goes deeper on fewer drinks.
Ordering, delivery, and store experience
Most US Molly Tea stores run on self-order touchscreen kiosks at the counter, with a staff member available for cash payment and questions. Card payments process through the kiosk; some stores accept cash only at the register. The kiosks let you set sugar and ice levels and add toppings drink by drink.
For online ordering, the brand uses Chowbus for in-store pickup and ships through Uber Eats, DoorDash, and Grubhub for delivery. Chowbus also runs a Modern Rewards points program at participating stores.
Standard hours run 11 AM to 10 PM at most stores, with weekend extensions to 11 PM or midnight at higher-traffic locations. San Gabriel runs until 1 AM daily; Las Vegas until 11 PM seven days.
Wait times during peak hours are real. The Flushing, Sunnyvale, and San Gabriel flagships routinely run 20–30 minute waits on weekends. One San Gabriel reviewer reported a 1 hour 22 minute wait on a Saturday around grand-opening time. Quieter windows are weekday mornings, mid-afternoons between 2 and 4 PM, and the last hour before close.
Packaging is part of the brand’s identity — sealed plastic-film tops on every drink, branded pink-and-white bags, and a signature triple-hole specialty straw (三品管) designed to lift the floral aroma on the way up.
Frequently asked questions
What is Molly Tea’s most popular drink?
The Premium Jasmine Milk Tea is the consistent best-seller across stores and review coverage. On the Flushing Uber Eats listing it sits at #1 most-liked, with the Snowy Jasmine in the second slot. Multiple reviewers describe the jasmine milk tea as the drink the brand should be judged on — the floral aroma is what built the chain.
Is Molly Tea worth the hype?
Yes if you like tea-forward, lightly sweet, floral drinks. Less so if you came in expecting chewy brown sugar boba and dense syrupy milk teas. Most published reviews land in the same place — good, distinctive, not flawless, with the long waits being the most common complaint rather than the drinks themselves.
Does Molly Tea have boba?
Not by default on most drinks. The brand is built around floral milk teas with whipped cream or cheese foam toppings, not tapioca pearls. The Tongmu Lapsang Bubble Tea is the one signature drink that ships with brown sugar boba as part of the recipe. White boba appears on some store menus as a topping but is often listed as unavailable. If chewy pearls are the point of your visit, this isn’t the chain.
What’s the difference between Premium Jasmine Milk Tea and Snowy Jasmine?
The Snowy Jasmine takes the same Premium Jasmine Milk Tea base and tops it with jasmine-infused whipped cream and crushed pecans. It costs roughly a dollar more — $7.99 versus $8.99 at the Flushing store — and reads sweeter, denser, and more dessert-like. The plain milk tea lets the jasmine carry the cup; the Snowy version pushes the cream forward.
What sugar level should I order at Molly Tea?
30% to 50% is where most US drinkers land. The house default is 70%, which Time Out Singapore, Honeycombers, and The Paly Voice all flagged as sweeter than most non-Chinese palates prefer. For Snowy whipped cream drinks, 0% in the base works well because the cream supplies enough sweetness on its own.
Does Molly Tea have dairy-free options?
Yes. The Fresh Oat Milk Tea series — jasmine, gardenia, and white champaca with oat milk — is the clearest dairy-free pick. The Premium Jasmine green tea on its own is also listed as dairy-free on Uber Eats. Any drink with whipped cream, salted cheese, or matcha cheese contains dairy. Ask the staff before ordering if you have a strict requirement.
How much do Molly Tea drinks cost?
US prices land roughly $7.19 to $8.99 depending on the drink, location, and any active promotion. At Flushing, the Premium Jasmine Milk Tea runs $7.99 and the Snowy Jasmine runs $8.99 on Uber Eats. Singapore drinks at the Orchard Central flagship start at S$5.20. UK and Australian pricing varies by store.
Where is the original Molly Tea?
Molly Tea was founded in Shenzhen, China in 2021 by Zhang Bochung. The first US store opened on 37-11 Prince Street in Flushing, Queens in 2024, before the chain expanded into Brooklyn, the Bay Area, Los Angeles, Boston, Las Vegas, Edison, Philadelphia, Chicago, and other markets. The brand operates more than 2,000 stores globally.
Is Molly Tea the same as Molly Ramen•Poke•Tea?
No. Molly Ramen•Poke•Tea is a separate restaurant in Virginia Beach, Virginia, founded by Andy Chen and Happy Huang. It serves ramen, poke bowls, sushi burritos, teriyaki, and bubble tea. The two share only the first name. If you searched for “Molly Ramen Poke Tea menu,” you’re looking for mollyramen.com, not Molly Tea.
Updates and what to verify before you go
Menus rotate. Prices shift. New stores open every month. The drink prices, hours, and addresses on this page were cross-checked across Uber Eats, Chowbus, Yelp, Mollyteaus.com, and the brand’s international site within the past 24 hours of publishing — but a number can change tomorrow.
Before you travel, confirm two things: the specific store’s current hours on Google Maps or Yelp (weekend hours and holiday closures shift more often than weekday hours), and the live price on the Uber Eats listing for that location if cost matters to your decision. Seasonal drinks come and go fastest of all, so a Saturday menu may differ from a Wednesday one.
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