7 Leaves Cafe Irvine

Reviews 9

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Walter Macalma

I don’t know what’s more popular Game of Thrones and it’s 7 Kingdoms or Orange County and their 7 Leaves? You can stop reading if you don’t get that reference. Caffeine is the most popular, readily available, socially acceptable drug in the world. Yes DRUG. It’s on every corner, yet still seems to be monopolized by some of these big guys, well not in Orange County. If you were a Starbucks fan, you hadn’t lived until you had 85’s coffee. Now 7 leaves did to 85 what they did to Starbucks. Changed an entire generation and segment of Coffee drinkers. Gone are the days of mochachocolatte Frappayabadabadoo drinks. I’m also not trying to trivialize the importance of Fair Trade, but just having good products is the function over form you shouldn’t overlook and the big guys lost track of that. Yes the parking sucks, as does every 7 Leave location (not 100% sure, but the consistency in this seems like it’s part of the business model). There is really no dine in sort of seating, just a bar and some uncomfortable chairs, a bathroom and a like 100 sq foot storefront. Classic art consistent with the other spots have the usual blown up menu items, macaron case, ghandi quote (they really like that I guess). Prices are on point at roughly $3 for most drinks and add ons like boba (not the new age tiny kind or the crystal versions), grass jelly, etc. Punch cards are a great program, but they have been out of the Large size cup for months. How is that possible in todays world of manufacturing to not source that better. Their house coffee can get extra espresso shots for free (I believe up to 6, but at that point you might as well get a powdered upper). Sea foam (just salt people). They use fresh tea in their milk teas and their general scoop of ice is too much so most people go light ice. There is never much of a wait. Their to go bags are solid and they always have a good seal so shaking and transporting upside down is fine, never had one open, and they don’t butcher your name like some places. Since parking sucks, don’t be that person who parks in the loading zone and isn’t in and out; and pull all the way into it. Maybe put your hazards on, it’s like people in Irvine don’t know the rules of the road, you know what, just don’t use it. Staff is super friendly, very young looking college kids? The house coffee is great. The Mung Bean milk tea is delicious. The Taro root milk tea has taro chunks and is super good. I’ve never had anything bad on the menu or on any visit. They do house coffee by the ½ gallon and if they had longer straws I’d buy that and drink it all in one shot for a long drive, say up North.

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Jason Lum

Yes!!!!! 7 Leaves is open in Irvine! Yeah Yeah! No more having to make a drive to Garden Grove or Tustin just to get my favorite milk tea and coffee drinks. Right when Starbucks decided to screw the majority of “valued customers” with the new reward program in April, we have 7 Leaves opening and Dunkin’ Donuts down the street. There is no need to drink that overpriced burnt coffee anymore. I will bring my 7 Leaves punch card with me and get free drinks at all locations . I don’t mean to overhype this place but I legit love this place. It’s like hearing about Shack Shake (east coast peeps) or In-N-Out (CA peeps) being built in your city only this time it lives up to the hype, but you don’t have to believe me. I like having a shorter line. Just don’t come here if you are a hater. Jasmine Milk tea is my favorite followed by Sea Salt Coffee (better than 85C) and Vietnamese style coffee. The key here is the drinks taste like tea or coffee. You won’t see any workers here shaking or stirring some powder and water together like *cough* Lollicup and *cough* It’s Boba Time. The drinks are NOT watered down here and the pricing is lower than the average boba place. Forget what you know about supply and demand from Economics class. This is a quality un-watered down product that is less expensive but better than the competition. #Happy . I am like Pharrell dancing in the music video. Now I don’t have to pretend to like Gen in Tustin. I can go to my favorite Korean BBQ place Shik Do Rak and cap off the night with a milk tea afterwards. #Bobalife

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Kathy Alexander

A great spacious place that offers plenty of seating and great variety of drinks. They have a nice selection of coffee, tea, and juice. It was our first time and we can see why this place gets pack. We ordered their signature herbal tea with boba and you can definitely taste the tea but was not bitter at all. Their iced coffee is strong and not super sweet. We wish we could have stayed in the area longer since the place is in a great location that offers lots of delicious spots for food and hangouts. Tip: be sure to try their popular sunset passion and sea cream jasmine tea. Place only accepts cash.

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Ashley Qu

This place is much smaller than I expected. Barely any room to sit comfortably and chat with a friend. The drinks are a bit pricey for what they are, but +1 star for having the Cream Pan Strawberry Croissants, which I definitely recommend, especially if you havent visited the actual shop in Old Tustin! Ive had the following: - Sunset Passion is way too sweet. - Sea Cream Jasmine Tea (with boba) is delicious, and on the sweeter side. - Japanese Matcha Tea is subtly sweet, mostly refreshing. Overall decent, but not tempted to visit again unless Im inside the shopping center.

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Mandy Cheung

Service here is amazing. I ordered the mango green tea with regular amount of sugar and after I tried it, I realized I forgot to ask for half sweet. Employee overheard me saying that I forgot to do half sweet, and offered to remake my drink. I didnt want to hassle them, but the offer to do so was exceptional service imo. Ive been here about 5x and each time, the employees are always friendly.

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Jackie L

My brother brought the house coffee and matcha drinks over once and I really liked them so came back to try their other drinks. We got the mung bean, taro and passion drinks. Id ask for half sweet on the taro and skip the mung bean. Both tasted like they used powder, unfortunately, the mung bean drink was bright green! I think there was some real taro in the taro drink.

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Allan Beckman

7 Leaves is my go to Boba place in Orange County. It doesnt have as much variety as Lollicup or 85, but all of the drinks they have are great. I would recommend the Sea Cream Jasmine or the Strawberry Hibiscus which is refreshing on a hot so cal day! Also, they serve strawberry croissants from cream pan which is a local Japanese bakery in Tustin.

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Dawson Jung

Hands down, best place for boba/tea in the Irvine area. They have a really good Sea Cream Jasmine Tea, I must say that I am hooked. I also like their Thai tea, its not too sweet like other places. Their drinks taste more like tea and less like sugar than its competitors. This place does get busy though and parking can get quite bad too.

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Chelsea Josette Dy

I love the mung bean and taro milk teas! They actually use real taro and mung bean not just powdered flavoring. My only complaint is that when you asked for reduced sugar they just at more half and half instead of brewing tea leaves with less sugar. This reduces the overall flavor of the drink compared to just reducing the sweetness

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