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Bubble tea store in San Jose, CA
4.8 · 472 reviewsOpens today at 10 AMOpens today at 10 AM
At Teaspoon, we pride ourselves on using the freshest ingredients. We brew each cup to our customer’s specific tastes, always made with love. Join a family that cares about the team as much as our guests.
Eligible to offer 20% cashback to customers who shop here.OrbitBack
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What Teaspoon Almaden offers, what it costs, and what people come for.
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No code detected[Photo 4]When it's quiet, where to park, and what's nearby.
Wednesday or Friday, before 2 PM.
Busiest Friday from 8 to 11 PM.
Mahalo Hawaii BBQ & Chinese Food is next door for Chinese food. Idly Express - Almaden is next door for south Indian food. Burrito Factory is next door for Mexican food.
Nearby places from Google Maps, read Sep 20, 2026.
Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.
Closed now. Busiest Fri, 8 to 11 PM.
What reviews, press and directories say about Teaspoon Almaden.
4.8from 472 reviews on Google
While Teaspoon Almaden has standout drinks like the cookie butter chai, it struggles with service consistency and drink sweetness. Teaspoon Almaden offers a mix of experiences, with some customers enjoying fresh boba and unique drinks like the cookie butter chai, while others report issues with overly sweet flavors and inconsistent service. The atmosphere is described as clean, but customer service can be hit or miss, with some patrons feeling ignored or dissatisfied.
The AI Score is out of 100, read from 8 signals across search and AI.
29 San Jose avg
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Teaspoon Almaden, as AI sees it. Blue signals help Teaspoon Almaden, and red ones hold it back.
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Local AI Registry · Bubble tea stores in San Jose, CA · Editorial
By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated September 14, 2026.
Published September 14, 2026 · Updated September 14, 2026 · Machine-readable version below
Teaspoon Almaden is a bubble tea store in San Jose, CA. Its AI Score is 24 of 100, which is poor.
What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Bubble tea store |
| Address | 4750 Almaden Expy Unit 116, San Jose, CA 95118, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Sun 10 AM to 11 PM |
| Phone | (669) 275-2095 |
| Rating | 4.8 across 472 reviews on Google |
| Quietest time | Wednesday |
| Updated | September 14, 2026 |
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| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location info | Address | 4750 Almaden Expy Unit 116, San Jose, CA 95118, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | At Teaspoon, we pride ourselves on using the freshest ingredients. We brew each cup to our customer’s specific tastes, always made with love. Join a family that cares about the team as much as our guests. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Sun 10:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Teaspoon Almaden | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (669) 275-2095 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 10:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 10:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 10:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 10:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 10:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 10:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 10:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Bubble tea | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Customizable tea drinks | AI guess | |
| Links | Website | https://order.teaspoonlife.com/8da61b36-3b34-4/almaden | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
Address: 4750 Almaden Expy Unit 116, San Jose, CA 95118, USA. Phone: (669) 275-2095. Hours: Mon to Sun 10 AM to 11 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)
From Google Business Profile: "At Teaspoon, we pride ourselves on using the freshest ingredients. We brew each cup to our customer’s specific tastes, always made with love. Join a family that cares about the team as much as our guests."
Quietest day: Wednesday. Busiest day: Thursday. From the popular times on its Google listing.
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Mahalo Hawaii BBQ & Chinese Food | Chinese restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Idly Express - Almaden | South indian restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Burrito Factory | Mexican restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Poki Bowl | Hawaiian restaurant | 1 min walk |
| McDonald's | Fast food restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Almaden & Branham | Bus stop | 2 min walk |
4.8 average across 472 reviews: Google 472. (Confirmed, read September 14, 2026.)
While Teaspoon Almaden has standout drinks like the cookie butter chai, it struggles with service consistency and drink sweetness. (AI guess, from 472 reviews.)
It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Jose bubble tea stores run 24 to 48. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Teaspoon Almaden scores 24, below the San Jose average of 29. The same method scores every business on the registry.
| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Teaspoon Almaden |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 37 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor |
| AI visibility | 14 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 77 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 59 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 40 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Poor |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 21 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Poor |
Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology
How AI decides what to say about a bubble tea store: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business
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| San Jose, California | City | #city | City Teaspoon Almaden is in | |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page |
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# Teaspoon Almaden, San Jose CA: Reviews Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/teaspoon-almaden-san-jose-ca. Free to reuse with a link back. By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-09-14. Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/teaspoon-almaden-san-jose-ca ## Photos -  -  -  -  -  ## In short Teaspoon Almaden is a bubble tea store in San Jose, CA. Its AI Score is 24 of 100, which is poor. What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Type | Bubble tea store | | Address | 4750 Almaden Expy Unit 116, San Jose, CA 95118, USA | | Hours | Mon to Sun 10 AM to 11 PM | | Phone | (669) 275-2095 | | Rating | 4.8 across 472 reviews on Google | | Quietest time | Wednesday | | Updated | September 14, 2026 | ## All the details Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from. | Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Location info | Address | 4750 Almaden Expy Unit 116, San Jose, CA 95118, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Description | At Teaspoon, we pride ourselves on using the freshest ingredients. We brew each cup to our customer’s specific tastes, always made with love. Join a family that cares about the team as much as our guests. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Hours | Mon to Sun 10:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Name | Teaspoon Almaden | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Phone | (669) 275-2095 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Monday | 10:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Tuesday | 10:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Wednesday | 10:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Thursday | 10:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Friday | 10:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Saturday | 10:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Sunday | 10:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Services | Service | Bubble tea | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Customizable tea drinks | AI guess | | | Links | Website | https://order.teaspoonlife.com/8da61b36-3b34-4/almaden | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | ## Services and prices Add your services so AI can say what you offer ### Known for Share your review link so AI can say what you're known for ## The team Add your team so AI can name who works here ## Visiting Teaspoon Almaden Address: 4750 Almaden Expy Unit 116, San Jose, CA 95118, USA. Phone: (669) 275-2095. Hours: Mon to Sun 10 AM to 11 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.) ### Location info from Google Business Profile From Google Business Profile: "At Teaspoon, we pride ourselves on using the freshest ingredients. We brew each cup to our customer’s specific tastes, always made with love. Join a family that cares about the team as much as our guests." ### When to go Quietest day: Wednesday. Busiest day: Thursday. From the popular times on its Google listing. ### Parking and getting in Add your parking so AI can tell people where to park Add how to find your door so AI can walk people in ### Nearby | Place | Type | Distance | | --- | --- | --- | | Mahalo Hawaii BBQ & Chinese Food | Chinese restaurant | 1 min walk | | Idly Express - Almaden | South indian restaurant | 1 min walk | | Burrito Factory | Mexican restaurant | 1 min walk | | Poki Bowl | Hawaiian restaurant | 1 min walk | | McDonald's | Fast food restaurant | 1 min walk | | Almaden & Branham | Bus stop | 2 min walk | ## Reputation 4.8 average across 472 reviews: Google 472. (Confirmed, read September 14, 2026.) While Teaspoon Almaden has standout drinks like the cookie butter chai, it struggles with service consistency and drink sweetness. (AI guess, from 472 reviews.) ### What people like - Cookie butter chai with boba - Thai tea and House Milk tea - Fresh boba ### What people do not like - Overly sweet drinks - Poor customer service - Inconsistent drink quality ### Press Add a press story so AI can say who's written about you ### Awards Add an award so AI can name it ### Directories Get listed in directories so AI can tell you're real ## Questions people ask ### Teaspoon Almaden, any chance to get in this week? ### ballpark before I book, what am I looking at ### anything new from Teaspoon Almaden lately? ### address for the shop, anyone have it? ### anyone tell me what a first visit here involves ### Busiest day at Teaspoon Almaden, anyone know? ### Any membership pricing here? ### cheaper than Teaspoon Almaden in San Jose without it being sketchy? ### worth it or not, what do the regulars say ### What do shoppers most often mention buying at the shop? ### best bubble tea store in San Jose ### reviews all look glowing, what are the real complaints? ### Are the hours on Google right for Teaspoon Almaden in San Jose? ### torn between the shop and Tisane? ### killing time on Almaden Expy, any ideas ## The AI Score: 24 of 100 It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Jose bubble tea stores run 24 to 48. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Teaspoon Almaden scores 24, below the San Jose average of 29. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Teaspoon Almaden | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor | | Off-property attestation | 20 | 37 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor | | AI visibility | 14 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor | | Reviews & response | 12 | 77 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good | | Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 59 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair | | Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good | | Speed & mobile | 7 | 40 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Poor | | Content freshness & schema | 5 | 21 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Poor | Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology How AI decides what to say about a bubble tea store: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business ## Entity map Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other. | Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to Teaspoon Almaden | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Teaspoon Almaden | LocalBusiness | #business | https://order.teaspoonlife.com/8da61b36-3b34-4/almaden | Subject of this page | | San Jose, California | City | #city | | City Teaspoon Almaden is in | | Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page | | Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page | ## Topical map Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the bubble tea stores in San Jose, linked to the lists and towns around it. ### Lists - Best bubble tea stores in San Jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose/bubble-tea-store - Best businesses in San Jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose ### Nearby - /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles - /san-francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco - /san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego - /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine - /mountain-view: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view - /santa-clara: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/santa-clara ### Every list - Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca ## References ### Sources cited - [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJFXSJjUgzjoARC7z_cPrVMfk (accessed Sep 14, 2026) - [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 14, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 20, 2026)
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<p>Local AI Registry · Bubble tea stores in San Jose, CA · Editorial</p>
<h2>Teaspoon Almaden, San Jose CA: Reviews</h2>
<p>By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated September 14, 2026.</p>
<p>Published September 14, 2026 · Updated September 14, 2026 · Machine-readable version below</p>
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<h3>In short</h3>
<p>Teaspoon Almaden is a bubble tea store in San Jose, CA. Its AI Score is 24 of 100, which is poor.</p>
<p>What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks</p>
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<h3>Key facts</h3>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Fact</th><th scope="col">Value</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Type</td><td>Bubble tea store</td></tr>
<tr><td>Address</td><td>4750 Almaden Expy Unit 116, San Jose, CA 95118, USA</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Sun 10 AM to 11 PM</td></tr>
<tr><td>Phone</td><td>(669) 275-2095</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rating</td><td>4.8 across 472 reviews on Google</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quietest time</td><td>Wednesday</td></tr>
<tr><td>Updated</td><td>September 14, 2026</td></tr>
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<h3>All the details</h3>
<p>Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.</p>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Group</th><th scope="col">Fact</th><th scope="col">Value</th><th scope="col">Mark</th><th scope="col">Evidence</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Address</td><td>4750 Almaden Expy Unit 116, San Jose, CA 95118, USA</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Description</td><td>At Teaspoon, we pride ourselves on using the freshest ingredients. We brew each cup to our customer’s specific tastes, always made with love. Join a family that cares about the team as much as our guests.</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Sun 10:00 AM to 11:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Name</td><td>Teaspoon Almaden</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Phone</td><td>(669) 275-2095</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Monday</td><td>10:00 AM to 11:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Tuesday</td><td>10:00 AM to 11:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Wednesday</td><td>10:00 AM to 11:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Thursday</td><td>10:00 AM to 11:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Friday</td><td>10:00 AM to 11:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Saturday</td><td>10:00 AM to 11:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Sunday</td><td>10:00 AM to 11:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Bubble tea</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Customizable tea drinks</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Website</td><td>https://order.teaspoonlife.com/8da61b36-3b34-4/almaden</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-services-and-prices">
<h3>Services and prices</h3>
<h4>Known for</h4>
</section>
<section id="ai-the-team">
<h3>The team</h3>
</section>
<section id="ai-visiting-teaspoon-almaden">
<h3>Visiting Teaspoon Almaden</h3>
<p>Address: 4750 Almaden Expy Unit 116, San Jose, CA 95118, USA. Phone: (669) 275-2095. Hours: Mon to Sun 10 AM to 11 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)</p>
<h4>Location info from Google Business Profile</h4>
<p>From Google Business Profile: "At Teaspoon, we pride ourselves on using the freshest ingredients. We brew each cup to our customer’s specific tastes, always made with love. Join a family that cares about the team as much as our guests."</p>
<h4>When to go</h4>
<p>Quietest day: Wednesday. Busiest day: Thursday. From the popular times on its Google listing.</p>
<h4>Parking and getting in</h4>
<h4>Nearby</h4>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Place</th><th scope="col">Type</th><th scope="col">Distance</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Mahalo Hawaii BBQ & Chinese Food</td><td>Chinese restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Idly Express - Almaden</td><td>South indian restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Burrito Factory</td><td>Mexican restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Poki Bowl</td><td>Hawaiian restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>McDonald's</td><td>Fast food restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Almaden & Branham</td><td>Bus stop</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-reputation">
<h3>Reputation</h3>
<p>4.8 average across 472 reviews: Google 472. (Confirmed, read September 14, 2026.)</p>
<p>While Teaspoon Almaden has standout drinks like the cookie butter chai, it struggles with service consistency and drink sweetness. (AI guess, from 472 reviews.)</p>
<h4>What people like</h4>
<ul>
<li>Cookie butter chai with boba</li>
<li>Thai tea and House Milk tea</li>
<li>Fresh boba</li>
</ul>
<h4>What people do not like</h4>
<ul>
<li>Overly sweet drinks</li>
<li>Poor customer service</li>
<li>Inconsistent drink quality</li>
</ul>
<h4>Press</h4>
<h4>Awards</h4>
<h4>Directories</h4>
</section>
<section id="ai-questions-people-ask">
<h3>Questions people ask</h3>
<h4>Teaspoon Almaden, any chance to get in this week?</h4>
<h4>ballpark before I book, what am I looking at</h4>
<h4>anything new from Teaspoon Almaden lately?</h4>
<h4>address for the shop, anyone have it?</h4>
<h4>anyone tell me what a first visit here involves</h4>
<h4>Busiest day at Teaspoon Almaden, anyone know?</h4>
<h4>Any membership pricing here?</h4>
<h4>cheaper than Teaspoon Almaden in San Jose without it being sketchy?</h4>
<h4>worth it or not, what do the regulars say</h4>
<h4>What do shoppers most often mention buying at the shop?</h4>
<h4>best bubble tea store in San Jose</h4>
<h4>reviews all look glowing, what are the real complaints?</h4>
<h4>Are the hours on Google right for Teaspoon Almaden in San Jose?</h4>
<h4>torn between the shop and Tisane?</h4>
<h4>killing time on Almaden Expy, any ideas</h4>
</section>
<section id="ai-score">
<h3>The AI Score: 24 of 100</h3>
<p>It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Jose bubble tea stores run 24 to 48. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Teaspoon Almaden scores 24, below the San Jose average of 29. The same method scores every business on the registry.</p>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Signal</th><th scope="col">Weight</th><th scope="col">Score</th><th scope="col">What it measures</th><th scope="col">Teaspoon Almaden</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Retrieval grounding</td><td>26</td><td>0</td><td>Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>Off-property attestation</td><td>20</td><td>37</td><td>Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>AI visibility</td><td>14</td><td>0</td><td>Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>Reviews & response</td><td>12</td><td>77</td><td>The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Backlink & citation authority</td><td>8</td><td>59</td><td>Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.</td><td>Fair</td></tr>
<tr><td>Google Business Profile</td><td>8</td><td>90</td><td>Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Speed & mobile</td><td>7</td><td>40</td><td>Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>Content freshness & schema</td><td>5</td><td>21</td><td>Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology</p>
<p>How AI decides what to say about a bubble tea store: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business</p>
</section>
<section id="ai-entity-map">
<h3>Entity map</h3>
<p>Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.</p>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Entity</th><th scope="col">Type</th><th scope="col">ID on this page</th><th scope="col">Same as</th><th scope="col">Relationship to Teaspoon Almaden</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Teaspoon Almaden</td><td>LocalBusiness</td><td>#business</td><td>https://order.teaspoonlife.com/8da61b36-3b34-4/almaden</td><td>Subject of this page</td></tr>
<tr><td>San Jose, California</td><td>City</td><td>#city</td><td></td><td>City Teaspoon Almaden is in</td></tr>
<tr><td>Local AI Registry</td><td>Organization</td><td>#publisher</td><td>https://localairegistry.com</td><td>Publisher of this page</td></tr>
<tr><td>Steve Lee</td><td>Person</td><td>#author</td><td>https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee</td><td>Author of this page</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-topical-map">
<h3>Topical map</h3>
<p>Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the bubble tea stores in San Jose, linked to the lists and towns around it.</p>
<h4>Lists</h4>
<ul>
<li>Best bubble tea stores in San Jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose/bubble-tea-store</li>
<li>Best businesses in San Jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose</li>
</ul>
<h4>Nearby</h4>
<ul>
<li>/los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles</li>
<li>/san-francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco</li>
<li>/san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego</li>
<li>/irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine</li>
<li>/mountain-view: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view</li>
<li>/santa-clara: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/santa-clara</li>
</ul>
<h4>Every list</h4>
<ul>
<li>Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section id="ai-references">
<h3>References</h3>
<h4>Sources cited</h4>
<ul>
<li>[1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJFXSJjUgzjoARC7z_cPrVMfk (accessed Sep 14, 2026)</li>
<li>[2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 14, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 20, 2026)</li>
</ul>
</section>
</article>
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