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I considered stopping by while driving past during lunchtime, but then I noticed it's a Herbalife store that charges $10 to mix some unconvincing powder they us... read more I considered stopping by while driving past during lunchtime, but then I noticed it's a Herbalife store that charges $10 to mix some unconvincing powder they usually sell for less. Overall, opening a physical location for a multi-level marketing business seems like a really poor idea.

The staff is friendly and welcoming, but I found the drinks to be quite overpriced, costing as much as a meal. I tried one of their teas, and it was heavily con... read more The staff is friendly and welcoming, but I found the drinks to be quite overpriced, costing as much as a meal. I tried one of their teas, and it was heavily concentrated with powders and supplements that gave it a sour taste. It reminded me more of sour Kool-Aid than actual tea, and at $10, it definitely wasn’t worth it. I wouldn’t recommend this place for anyone who enjoys loose leaf teas and isn’t a fan of sour flavors.

The atmosphere is lively, and the staff is full of energy. The service is outstanding, and the drinks are amazing! read more The atmosphere is lively, and the staff is full of energy. The service is outstanding, and the drinks are amazing!

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Tldr; The cashier was nice enough, but the product isn 't great, and Herbalife is using this business to get your contact information when you purchase a drink... read more Tldr; The cashier was nice enough, but the product isn 't great, and Herbalife is using this business to get your contact information when you purchase a drink and recruit you into their pyramid scheme.Unfortunately the teas are overpriced, over-sweetened, candy-colored fake sugar drinks filled with questionable powdered supplements.They have you put in your contact information when you buy drinks there, which I found odd until I did some googling. Apparently this business supports and uses products from Herbalife, a well known MLM (multilevel marketing scheme). An MLM is a pyramid scheme that uses a product that must be purchased and sold to consumers by a distributor to cover up the fact that the product is a front and they 're actually a pyramid scheme, since they only really make money from their distributors purchasing the product in the first place. This often results in distributors that haven 't recruited enough other distributors (that 's why it 's called a pyramid scheme) losing money on purchasing more products from Herbalife until they go bankrupt.Asking for contact information when you make a purchase is an extremely underhanded recruitment tactic, though unfortunately that isn 't surprising.