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Tsaocaa Tea
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedSeptember 9, 2020
- address10 Tyler St, Boston 02111
Is Tsaocaa Tea clean?
Tsaocaa Tea is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on September 9, 2020. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Tsaocaa Tea?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 9, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Storage Prohibited Areas (C) • Packaged foods observed being stored under the drainage pipe of the single bay sink in the front service area. Discontinue and store all foods in a clean and protected area.Food Storage Prohibited Areas (C) • Packaged foods observed being stored under the drainage pipe of the single bay sink in the front service area. Discontinue and store all foods in a clean and protected area.
- ⚠️Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • No sanitzing test strips available at the time of the inspection.Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • No sanitzing test strips available at the time of the inspection.
- ⚠️Removing Dead or Trapped Birds Insects Rodents and other Pest (C) • Fly traps observed hanging near the rear exit and in the small back room near storage rack. Ensure sticky fly paper is removed during all operational hours of the day.Removing Dead or Trapped Birds Insects Rodents and other Pest (C) • Fly traps observed hanging near the rear exit and in the small back room near storage rack. Ensure sticky fly paper is removed during all operational hours of the day.
When was Tsaocaa Tea last inspected?
Tsaocaa Tea has 5 inspections on record going back to February 12, 2020.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| March 17, 2021 | — | |
| September 9, 2020 | Pass | |
| August 27, 2020 | Fail | |
| February 12, 2020 | Pass |
Tsaocaa Tea vs Leather District
Leather District runs 86% clean across 188 tracked restaurants — 149 clean, 11 mid, 13 cooked.
Against the 188 spots Cooked tracks in Leather District, this one comes out cleaner than 14% of them.
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How Boston grades restaurants
Boston reports inspections as a pass or a fail, with no score and no letter. What separates a bad fail from a trivial one is the violation severity ladder: a single star is a minor issue, two stars is more serious, and three stars marks a critical foodborne-illness risk factor — temperature abuse, bad handwashing, cross-contamination. A restaurant can fail on paperwork alone, which is not the same as failing on food safety. Cooked splits Boston fails accordingly: a fail with a three-star violation reads cooked, a fail on minor items only reads mid.
Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated September 9, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.