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Tsaocaa Tea
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 17, 2025
- address10 Tyler St, Boston 02111
Is Tsaocaa Tea clean?
Tsaocaa Tea is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on December 17, 2025. 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 December 17, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Interior chute of ice machine with pink mold-like substance. Clean and sanitize chute regularly.(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Interior chute of ice machine with pink mold-like substance. Clean and sanitize chute regularly.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Soils and debris under all equipment- ice machine refrigeration prep tables and storage shelves. Clean all areas to avoid attracting pests.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Soils and debris under all equipment- ice machine refrigeration prep tables and storage shelves. Clean all areas to avoid attracting pests.
- ⚠️Handwashing Cleanser Availability (Pf) • Service line hand sink without soap. Staff washing at prep hand sink. Ensure all hand sinks have soap and towels at all times.Handwashing Cleanser Availability (Pf) • Service line hand sink without soap. Staff washing at prep hand sink. Ensure all hand sinks have soap and towels at all times.
When was Tsaocaa Tea last inspected?
Tsaocaa Tea has 19 inspections on record going back to May 18, 2021. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 17, 2025 | Pass | |
| December 10, 2025 | Fail | |
| March 19, 2025 | Pass | |
| March 11, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 18, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 8, 2024 | Fail | |
| October 1, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 11, 2024 | Pass | |
| January 4, 2024 | Fail | |
| October 12, 2023 | — | |
| June 2, 2023 | Pass | |
| May 4, 2023 | Fail |
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 December 17, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.