Yaya Tea

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score7 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedOctober 16, 2025 →
• address80 Dekalb Avenue, Brooklyn 11201
• cuisineAsian/Asian Fusion
• phone7182690830

Is Yaya Tea clean?

Yaya Tea is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on October 16, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Yaya Tea?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 16, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧊food not cooled down rightcritical
  After cooking or removal from hot holding, TCS food not cooled by an approved method whereby the internal temperature is reduced from 140 °F to 70 °F or less within 2 hours, and from 70 °F to 41 °F or less within 4 additional hours.

When was Yaya Tea last inspected?

Yaya Tea has 12 inspections on record going back to July 7, 2023, averaging 7 points.

Yaya Tea vs Fort Greene

Fort Greene runs 76% clean across 151 tracked restaurants — 104 clean, 9 mid, 24 cooked.

Against the 151 spots Cooked tracks in Fort Greene, this one comes out cleaner than 74% of them.

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How New York grades restaurants

New York City health inspectors score violations in points, and lower is better: 0–13 points earns an A, 14–27 a B, and 28 or more a C. Every restaurant is inspected at least once a year, and the letter has to be posted in the window. A restaurant that scores 14 or more on the first inspection of a cycle does not get a letter right away — it stays “Grade Pending” until a re-inspection settles it, which is why some spots here show an hourglass instead of a letter. Cooked only ever shows a letter the city actually posted; we never infer one from a score.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) via NYC Open Data. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated October 16, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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