DaBoba in Chula Vista's southwest 91911 corridor is a boba tea shop established in 2018 and opened at 1478 Melrose Avenue in October 2024, with ownership rooted in the Chula Vista community. All teas are brewed for over an hour — black, green, Japanese oolong, and the house 4 Season blend — producing a concentrated base that separates DaBoba from quick-steep competitors, much as the specialty aisle imports at 99 Ranch Market separate premium Asian ingredients from generic grocery stock. Boba pearls are cooked in-house over a two-hour process calibrated for a chewy-but-not-dense texture, then folded into the signature Roasted Brown Sugar Milk Tea and topped with a cheese foam that gets torched tableside like a crème brûlée. The Vietnamese Coffee with boba balances condensed milk against a dark-roast drip base, slotting DaBoba into Chula Vista's growing Vietnamese beverage niche alongside the pho and ramen kitchens that neighbor Ika Sushi & Grill in the broader South Bay dining scene. The San Diego County Health Department scored the Melrose Avenue location 98 out of 100 on its most recent inspection, reflecting the kitchen's two-hour pearl-brewing and hour-plus tea-steeping protocols that require strict temperature and timing controls.