# Red Blossom Tea Company: Agent-Direct Score D (46.2%)

Site: http://www.redblossomtea.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/redblossomtea.com
Scanned: 2026-10-24 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Red Blossom Tea Company is hard for agents to use.
AI assistants can't open Red Blossom Tea Company's website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://redblossomtea.com/products/silver-needle-reserve (on the business's own site)
- Order directly: https://redblossomtea.com/products/pinnacle-collection (on the business's own site)
- Phone: +14153950868
- Address: 831 Grant Ave, 94108, San Francisco
- Prices: 18 prices on the site, the middle one $62.00

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Red Blossom Tea Company that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Lion's Den Bar & Lounge (110 m): https://directindex.org/r/lionsdenbarandlounge.com
- Moongate Lounge (120 m): https://directindex.org/r/moongatelounge.com
- By Me Boba Tea (120 m): https://directindex.org/r/bymebobatea.com

## What to fix first
- **The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included.** (+25 points) A plain fetch was refused (cloudflare_challenge). Only a real browser got the page. Every AI crawler and agent gets turned away the same way, so Reachable scores 0 and the rest is measured on the page as the browser rendered it. Ask the host to let the AI user agents through. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **No menu or price list found.** (+7 points) Agents answer 'what do they offer?' from marketplaces instead. Add a page with the menu or price list and link to it from the homepage. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **18 prices on the landing page, the middle one $62.00.** In San Francisco, the middle price of comparable sites that show prices is $19.00.

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- **Structured data found (LocalBusiness).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without going through a marketplace.
- **Ordering on your own site.** Agents can order without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
606 of 1053 in San Francisco cafes and bars. Top 58% of the sites scanned in this index.

| What the top 10% of the index does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 98% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 83% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 98% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 32% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 25% | no |

Nearest places in the index: iCafe Chinatown (D, 48 m, https://directindex.org/r/shopchinatown.org); Sweetheart Cafe (D, 69 m, https://directindex.org/r/sweetheartcafe.net); Cocoa Cafe (D, 69 m, https://directindex.org/r/coupacafe.com); The Fongness Spot (F, 70 m, https://directindex.org/r/fongmily.com); Li Po Cocktail Lounge (D, 75 m, https://directindex.org/r/lipolounge.com); Aroma Tea Shop (F, 84 m, https://directindex.org/r/aromateashop.com); Chinatown Taiwan Fruit Tea (B, 110 m, https://directindex.org/r/yifangteausa.com); Lion's Den Bar & Lounge (B, 112 m, https://directindex.org/r/lionsdenbarandlounge.com); Moongate Lounge (A, 120 m, https://directindex.org/r/moongatelounge.com); By Me Boba Tea (B, 121 m, https://directindex.org/r/bymebobatea.com).

## What assistants answer
The assistants haven't been asked about this business yet. They're asked about the top-ranked businesses in each city index, and about any business as soon as it's claimed. Claim this page to be included.

The assistants were asked 12 everyday questions about San Francisco cafes and bars and named 66 places. Red Blossom Tea Company wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/san-francisco-cafes-bars/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Shopify 47% (23% A or B, 13001 sites); This site 46.2%.

See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/redblossomtea.com/agent-view

## Businesses like Red Blossom Tea Company in San Francisco cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in San Francisco cafes and bars | 1053 | 48% | 24% | 46.2% |
| Sites built with Shopify in San Francisco cafes and bars | 76 | 45% | 16% | 46.2% |

The best of the sites built with Shopify in San Francisco cafes and bars: Andytown Coffee Roasters (A 90%, https://directindex.org/r/andytownsf.com); Le Marché Cezanne (A 87.5%, https://directindex.org/r/lemarchecezanne.com); Peet's Coffee (A 87.5%, https://directindex.org/r/peets.com); Sightglass Coffee (A 87.5%, https://directindex.org/r/sightglasscoffee.com); Fellow (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/fellowproducts.com).

With the two fixes above (The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included; No menu or price list found), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 6th of 1,053 in San Francisco cafes and bars, up from 606th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Red Blossom Tea Company, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/redblossomtea.com
- Book: https://redblossomtea.com/products/silver-needle-reserve (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-24, not yet tested)
- Order: https://redblossomtea.com/products/pinnacle-collection (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-24, not yet tested)
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +14153950868
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/redblossomtea.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/redblossomtea.com/order

## Can an agent transact?
Measured, not scored (the score stays at spec v1.0).
- UCP profile (/.well-known/ucp, Google and Shopify's Universal Commerce Protocol): no
- ACP discovery document (/.well-known/acp.json, OpenAI and Stripe's Agentic Commerce Protocol): no
- MCP server card (/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json): no
- Ordering vendor that takes agent orders (Square, Toast, or a vendor whose terms allow agents): no

Only a real browser got this page (a plain fetch got cloudflare_challenge); Readable and Actionable were measured on the rendered page.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 15 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Not measured for this scan.
- JSON-LD for the business: yes

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/redblossomtea.com/plan): the assistants are asked again every month, and you see what changed. 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year.
Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/redblossomtea.com/deep. Ten questions phrased the way people ask them, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF. 5 EUR, paid once. Reading and scanning stay free. These few euros pay for the questions sent to the assistants and for the servers.
Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=redblossomtea.com&force=1