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| - I went to their BOGO Grand opening here. Only some of their top 10 menu was allowed for BOGO offer...so I tried 2 of those.
I don't like my drinks that sweet, so I generally ask for no additional sugar, as the toppings they have are usually sweetened too. I also tend to get my drinks with no ice so it's not diluted.
The review:
Royal Milk tea with pearls (and I added grass jelly) - no ice, no added sugar - This was pretty good. I liked the texture of the grass jelly, but it wasn't as soft or slurpable as the grass jelly at Chatime. Even though I didn't get extra sugar added, it was decently sweet. With no ice, the drink wasn't diluted at all and it tasted quite nice and balanced. I wouldn't mind getting this again.
Brown Sugar Oolong Milk Tea w/ 2 jellies ( coffee jelly and pearls) - Even though I asked for no additional sugar, I think the coffee jelly is steeped in so much sugar syrup that the drink was SO overly sweet. While the coffee jelly was nice in texture, I had to water my drink down with 2x in water and milk just for it to be drinkable. For my sugar sensitive palette, I would never get this one again. On the upside, it was flavourful.
My 2 drinks came out to $6.44 for with the BOGO offer. I'm still more attracted to Chatime's large roasted milk tea with grass jelly....and that's only $4.70 before taxes. For $6 or I can go to Nohonhon and get some excellent made on the spot matcha lattes with upgraded ceremonial matcha. This is slightly on the more expensive side and the more sweet side. But yes if you don't mind the sugar content and price, the quality of their tea is quite good, the location downtown is quite convenient as well.
They have an interesting hidden/trap door that leads to the basement. It looks just like a wall until you lean in. Over the course of waiting for my order .....the staff had to point and yell whenever someone needed to use the bathroom. Maybe they should put up a sign....that says "bathroom downstairs, don't lean on this door."
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