No. 68 Mixed Fruit Tea

No. 67 Kiwi Green Tea + Perilla

Today, I went to a new place again. Actually, this place has been recommended to me several times already. However, since it is rather a juice place than a tea place I didn't go there until now. Today, I decided to give it a try. They had a large variety of fresh juices mixed with tea. But I created my own drink with asking them to mix the kiwi juice with green tea. Not only was I surprised that they actually made me that drink without any hesitations, but they added perilla to it as well. And it had real kiwi pieces in there. It was an amazing drink. I should go there more often. Not for creating new drinks, though. That might be quite annoying.

tea drink no. 67: Kiwi Green Tea + Perilla

price: NTW $40 (large) ~ 1,00€

rating: amazing

No. 66 Winter Melon Qing Tea (冬瓜清茶)

Winter melon is a fruit I got to know quite early being in Taiwan. This is because several restaurants offer winter melon tea as a free drink to meals. But it is usually really really really sweet. And it is a seasonal thing that Ching Shin offers tea drinks with winter melon. So, I chose one today. They used some kind of winter melon sirup, so it was rather sweet but luckily not as sweet as pure winter melon tea. Since I was really full from my dinner, I couldn't finish that drink and gave it to my dad.

tea drink no. 66: Winter Melon Qing Tea (冬瓜清茶)

price: NTW $35 (large) ~ 0,90€

rating: good

No. 65 Banana Milk Tea (香蕉奶茶)

Today, I had another milk tea. But with banana. So, it is a fruit tea and a milk tea at one time! And it had real banana in it. I loved that drink. It is really filling and really yummy. Since the banana is sweet already no additional sugar is needed.

tea drink no. 65: Banana Milk Tea (香蕉奶茶)

price: NTW $35 (large) ~ 0,90€

rating: awsome

No. 64 Lover's Tea (情人茶)

Everytime I go to a tea shop I have been to many times before it's getting harder and harder to find a tea I haven't had anywhere else yet. And when I'm not prepared well enough my out of the blue decision might turn out to be nothing new at all. But, I think I was lucky today. I chose the lover's tea. Because of the name. It was one of the things that I could read without really knowing what it is. It turned out to be green tea with a shot of lemon and some dried plum swimming in it. I think I had some similar drink before, but not exactly the same. Since the lemon juice was freshly squeezed and I chose sugar free, it was rather sour, but still fine. 

tea drink no. 64: Lover's Tea (情人茶)

price: NTW $35 (large) ~ 0,90€

rating: good

No. 63 Strawberry Green Tea

At Shilin night market, to which I went today, I tried a new tea drink. It's nothing too special, but still new, since I haven't seen strawberry green tea anywhere else yet. Unfortunately, the strawberry pulp was not from fresh strawberries but from sirup. The taste was still really good. I liked it.

tea drink no. 63: Strawberry Green Tea

price: NTW $40 (large) ~ 1,00€

rating: good

No. 62 Anhui Kinmen Milk Tea

Today, I had another milk tea. And, honestly, it's getting boring. Somehow. Like, when it is only tea and milk there is not really anything special to it anymore. Black tea with milk tastes like tea with milk. 

tea drink no. 62: Anhui Kinmen Milk Tea

price: NTW $40 (large) ~ 1,00€

rating: ok

No. 61 Taro Milk Tea

Since a few days already, I've started loving taro in all its forms. It all started with taro ice cream. And after taro candy and taro man tou I now had to try taro milk tea. The funny thing is that this drink is actually not available at so many tea stores. But near my university there is at least Ching Shin having this kind of drink in their menu. And it's great. 

tea drink no. 61: Taro Milk Tea

price: NTW $40 (large) ~ 1,00€

rating: good

No. 60 Cream Cheese Milk Tea

Cream cheese and tea in one cup? Yes! When I saw that drink, I had to try it at once. The cheese itself was lightly sweet and very creamy. But since I chose my tea to be sugar free, that was quite nice. However, the cheese did not dissolve into the tea that well, so that on the top there was a really creamy yummy white fluff while the tea was plain and a little bitter. Since the tea came in a dome lid cup, I couldn't even shake ist, so stirring was the only option to try mixing the tea with the cheese. 

tea drink no. 60: Cream Cheese Milk Tea

price: NTW $40 (large) ~ 1,00€

rating: good

No. 59 Ginger Milk Tea

If there is one drink that is THE winter milk tea it is definitely that one. Ginger and milk in one tea, that has to get you warm at once. And it does. Even without added sugar this drink is still quite sweet, maybe they used ginger sirup or someting in that way. However, the ginger is great. It is kind of spicy, but an amazingly warm spicy. A winter spicy. So, no I know, what to drink, when I feel like nothing else can warm me up anymore.

tea drink no. 59:  Ginger Milk Tea

price: NTW $35 (large) ~ 0,90€

rating: awsome

No. 58 Pu Erh + Nata de Coco (普洱茶+椰果)

Although I had pu erh yesterday already, I decided to try another pu erh at ching shin today because I really really love pu erh and think that too few tea shops actually use it. I topped mine with nata de coco, which wasn't the greatest idea since it really destroyed the natural taste of my beloved pu erh.

tea drink no. 58:  Pu Erh + Nata de Coco (普洱茶+椰果)

price: NTW $30 (large) ~ 0,80€

rating: good

No. 57 Lavender Pu Erh Tea (薰衣普洱茶)

After a long time not having had a pure tea, I opted for this pu erh today. This was mainly because my stomach was still really filled up with my lunch, so I wasn't in the mood for any topping or milk tea. I had this tea iced but still without sugar. I loved it that way. It has an earthy taste, which is great for afternoon tea. I think it goes really well with some cake, which we had.

tea drink no. 57:  Lavender Pu Erh Tea (薰衣普洱茶)

price: NTW $30 (large) ~ 0,80€

rating: good

No. 56 Lemon Ice Tea + Panda Boba (鮮檸檬綠茶+熊貓珍珠)

My parents arrived today, so it might get a little difficult to really try a new drink every day, since I would like to introduce them to my favourites so far. So, after supplying them with a Mango Qing Cha and an Iced Milk Coffee at 50Lan, I treated myself to a Lemon Tea at Presotea. Since Lemon Tea alone would be a little boring and since my mom asked for some bubbles to see, I ordered my favourite: Panda Boba. In comparison to the 50 Lan Lemon tea this one was rather sweet, although they claimed to have used real lemon juice as well. Although my love to Panda Boba is truly infinite, I would choose 50 Lan's Lemon Tea next time.

tea drink no. 56:  Lemon Ice Tea + Panda Boba (鮮檸檬綠茶+熊貓珍珠)

price: NTW $40 (large) ~ 1,00€

rating: good

No. 55 Matcha Ice Cream Green Tea Milk Tea (抹茶冰淇淋奶茶綠)

Today I finally had my long desired matcha ice cream green tea. And since it is weekend and many many people felt like having a tea, I waited for that cup for at least 15min! And then it was just good and not awsome. The ice cream melted too fast, but it had a great taste. However, the tea was rather lame. It was normal jasmine green tea. Maybe a Matcha Latte with matcha ice cream would have been like the coolest thing on earth!

tea drink no. 55:  Matcha Ice Cream Green Tea Milk Tea (抹茶冰淇淋奶茶綠)

price: NTW $90 (large) ~ 2,10€

rating: good

No. 54 Apple Iced Tea (蘋果冰茶)

After the first not-so-good-experience with tea from come buy I decided to give it another try and order the apple iced tea, since I haven't seen this kind of drink anywhere else yet. It turned out to be a great drink. Akthough, I think they used sirup or at least fruit concentrate, its taste was rather natural. And even the topping tasted like apple pieces although they didn't really look like apple. The sugar free version turned out to be just perfect, since the applejuice or concentrate was sweet enough.

tea drink no. 54:  Apple Iced Tea (蘋果冰茶)

price: NTW $45 (large) ~ 1,10€

rating: awsome

No. 53 White Peach Honey Oolong Tea (白桃蜜烏龍)

I tried another tea store chain today and opted for the peach tea. Since it had honey in the name I assumed it is not possible to have the tea fully sugar free and so I ordered it with little sugar. The peach was actually fruit flesh. Or pieces that ressembled it. The smell was great, the taste was weird. The peach pieces swimming in the drink were far to sour and the oolong tea itself was far too bitter. It was not such a good start for come buy.

tea drink no. 53:  White Peach Honey Oolong Tea (白桃蜜烏龍)

price: NTW $40 (large) ~ 1,00€

rating: poor

No. 52 Passion Fruit Black Tea + Nata de Coco (鮮百香茶+椰果)

Today, I chose the passion fruit tea and since I really needed some topping I put nata de coco in it. I loved it. That is really a good drink. And the black tea seems not to be as bitter as the green tea. The cool thing about this drink is, that there is no problem having the tea without sugar. Since the nata de coco is sweet enough it really is a refreshing and hopefully still healthy tea drink.

tea drink no. 52:  Passion Fruit Black Tea + Nata de Coco (鮮百香茶+椰果)

price: NTW $40 (large) ~ 1,00€

rating: awsome

No. 51 Korean Style Tangerine Tea (韓式桔綠茶)

It's getting more and more complicated to find actually cool drinks at my favourite tea shop, but I really like going to Presotea since the people there are always so nice to me. Today, I tried the Korean style tangerine tea and chose the sugar free version. But it is definitely not drinable without any sweetener. So, after I tool some sips I went back to the store to request some sugar. Of course, that was no problem at all. But still, even after adding sugar the tea was rather bitter. I am not sure whether it is because of the green tea or because of the tangerine. I think this drink might be a lot better with a lot of sugar.

tea drink no. 51:  Korean Style Tangerine Tea (韓式桔綠茶)

price: NTW $35 (large) ~ 0,90€

rating: ok

No. 50 Almond Milk Tea (杏仁奶茶)

As a celebration for my 50th cup I actually planned on having something really special. But it turned out to be too inconvenient to reach the store I was actually going for. However, when it finally was evening and I haven't had my tea yet, I decided just to try Ching Hsin again in the hope they will have something amazingly crazy cool extraordinary. They didn't really have that. BUT, they have almond milk tea. Since yesterday there is this deep love to almonds, since I tried almond tofu yesterday and instantly fell in love with it. The same happened with this drink. It is not a crazy combination of flavours, but it made me instantly happy. It was the right 50th cup. Warming, welcoming, nice and so delicious. Happy Tiantianyibei everyone!

tea drink no. 50:  Almond Milk Tea (杏仁奶茶)

price: NTW $45 (large) ~ 1,10€

rating: awsome

No. 49 Chinese Date Tea

Today, I ordered at a tea place I have been before starting my project. At that time I didn't like it that much. And today did not really convince me either. That is mainly because, I could not adjust my desired level of sweetness since they already put sweetener in the tea.

When ordering I could read some characters but not all, so I had no idea what I ordered. And since the drink was hot and I got it in a paper cup I had to wait to get home to see what I actually ordered. It turned out to be Chinese date tea. Not one of my favourite fruits, but it wasn't too bad either. Actually, having a sore throat for the last few days, that tea was a nice treat for my throat.

tea drink no. 49:  Chinese Date Tea

price: NTW $40 (large) ~ 1,00€

rating: ok

No. 48 Matcha Latte (抹茶拿鐵)

I'm almost through with Presotea's menu but I enjoy going there so much since the staff is so nice. Today we were chatting again and it always makes me so happy, when they recognize me and seem happy to see me. But it seems that the guy preparing my drink didn't pay that much attention to making it, since there was ice in my clearly marked "no ice" cup. And it was pretty sweet as well. But that might be due to the milk as well. I like the matcha latte, but my Japanese friend keeps telling me that it is actually not that great there. But for my european taste it is just good enough.

tea drink no. 48:  Matcha Latte (抹茶拿鐵)
price: NTW $40 (large) ~ 1,00€
rating: good

No. 47 Pinapple Black Tea with Pulp (金鑽鳳梨水果茶)

Today, I didn't have my daily cup of tea until the late evening, since I just wasn't in the mood for tea right after school. That was partly because I am recently a bit bored, since I almost tried all the interesting combinations of my recent favorite tea shop. So, I went for a walk after dinner and found a Coco Tea. I knew that tea shop chain from Shanghai, but back then I didn't really pay much attention to their various tea creations. Looking over the menu, I finally found a combination that I haven't had before and that was pineapple tea. I loved it. Due to the really great amount of topping it made me very happy. What upset me a little, though, was that they used pineapple sirup to create the drink. But I ordered it sugar free, so it wasn't too sweet after all. It was perfectly right.

tea drink no. 47:  Pinapple Black Tea with Pulp (金鑽鳳梨水果茶)
price: NTW $35 (large) ~ 0,90€
rating: awsome

No. 46 Royal Earl Grey Tea Latte (皇家伯爵拿鐵)

Today was a cold and rainy day, again. So, I ordered a warm earl grey milk tea but got an iced version instead. Maybe my pronunciation was not clear enought. And since the staff is always so nice to me at this tea store, I just went with it. It took my hours to finish this tea, though. Not, because it didn't taste good, just because it was simply too cold. I liked the typical earl grey flavour but after having had so many milk teas it is just another one. I could, however, tell the difference between a latte and a milk tea. This one seemed not to be as creamy as the others. And also, real milk seems rather neutralizing whereas the milk powder usually used for milk teas gives the whole drink a slightly stronger flavour.

tea drink no. 46: Royal Earl Grey Tea Latte (皇家伯爵拿鐵)
price: NTW $40 (large) ~ 1,00€
rating: good

No. 45 Charcoal Roasted Oolong Milk Tea + Panda Boba (炭烤烏龍奶茶 + 熊貓珍珠)

What do you drink on a rainy cold day when your stomach urgently needs something to eat? Right, milk tea with boba. And since I haven't had that milk tea before it was my today's choice. Topped with my favourite panda boba. I chose the hot variant to I had to take my drink home to poor it in a glass to take a photo of it. Because hot drinks usually are served in a paper cup. But you can see that there was a lot of boba in my drink. That is great! Sometimes, it even seems that the guy who already knows me for coming to the tea shop almost every day gives me extra boba. But maybe it is just a feeling. When I poured the tea into the glass I first tried the milk tea without boba and I loved it. It is really a nice milk tea.

tea drink no. 45: Charcoal Roasted Oolong Milk Tea + Panda Boba (炭烤烏龍奶茶 + 熊貓珍珠)
price: NTW $40 (large) ~ 1,00€
rating: awsome

No. 44 Green Tea Fruit Double Topping (綠茶鮮果雙Q)

What's wrong with me? I really forgot to have a cup of tea yesterday! And today I chose a tea I already had in a very similar style. That is maybe because it bores me a little when I tried like all the funny stuff of one tea place and don't really feel like choosing the mostly bitter plain variants. And I was craving for some tea that I really liked before, so I chose my cup of happiness today, but with green tea instead of oolong. Actually, because of the great amount of toppings in it it doesn't really matter what tea it is. 

Actually, I saw a similar composition at another tea shop yesterday, but I just had my breakfast soymilk shortly before going there with some friends, so that I didn't order anything.

tea drink no. 44: Green Tea Fruit Double Topping (綠茶鮮果雙Q)
price: NTW $40 (large) ~ 1,00€
rating: awsome

No. 43 Salty Cream Oolong Tea

After my classmates kept telling me about this kind of tea, topped with salty cream, I defenitely had to try it. So, I was more than happy discovering a tea store on my way having that kind of tea. There, I had to choose between black, green or oolong tea. Whenever I have this kind of decision, I usually go for the oolong. Today as well. Since I didn't know what kind of saltyness to expect I opted for 30% sugar in the tea. It was great. The cream was really creamy and when I finished my drink it appeared as if butter was stuck to my straw. So, I guess that this kind of tea is not the healthiest option. But it is worth trying! The salty taste is not very strong but it gives the whole drink a very interesting twist.

tea drink no. 43: Salty Cream Oolong Tea
price: NTW $30 (large) ~ 0,80€
rating: awsome

No. 42 Red Bean Milk Tea (紅豆奶茶)

tea drink no. 42: Red Bean Milk Tea (紅豆奶茶)
price: NTW $40 (large) ~ 1,00€
rating: good

No. 41 Hawaii Latte (夏威夷拿鐵)

Sorry for not updating for the last two days, but I had some problems with my stomach and the doctor told me not to drink anything cold or with milk. So I decided taking a short break from my project. Today's tea was a milk tea again, Haiwaii style. I still don't know what the Hawaii thing was about, but I really liked that milk tea. 

tea drink no. 41: Hawaii Latte (夏威夷拿鐵)
price: NTW $40 (large) ~ 1,00€
rating: good

No. 40 Oolong Sencha + Panda Boba (烏龍煎茶 + 熊貓珍珠)

Since Presotea has so many pure brewed teas on their menu, I really need to work them through. But as the pure brewed teas are mostly really bitter and somehow boring, I now started topping them all the way. And Today's oolong sencha, which was bitter, too, got some panda boba. I am really a big fan of panda boba because you get two colors of boba for actually the same price as just one color. And it's black and white. What else do I need to say. Panda boba is the best! The tea was ok. I wouldn't recommend drinking it pure without any sweetener, though 

tea drink no. 40: Oolong Sencha + Panda Boba (烏龍煎茶 + 熊貓珍珠)
price: NTW $35 (large) ~ 0,90€
rating: ok

No. 39 Honey Aloe Vera (蜂蜜蘆薈)

Today, tried honey tea, finally. Since, I was always trying to avoid drinks which I cannot reduce in sweetness, but today I was brave enough to try a honey tea. It was, well, sweet. But with the aloe vera as a topping it was a really nice taste. What I found fascinating about today's tea was the colour. It was very light and pure. Usually, when the tea shop mixes the drinks it gets all bubbly, but this one didn't. And I couldn't tell what tea was used for that tea. Maybe a very light green tea. 

tea drink no. 39: Honey Aloe Vera (蜂蜜蘆薈)
price: NTW $35 (large) ~ 0,90€
rating: good

No. 38 Ginseng Oolong Milk Tea (913奶茶)

Since I was buzzing (or better bussing) around today, I opted for a cup of tea near Taipei 101, since this wasn't the place I actually wanted to go but ended up being at since I took the wrong bus, again. So I went to Tian Ren Tea, a really famous and expensive tea shop. Whenever I go to another tea shop I feel quite nervous ordering drinks, since I don't know the menu yet and have to figure out the characters I know. So I ordered this oolong milk tea. It was the double price of my reguar milk tea. But it was quite good, nothing special, though. What I really liked about it, was the sweet taste afterwards. Really delicate. But when I was reading the menu I took with me later on, I found that they had green tea milk tea with a scoop of matcha ice cream. Why didn't I see that earlier? 

tea drink no. 38: Ginseng Oolong Milk Tea (913奶茶)
price: NTW $80 (large) ~ 2,00€
rating: good

No. 37 Panda Bubble Tea (熊猫珍珠奶茶)

Today, I was hungry, again, and learnt from my last days' experience and ordered a nice filling bubble tea. I missed bubble tea. And since I haven't had the presotea's panda bubble tea it was legitimate to order this one. yeay. It isn't anything new, but it has black and white boba. The milktea was sugar free, nothing special, either. But besides all this unspectacularness it was a great drink. Just the way I love it.

tea drink no. 37: Panda Bubble Tea (熊猫珍珠奶茶)
price: NTW $40 (large) ~ 1,00€
rating: good

No. 36 Genmaicha + Perilla (日式玄米茶 + 小紫蘇)

Today's tea was a Japanese green tea which I never had before but I heard of: Genmaicha. It is green tea which has roasted rice in it, but since they use teabags (?) at Presotea there was no rice in my drink. And since I experienced plain tea being quite bitter I chose perilla as a topping today. I was hoping that it might be in lemon juice or something giving flavour to it, but it wasn't. So, my today's drink wasn't strong in taste, but still wasn't that bad. It just took me some time to get used to the roasted taste. And I guess I shouldn't order plain green tea drinks when I am actually quite hungry. I already felt a little sick yesterday, when I had tea on an hungry stomach. So, plain tea will be on when I had something to eat before. Or I add a more filling topping like Boba or Nata de Coco.

tea drink no. 36: Genmaicha + Perilla (日式玄米茶 + 小紫蘇)
price: NTW $35 (large) ~ 0,90€
rating: ok

No. 35 Dong Ding Oolong Tea + Aloe Vera Jelly (凍頂烏龍茶 + 蘆薈)

After my yesterday's tea club session with a tea tasting of Taiwan's most famous teas, I had one of those teas today. However, I did not expect the iced tea to have such a high quality as the one I had in the tea tasting. The dong ding tea I had yesterday was a bit bitter, but not as bitter as today's tea drink. With trying another tea everyday I already experienced plain tea being quite bitter, so I usually choose a slightly sweet topping to go with it. Today, I chose aloe vera jelly and that stuff is really a nice topping. It is not as chewy as tapioca pearls and not as hard as nata de coco, but still not too soft. It's taste is not very strong but still somehow refreshing.

tea drink no. 35: Dong Ding Oolong Tea + Aloe Vera Jelly (凍頂烏龍茶 + 蘆薈)
price: NTW $35 (large) ~ 0,90€
rating: ok

No. 34 Oolong Fruit Double Topping (烏龍鮮果雙Q)

Today, I had a headache all day long and really needed something to cheer me up. So I chose this tea and it worked! If you really need something to give you a portion of instant happiness it definitely is this drink! It has Oolong, but is available as green or black tea too, it has passion fruit and two toppings in one cup. It feels like there is just everything in it which you can possible top your tea with, almost. Even the passionfruit seems to be a kind of topping in this tea, since the seeds float together with the black and white boba (panda boba!) and the nata de coco. And it is great without sugar. Not too sour and due to the sweet topping it is just amazing. I love this drink! 

tea drink no. 34: Oolong Fruit Double Topping (烏龍鮮果雙Q)
price: NTW $40 (large) ~ 1,00€
rating: awsome

No. 33 Camellia Green Tea + Grass Jelly (茶花綠茶+仙草凍)

Today, I finally got to try grass jelly. That was in my list for a few days already, but somehow it didn't work out until now. When asking the clerk at the tea store whether grass jelly and camellia tea will be good friends, he told me that grass jelly has no sugar. Therefore, I chose 30% sweetness for the tea. A jelly without sugar, isn't that amazing! However, having to put sugar in the tea for extra taste is somehow a little little little disappointing. Maybe the combination with grass jelly, tea and juice would be a nice choice without additiona. sugar. I can try that. 

In that first picture, my drink looks like milk tea, but today it is not. I gues, the impression comes from shaking the drink.

After some time, the grass jelly floats and the tea has his normal colour. It is actually a quite nice combination of camellia tea and grass jelly. It really tasted healthy! I mean, this kind of taste might not be liked by everybody, but I quite liked it. What makes me really happy is that camellia green tea doesn't have such flowery taste at all. But maybe I just didn't pay that much attention to it since I was really fascinated by the grass jelly.

tea drink no. 33: Camellia Green Tea + Grass Jelly (茶花綠茶+仙草凍)
price: NTW $35 (large) ~ 0,90€
rating: good

No. 32 Sea Salt Qing Tea (海岩綠茶)

I heard about that drink from my friend Tammy who highly recommended trying the sea salt tea from 85 Café. Since I passed a store while on my search for my daily cup of tea, I finally decided to give it a try. Honestly, having salt in my tea seemed really weird. And they put milk in there as well. Tea, milk and salt. Is this going to be like Tibetan tea just without yak butter? I opted for hot and sugar free. Since the cup was a papercup, I had to wait until I came home to finally try this drink. It wasn't that bad, since the salt taste wasn't really strong. However, the milk looked a bit funny, maybe due to the salt.

tea drink no. 32: Sea Salt Qing Tea (海岩綠茶)
price: NTW $30 (large) ~ 0,85€
rating: ok

No. 31 Hazelnut Milk Tea (榛果奶茶)

Today, I had a 50 Lan drink again, since I was on a trip with friends and that tea shop appeared to be the nearest choice. Since I already tried so many teas from there, it took some time to finally decide on drink. Actually, I really wanted to try some grass jelly topped milk tea this time, but since the grass jelly was out I opted for the hazelnut milk tea instead. Without sugar and hot it really was a great drink for this rainy day. And filling, too. Usually, I choose milk teas when I am hungry, because they are usually a good substitute for sweet snacks. Althouh, cookies would go very well with any milk tea, I guess.

tea drink no. 31: Hazelnut Milk Tea (榛果奶茶)
price: NTW $50 (large) ~ 1,25€
rating: good

No. 30 Shizuoka Gyokuro + Yakult (靜岡玉露養樂多)

Today I was going to have a Japanese Gyokuro with some aloe vera topping, since I assumed this kind of topic will be not too strong and will still give the green tea a chance to show its own character. However, due to my still not too good language skills, I couldn't read the Chinese characters for aloe vera out loud, so that I just pointed on it. So I thought. When I saw the tea shop clerk pouring two bottles of yakult in a cup, I figured that I might have pointed on the wrong topping. So, I got Gyokuro Yakult tea. First, I was a bit upset, since the green tea yakult didn't really seem to be my cup of tea. But gyokuro is way better than jasmine green tea and therefore, my accidental choice turned out to be a great combination.

tea drink no. 30: Shizuoka Gyokuro + Yakult (靜岡玉露養樂多)
price: NTW $45 (large) ~ 1,10€
rating: good

No. 29 Kenting Iced Tea (墾丁冰茶)

Today i tried an tea, which name I knew but still didn't know what to expect. So, I just ordered the Kenting Iced Tea and got a drink having perilla and nata de coco in it. The tea itself was, maybe due to the sugar free version, rather tasteless. Furthermore, I couldn't tell what tea was used to create that drink. All in all the topping gave a taste to this beverage, but the tea itself was hidden very well.

tea drink no. 29: Kenting Iced Tea (墾丁冰茶)
price: NTW $35 (large) ~ 0,80€
rating: ok

No. 28 Calpis Blackberry Tea (可爾必思黑莓)

Today, I tried a fruit tea for the first time since being in Taiwan. With fruit tea not being real tea, but a tisane, I think it still fits into my project and therefore can be reviewed as well. The drink I had was blackberry tisane with calpis. After some recherching I found that calpis is a japanese drink similar to Yakult, having a yoghurt basis, or at least a milky flavour. Although, I got the sugar free version it was still somehow sweet, but that didn't bother me that much. All in all it was not a bad drink, but somehow boring in its flavour. I mean, it wasn't real tea, but it wasn't real juice or fruit milk either. It's a kind of neutral drink. Furthermore, it was a little strange to finally drink a fruit tisane in Taiwan, since it seems to me that it tastes quite different what I am used to in Germany. But at least I found a tea drink with fruit tisane as a basis. I haven't found herbal infusions or rooibos tisanes yet.

tea drink no. 28: Calpis Blackberry Tea (可爾必思黑莓)
price: NTW $40 (large) ~ 1,00€
rating: ok

No. 27 Matcha Milk Tea + Red Beans + White Boba (抹茶紅豆白玉)

Today, due to my quite great hunger and my great interest in that kind of drink, I chose a matcha milk tea with red bean and white boba topping. Not only the colour combination was great, but the taste as well.

Since the tea itself was sugar free, the red beans had the great opportunity to send out their sweet flavour into that tea. And that sweet bean taste was a really yummy contrast to the typical green tea matcha flavour. Although, I am really not a big supporter of beans in beverages, this drink proved to me that beans actually do fit into milk tea. Since the bean flavour is really strong, the white boba has not a big chance to get through, though. But their white colour in combination with the red beans looks great as well. After having finished the tea, there was still a lot of topping left in my cup. And you can see how beautiful these red beans and white boba look together. And they even taste good together without yummy yummy matcha milk tea. i fell in love with this really filling tea. It is an amazing way to fill the empty after class stomach,

tea drink no. 27: Matcha Milk Tea + Red Beans + White Boba (抹茶紅豆白玉)
price: NTW $45 (large) ~ 1,10€
rating: awsome

No. 26 Aloe Vera Perilla Oriental Beauty Tea (蘆薈小紫蘇東方美人茶)

Today I got quite a special tea, with almost everything swimming in it. Or at least quite a lot. Since I ordered the hot variant, however, I could only taste it, but couldn't see my drink. And it was quite a challenge to actually take some of the drink home, since I usually finish my tea on my way. In this picture you can see some of the tea inside the paper cup. Beside the aloe vera jelly and the perilla, I think there was some passion fruit as well, and, as you can see, some kumquats.

Arrived at my home, I poured the rest of my drink into a glass cup to see what my tea actually looked like. Unfortunately, I already drunk most of the topping so that I cannot show it here. The taste of it was great, really fruity, although I felt a little pity for the oriental beauty tea which was really surpressed by all the other ingredients. Somehow, it was just a bit too much fruit for a tea. 

tea drink no. 26: Aloe Vera Perilla Oriental Beauty Tea (蘆薈小紫蘇東方美人茶)
price: NTW $45 (large) ~ 1,10€
rating: good

No. 25 Green Bean Milk Tea (綠豆沙奶茶)

Since it has been raining for two days already I haven't been out all day. But I need to drink my cup of tea, so I decided to go for a stroll and combine the bank with my tea shop. However, since I ate a lot for dinner and haven't really moved all day, I really needed some more action than just going to the bank and the next teashop and return after 10 minutes. So, I just went past my usual tea shop and headed down a street I haven't been to before. There were so many small shops and really filled places to eat. There was a shop of another tea shop chain as well. So, I stopped there and ordered a warm drink. Due to my language lack, though, my choice was quite limited and I just chose, what I could read. That was green bean milk tea. I am actually not the biggest fan of sweet beans, no matter green or red. They are beans and beans in a beverage are quite strange. However, beans constitute a traditional healthy (???) sweet, so a milk tea shouldn't be that bad. Still, I waited until I got back home, to try my ordered tea. It was not bad. And really filling. Actually, it was so filling that after drinking I could have gone on another stroll. 

tea drink no. 25: Green Bean Milk Tea (綠豆沙奶茶)
price: NTW $55 (large) ~ 1,30€
rating: good