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Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Note: this is my last post before I tackle my China trip series! 
I was in the mood for some bubble tea one evening after dinner so Jenkins and I made a quick stop at Dragonball Tea House. As mentioned before, it is one of my favourite bubble tea places in Vancouver.
I opted for the guilinggao milk tea this time around. For those of you who don’t know, guilinggao is a Chinese herbal jelly made with turtle shells. At only $3.50 for this drink, I’m not sure how much guilinggao is actually in the drink. The taste is actually very refreshing and tastes very similar to grass jelly. My mom used to make guilinggao for me all the time when I was younger because it was supposed to be good for my skin.
The guilinggao milk tea seems to be just regular milk tea with guilinggao jelly chunks at the bottom. It was a good thing I didn’t add coconut jelly nor pearls to my drink since the jelly chunks were filling enough.
Yet another good pick at Dragonball…although I must admit that I have rarely made a poor choice when picking drinks here. I think I may order the guilinggao again the next time I’m at Dragonball.
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1007 W King Edward, Vancouver
Tel: 604-738-3198
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Monday, February 4th, 2008
Louis and I popped over to Bubble World for an end-of-week debrief one Friday. As you have probably noticed by now, it is our preferred location for bubble tea due to its proximity to our work office. It was pretty cold that day so we both picked hot drinks.
Louis picked the hot almond milk tea. I like almond tea, both hot and cold. It is made with Chinese almonds and the taste is stronger than the regular brown almonds people usually snack on. Sometimes, this drink is a bit on the sweet side but is still one of my favourite drinks to order.
I picked the honey green tea. I like the taste of green tea more than black tea and the lemon really brings out the green tea flavour. I normally opt for honey because I feel that is healthier than plain sugar.
While we were at Bubble World, who should walk through the door but Farz and Derek! Derek ordered the hot longan tea, which came in a nice little tea pot. The taste is a bit medicinal but it is supposed to be very good for you.
Farz picked the hot taro milk tea and also added bubbles to his drink. Because plunking the bubbles directly in the tea would probably melt them, they came in a cute little pot. One thing to note is that if you put all the bubbles in your drink right away, the hot liquid will overflow in the cup so take a few sips first before adding the bubbles.
Hot drinks at Bubble World are usually about $0.50 cheaper. I guess ice is expensive these days.
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1-4300 Kingsway, Burnaby
Tel: 604-434-5551
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Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
Samantha, Lucy, and I met up for bubble tea at L&G Bubble Tea after dinner one day. It is one of the many bubble tea houses in Vancouver and is located at the corner of Granville and W. 41st Ave (5701 W 41st Ave). After Dragonball Tea House, this is one of my favourite bubble tea joints in Vancouver.
L&G offers up a large array of bubble tea options that are sure to suit anyone’s tastes. After you settle on the type of drink you want, you also get to choose if you want milk or no milk, slush or no slush, and the type of pearls you want. Of course, pearls refer to the regular brown tapioca pearls but you can also have coconut jelly, grass jelly, and a bunch of others that I can’t remember. Most of the time, I choose half pearls and half coconut jelly…just because I can never make up my mind.
This time, I had a lychee green tea with no milk and half pearls/half coconut jelly. The reason I like the lychee tea here is because they always add chunks of lychee to the drink, which is a nice touch.
Samantha had strawberry slush with no milk and half pearls/half coconut jelly. This is one of her favourites and it was quite tasty. Lucy opted for something new and chose the jackfruit slush…also with half pearls/half coconut jelly. It was a bit on the sweet side though.
All of our teas cost $3.50 each. Considering that both Lucy and Samantha chose fresh fruit, the prices were quite reasonable. The coconut jelly and pearls are actually quite filling so I normally opt for a plain drink unless I am feeling hungry.
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5701 Granville Street, Vancouver (but it’s actually on 41st Ave)
Tel: 604-269-3682
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Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
It was Friday afternoon again and Louis, John, and I headed over to Bubble World on Kingsway to wind down after a busy week at work. As I’ve mentioned before, Bubble World is not one of my favourite bubble tea houses due to its tiered pricing but it is close to my work so it always ends up being the defacto place to go.
Although it was cold outside, the inside of the restaurant was hot and muggy so Louis and I both decided to go with cold drinks. I wanted a mango milky green tea but the server seemed to have misunderstood me so gave me mango milky red tea instead. The drink had a creamy, milky taste and definitely fills you up. It was pretty good…although I do wonder how it would have tasted differently if green tea was used instead.
Louis decided to go classic with the pearl milk tea…without the pearls. :p
John has been on a hot drink spree lately so he settled on the honey chrysanthemum tea. This came in a little tea pot and looked like just the thing to warm you up on a cold day. Check out the action shot below of Louis pouring the drink.
I have to admit that the drinks at Bubble World are not bad. Now if only they not charge you for the popular drinks and give you the same amount of drink if you eat-in as take-out and it would go back to the top of my list of bubble tea places to go.
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1-4300 Kingsway, Burnaby
Tel: 604-434-5551
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Tuesday, September 18th, 2007
I made a Starbucks run with John one afternoon. As has been my usual custom all summer, I ordered blueberry white tea lemonade. Unfortunately, the barista informed me that they were all out! Apparently, it was a seasonal summer drink and will not be available for ordering anymore. 
With this piece of news in mind, I had to think back to what I used to order before the blueberry white tea lemonade came along. I finally settled on the passion tea lemonade. As is my custom with most sweetened icy drinks at Starbucks, I asked for half-sweet and light ice.
I used to really like the passion tea lemonade…but this time, I found it to be too tangy. I don’t know if this is because I had grown so attached to the blueberry lemonade over the summer or if it had to do with this particular cup. I’ll probably give it one more try before knocking it off my list of favourite Starbucks drinks for good.
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various locations
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