Tea over Coffee

I decided to continue making this site as my other world. It's been a long time since I last posted something here. I wouldn't want to create laundry list of new year's resolution but I would like 2012 to be a year of change for me. So I am starting this post with a change.

Since Starbucks started with their Holiday drinks promo, I have always been on the line to get a premium cup of this coffee in exchange for a sticker to I can get a new planner. This year, am missing this planner:



Though I missed getting the planner this year, it really did not make a difference except that I know a portion of the spending I made with coffee purchase at Starbucks goes to Hope Sparks, so for this year I failed to contribute to this institution. Honestly, I really never used any of the planners I got. I sometimes even forget to use the vouchers that goes with it. This is not to say I don't like Starbucks because I am a coffee lover. My day will definitely not be right without a hot cup of coffee.

One driver to this change perhaps is that late last year, I got curious to try milk tea. I have known this drink for so long but I really never tried to have one since I fear experiencing 'royal rumble' after having a drink. Tea101 is my first try on milk tea.



I must say that the service crew at Tea101 in SM Megamall recommended something that changed my drink of choice every December. I tried the best seller, wintermelon milk tea in pearl. After my cup, my perception on milk tea changed. I never get rid of hot coffee in the morning but my afternoon or night drink would be milk tea.

My Tea101 experience started my milk team adventure. I got to know Gongcha, Teafarm, Serenitea, Share Tea, Bubble Tea and Chatime. So far this are the tea shops that I have tried and only the first one is out of my list. I didn't like their wintermelon tea. Other favorites would be matcha green tea of Teafarm and Bubble Tea, red beans pearl milk tea of Chatime, okinawa of Serenitea.