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Chatime Hidden Dragon Drink featuring Red Dragon Fruit

May 13, 2019 by foodgressing Leave a Comment

New at Chatime BC location is the Hidden Dragon – a blend of fresh red dragon fruit directly imported from Taiwan, passion fruit, green tea into a slush and then topped with mousse. Priced at $7 for a regular and $8 for a large. Toppings are extra.

Chatime Hidden Dragon Drink featuring Red Dragon Fruit | chatime dragon fruit

I popped by Chatime Langara today for a media tasting of the drinks and enjoyed the refreshing flavours of the Hidden Dragon. I liked the creaminess of the mousse and found the passionfruit and green tea flavours to be prominent.

I usually order my BBTs at 50% sweetness and enjoyed the Hidden Dragon with half sweetness as well.

I would recommend the drink especially if you enjoy fruity teas. Available while supplies last.

Disclosure: These drinks were complimentary as part of a media tasting.

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Chatime Reusable Cup and Straw Now Available

February 11, 2019 by foodgressing Leave a Comment

In an effort towards sustainability, Chatime BC has introduced a reusable cup kit. Priced at $10.99, the kit includes a BPA-free reusable cup, reusable straw and cleaner. This kit is available in limited quantities right now at all Chatime BC locations.

Chatime Reusable Cup and Straw Canada Vancouver 2019

As I love Chatime, I picked up the kit at my local Chatime on Robson on the first day that it was available. My kit was fresh out of the shipping box and I was the first customer at that location to purchase it.

I was really impressed with the cute design of the reusable cup. On the bottom part of the cup is the Vancouver Downtown Waterfront with Canada Place and its iconic white sails.

On one side of the cup are volume markings.

The lid features the Chinese characters for Chatime: 茶太.

The kit came with a cleaner to help you remove any residue inside the straws.

When you bring your reusable cup to Chatime, you get $0.25 off your drink purchase. Not a huge savings but it’s nice to be able to support sustainability initiatives.

It’s too bad that Chatime BC did not opt for stainless steel straws which I think would last longer than the plastic ones they are offering. Overall, I like how cute the cup looks and enjoy it for its novelty factor aside from helping the environment.

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August 27, 2018 by foodgressing Leave a Comment

Want to know what are the best drinks to order at Chatime? Here are the Best Chatime Drinks as posted on the Chatime Alexandra location:

Top 10 Chatime Drinks

Pearl Milk Tea
Grass Jelly Roasted Milk Tea
Red Bean Pearl Milk Tea
Taiwan Mango QQ
Mango Smoothie
Taro Smoothie
Honey Oolong Tea Latte
Honey Jasmine Green Tea
Matcha Red Bean Milk Tea
Chocolate Mousse

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Richmond BBT: Chatime Richmond – Alexandra Road

August 27, 2018 by foodgressing Leave a Comment

One of the newer Chatime locations in Metro Vancouver is the one in Richmond on Alexandra Road. This Chatime opened at the end of 2017 and is located within a plaza.

Chatime Alexandra boasts an industrial sleek interior design with overhanging lights and a faux brick wall. It’s a very spacious cafe with an elevated platform area, roundtables, and counter seating by the window. This cozy environment makes for a great place to catch up with friends or to spend the afternoon working away on a laptop.

#1 BUBBLE TEA BRAND IN THE WORLD

Originally from Taiwan, Chatime has now over 1200 locations worldwide including Abu Dhabi, Miami, and London to name a few. 100 million cups of Chatime bubble tea are sold annually – now that’s a lot of bubble tea.

Chatime Richmond Alexandra Road Menu

Chatime has a wide selection of drinks organized by category including Milk Tea, Fresh Tea, Smoothie/Slush, Chatime QQ, Refreshing Juice, Fruit Tea, Mousse and more. Drinks typically range between $4-$6. You can decide on the ice level (extra, normal, less, no ice) and sugar level (extra, normal, less, 80%, 50%, 30%, none). Topping options include pearl, grass jelly, coconut jelly, malt, red bean, coffee jelly, aloe vera, and rainbow jelly, pudding and more.

At the time of my visit, they were selling new Chatime Milk Tea Gift Boxes priced at $9.98. I had previously reviewed Chatime Milk Tea Boxes, but these newer ones are apparently less sweet.

I went with a large Taro Milk Tea with Pearl ($6). The taro flavour was on point. The tapioca pearls were good: smooth and slightly soft on the outside, but chewy through to the middle with a slightly increased level of firmness.

Overall Impression

Chatime Alexandra Road makes for a great space to work, study or get together with others. The parking at the plaza is free but as Alexandra Road is known for limited parking you’ll probably find some challenges.

Chatime Richmond Alexandra Road
Address: 160-8351 Alexandra Rd, Richmond, BC
Website: ‎www.facebook.com/chatimebc/

Chatime Strawberry Cheesecake Slush & Chocolate Cookie Milk Tea

July 10, 2018 by foodgressing Leave a Comment

On July 14, there will be two new limited-time available drinks available at Chatime BC locations. Meet the Chatime Strawberry Cheesecake Slush and the Chocolate Cookie Milk Tea.

The Chocolate Cookie Milk Tea features a milk tea base, a whole chocolate cookie and cookie crumble topping.

The Strawberry Cheesecake Slush tastes pretty much like a strawberry cheesecake. It would appeal to those might like a cheesecake in beverage form!

Chatime BC Launches Retail Tea Boxes

June 5, 2018 by foodgressing Leave a Comment

Chatime BC recently launched a retail line of vegan-friendly retail tea boxes. The company debuted these boxes at the Vegexpo held in Vancouver recently.

This line of retail teas come in a few varieties: Jasmine Green Tea, Puyu Black Tea and Japanese Roasted Tea. The boxes were sold in limited quantity at the show for $5 plus tax.

I sampled these teas at their Vegexpo booth and found them to have great tea flavour. At the moment, there is no official word on the availability of these tea boxes at Chatime BC stores. Stay tuned to their social media for official announcements.

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Chatime BC Tea of the Month: Oolong Milk Tea

June 2, 2018 by foodgressing Leave a Comment

Are you a Chatime BC Rewards member? Aside from earning points for every purchase you make, you can enjoy exclusive member deals like their Tea of the Month.

Note: My drink was not complimentary. This review is done anonymously.

For the month of June, members can order a large Chatime Oolong Milk Tea for $3.85. Toppings are extra.

I found the Chatime Oolong Milk Tea to be creamy, milky, nutty, and deeply-floral. It was very smooth with sweet lingering taste. Oolong tea on its own already has a sweet taste so if you want a drink that is less sweet you might want to ask for even less sweetness. At 50% sweetness, I still found it a bit too much; I would have it again at 0% or 25% max. The tapioca pearls also contribute to the sweetness.

Overall Impression

It was my first time having the Chatime Oolong Milk Tea and I quite enjoyed it. I would recommend ordering it with a low amount of sweetness. Rating: 4/5

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Chatime Drinks Review: Aurora & Fresh Taro Milk Tea

May 22, 2018 by foodgressing Leave a Comment

I recently tried a few new, limited time available drinks at Chatime. These were the Aurora (premium black tea latte) and the Fresh Taro Milk Tea.

Aurora

The Aurora was launched in April and is officially described as a “Ceylon black tea that tastes gentle and smooth when mixed with fresh milk.” According to Chatime, if you love fresh milk tea, this is the drink for you.

I could definitely taste the black tea in the Aurora but the milkiness was rather subtle. I had the drink at 50% sweetness and it tasted like almost no sweetness. If you like a more black tea-based drink, then the Aurora might be up your alley. The latte aspect of the drink evaded me. Rating: 3/5

Fresh Taro Milk Tea

I love a good fresh taro milk tea sometimes and not the processed powdered stuff. This was the first time that I saw this available at Chatime.

The taro flavour was decent and the drink was nicely rich and creamy. The amount of fresh taro given was reasonable as were the size of the chunks. Rating: 4/5

Overall Impression

Between the two drinks, I would reorder and recommend the Fresh Taro Milk Tea. For more information, visit www.chatimebc.com

Chatime Now Offers Rainbow Pearls

January 1, 2018 by foodgressing Leave a Comment

Attention Bubble Tea lovers! Chatime BC has introduced some colorful Rainbow Pearls to their lineup of toppings. The lineup of Rainbow Pearls included a mix of red, purple, cyan, yellow, green, and white pearls. After trying them out, I found that these Rainbow Pearls taste the same as the regular Pearls.

According to the announcement on Chatime BC’s Facebook post, these are available for a limited time at all Chatime BC lower mainland locations with Vancouver Island shortly after. Head to your nearest Chatime BC location before they run out!

Disclosure: This post is in collaboration with Chinesebites.com.

Where to Buy Chatime Milk Tea Bags Online

December 23, 2017 by foodgressing Leave a Comment

While most of us are familiar with purchasing drinks at Chatime, did you know that they also sell a retail line of milk tea mixes? Yes, you can make your very own Chatime milk tea at home! The flavours that are offered are Premium Milk, Premium Jasmime, Supreme Oolong, Dark Roasted and Selected Mixes.

In my previous post, I mentioned how Chatime stores in BC had carried a limited number of these boxes (which are now sold out). I end up finding some at my local T&T Supermarket but these are also now sold out as well. So what’s a person to do?

I did some research online and did find a US-based online retailer of Asian products, Yamibuy.com. They actually carry all 5 flavours of Chatime Milk Tea at $8 USD per box (12 milk tea bags per box). If you are a Canadian and have a package receiving service in the US, this would be a way to get those oh-so-hard-to-get Chatime Milk Tea boxes. Yamibuy carries a large selections of snacks, cosmetics, electronics, and many more fun products from Asia. They also guarantee that their products are not fake or counterfeit.

If you want to get 500 points ($5) towards your first purchase, use my Yamibuy referral link here: www.yamibuy.com/en/login.php?invite_code=422853

Happy shopping!

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