Gong Cha Taipei

When I was in Taipei I was actively looking for the popular milk tea brands we have in Manila like Chatime, Share Tea and others but I didn’t see them except for this tiny branch of Gong Cha in a small street right across the massage place we went to.

I wanted to try something new but everything was in Chinese and shame on me for not being able to read Chinese despite my education in ICA.

My dad chose this drink that was ‘special recommend.’

With the help of Google translate and my mom this drink is called 8 herbs grass jelly drink.

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There’s the grass jelly that my parents love.

It also had sweet beans and barley.

And lots of tapioca or sago.

My dad was half way through his drink when the guy manning the stall gestured that the small cup of cream should be added to the drink. With or without the cream the drink was really good.

Through the wonders of pointing I managed to order this refreshing drink although at that time I had no idea what I was drinking. Google translated this as “Cold jelly: a healthy low calorie cold day with fresh lemon juice with a jelly material good taste, satiety, but without the burden of the body.”

I made a good choice. It was citrusy and not too sweet.

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