I'm not too happy about the offerings of my favorite drink, Pearl Milk Tea, here in New York. I've tried about half a dozen places so far, prices ranging from $2 (in Flushing, which I previously wrote about), to $4. The last one was in Chinatown, at a place called "Tea & Tea". I figured, a place like that has to have something good. Nope. First of all, it was nearly $3.50 for a small little tea (about half the size of regular), and the usual New York tea problems soon emerged. The drink was far too sweet and milkly, and tapioca was tough and chalky. As usual, I threw it out before I even finished all the tapioca balls.
By far the worst tea I had here was the one they sell at the festivals they have on the Avenue's on the weekends. There is one particular seller with $4 teas. The tapioca was rock hard, and they all stuck together, so that you had to practically chip them away. Probably the best tea I've had here was the one in Flushing, which was only $2, and not too horrible.
What the hell do I have to do to get a decent Pearl Milk Tea out here?
Posted by ahyatt at August 9, 2004 08:57 AMI'm hardly a connoisseur, but when I was in NY, I went to
Saint's Alp Teahouse
51 Mott St
http://www.saints-alp.com.hk/
Thanks for the tip, I'll try it out next time I go to Chinatown (next week, probably).
Posted by: Andrew Hyatt on August 10, 2004 11:26 AMDude tea whatever. Try getting a decent cup of coffee. It's almost as bad as trying to get good Mexican food in Seattle.
-Tash
Posted by: Tash on August 12, 2004 09:15 PMI just tried Ten Ren in Flushing. It was good, not just for New York, but good in general. Trying it was sort of a long shot, though. I've had Ten Ren in LA with my friend Ben, and that was very good, and I've had it in San Francisco Chinatown, which was bad. This one was good. Perhaps my SF one was a fluke.
Posted by: Andrew Hyatt on August 24, 2004 10:28 AMBrian - I went to where St. Alps was supposed to be, but to my amazement saw that it was now the same Tea & Tea that I went to before, and whose tea really sucked. So, it seems like it is not there anymore. But I went to the Ten Ren nearby, and it was good - except a dollar more expensive than the Flushing one.
Posted by: Andrew Hyatt on August 26, 2004 06:44 PM