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Drink trends spotlight: Tastea

Apr 07, 2012

If you are a tea lover, you may have tried “boba milk tea,” the famous Tawainese-originated sweetened milk tea beverage made with soft, gummy tapioca pearls. This sweet and refreshing drink typically, made with black tea, sugar, milk (or condensed milk) and tapioca pearls, has also been the inspiration for numerous spin-offs. As popularity grew, so did the presence of many so-called “boba shops.” Franchises such as Tapioca Express and Lollicup are abound in California. But we recently discovered a very unique tea bar concept that incorporates boba drinks and much more.

At Tastea’s Garden Grove location in California, you wouldn’t be surprised to see a line almost out of the door on a Friday night. Their menu names are fun, and their drinks refreshing and enjoyable. Specializing in tea drinks, Tastea offers four categories of teas: “Classics” like Green Iced Tea, Thai Tea and Honeydew Milk Tea, “Specialteas” such as Bootea Shaker (mango peach & pineapple tea with black jelly), Sunset Peach (peach raspberry iced tea with mango bits), Tootea Fruitea (kiwi pineapple iced tea with diced jackfruit), “Simpliciteas” which are lightly sweetened white teas, include Blueberry Breeze and White Iced Teas. “Hotties” are Tatea’s classic teas served hot. Tastea also serves smoothies, slushies, coffee (look under “wake up calls”), shaved iced and snacks like popcorn chicken and fries. You can add in any “add ons” to your drink, too, most of which are Asian tropical fruits: lychee, jackfruit, longan, peaches, strawberry puree, black jelly, rainbow jelly, coconut jelly, egg pudding, mango bits, mochi, red beans, boba, aloe vera, and green beans.

 

Did you find their menu names interesting? They’ve also put a twist to their sizing – mini , gigantic and even more are the equivalents to small, medium and large. Also featured on the menu is each drinks calorie counts; the mini is great for those watching their calorie intake. Their “Smile Guarantee” is also placed on the wall for all to see: “… If for any reason you are not smiling with your drink, we’ll simply replace it or refund your money. It’s that simple.”

 

Check out what we ordered: the Mango All the Way! slushy freeze – an icy blend of mango and raspberry with green mango bits – tastea indeed!

Tastea - Mango All the Way!

Tastea menu