Archive for October 2016

My Point Card with 8 stamps.

Shop Name: Bubble T Break

Location: Chinatown, Newcastle Upon Tyne

A small Bubble T shop located at the other end of Chinatown (opposite Pink Lane Bakery on Cross Street). This little shop was first open in October of 2012 and up until now. So far there's 2 shops selling bubble tea (a type of taiwanese drink), Bubble Cha and Breadpoint Bakery (both of them are located in Chinatown) however, I still prefer the milk tea from this store.

The shop itself is divided into 2 parts. The left side of the shop is a small repair shop for electronic and the right side is the bubble tea shop. There is a small counter and limited tables for sitting in and usually I only do takeaways every time I drop by for my milk tea.

*An update of the picture inside the shop.*

Above the counter, there's a chalkboard and sometimes there's a list of special drinks or new drink and promotion listed on it, so if you're in a group of 4 people, their latest promotion is buy 3 drinks (large) and get 1 for free. If you're buying only 1 drink, remember to collect their point card (Any drink purchased will get a free drink and get the 9th drink for free) you can see my point card from the picture above, which is a good deal if you're with a friend.

Drink Size available:

M - £ 2.50

L - £ 3.00

Top 10 drinks list.

I even picked up a leaflet (picture above) about their top 10 drinks and I only tried 3 of them before.

The only drinks I tried before is the bubble Milk Tea, Rose Oolong Tea and Matcha Red Bean Milk Tea (I changed the red bean into tapioca, bubble, pearls) - is just myself preferences.

Here's a list of their drinks (picture below) along with the sugar level (more - no sugar) and ice level (normal - hot)

Drink list and flavour adjustment.

So here's my free drink, their special flavour listed on the chalkboard which is Plum Green Tea with bubble.

Plum Green Tea w/ Bubble

Product Evaluation (1 = poor , 3= average 5 = good)

Taste: 3/5

Sweetness: 5/5 (Depending on sweetness you ordered, I usually get half sugar)

Flavour: 3/5 (Not very strong plum and green tea flavour)

Aftertaste: 3/5 (I could taste the plum flavour more)

Overall: 4/5

Store EvaluationEnvironment: 5/10 (Small and cosy)
Services: 8/10
Value for Money degree: 7/10 (Reasonable prices)
Recommend degree: 8/10

What is their opening time?

OPENING HOURS

Monday - Saturday: 12 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.

Sunday & Bank Holidays: 12 p.m. - 6.30 p.m.

Getting there...
1 Cross Street, Newcastle, NE1 4XE

For more information visit their official Facebook Page. I highly recommended this shop to anyone whom craved for authentic Taiwanese bubble milk tea!

Product Name: Tea Zen Green Tea Latte

Product Origin: South Korea

It's been awhile since this product is out of stock in the Asian Supermarket and yesterday when I was in Chinatown, I picked this up from the Asian Supermarket, HiYou which costed me £4.27 for a box, which contained 10 sachets. I've been addicted to this drink for the past 2 years however this is not the best green tea latte but after trying most of the green tea latte (ready packed) sold from the supermarket, this is somehow the best one.

Nutrition and Ingredients Details based on the UK food regulations;

If you're allergic to nuts, you may want to avoid this product since there's "Chestnut Concentrate" listed in the ingredients.

3 - Steps to make a perfect green tea latte with this powder mix.

Step 1: Heat up the 100mL of milk and add in the powder mix.

Step 2: Stir - well till the powder mix dissolved into the hot milk.

Step 3: Pour it into the cup and use the milk whisk to make it foamy.

Lastly, enjoy the green tea latte.

I prefer my green tea latte to be in "hot" serving but if you want to have it cold, you could refer to the box, on the right side it shows how to make hot and cold green tea latte using there powder mix. Based on my experiences, using the appropriate amount of milk or soya milk to make green tea latte is the best compared to using hot water.

For me, I love this product and I got addicted to it once I first purchased it but later on this was out of stock for few months from the Asian Supermarket in town.

Preparing this using the microwave (5 - minutes).

If you're lazy to boil the milk with the saucepan, you could always use the microwave.

Heat the milk up for 2 minutes
Pour the powder mix into the milk and continue heating it up for another 2 minutes
Stir - well and continue heating it up for another 1 minutes

Product Evaluation (1 = poor , 3= average, 5 = good)

Taste: 3/5

Sweetness: 4/5 (Depending on the amount of hot water/milk added to the powder mix) Matcha Flavour: 3/5 (Not very strong matcha flavour)

Aftertaste: 3/5 (I could taste a bit of bitterness)

Overall: 4/5

To find out more about their products, check out their official site Creative Tea Company and Facebook page.

After staying in the UK (United Kingdom) for several years, you will realised that there's a lot of free apps giving out free stuff and discounts vouchers to be spend in - store or even online shopping.

Everyone loves free stuff, therefore I will introduce you all my top 5 apps that I had been using it for the past 5 years in the UK.

p/s: I'm still using them until today and one of my favourite app is UNiDAYS

Simply log on to VoucherCloud website to get any latest vouchers and discounts. They have a wide range of discounts available from food to fashion and even freebies.

Besides that, to make things easier simply download their apps from the apps store by clicking the link provided below.

The best thing is you could create a free account to log in to get all the vouchers or freebies!

For more information visit their Facebook Page.

Download for free on IOS

Download for free on Android

This is another website and it's a totally different site from the one above even though they have a similar name. This website is easy to use as well, like the one above, simply log on to VoucherCodes website to see what's their latest offers and freebies.

The best thing is you could create a free account to log in to get all the vouchers or freebie!

For more information visit their Facebook Page.

Download for free on IOS

Download for free on Android

*LATEST*

This app is quite new and it's only been released in July 2015 (last year). One of my friend introduced me to this app when I was searching for a cheap train ticket last 2 months. Only few week ago they have a 40% flash sale on train tickets from Newcastle to London.
Simply log on to their Facebook Page or Virgin RED Website to get more information on their latest offers!
Register a free account to access all the offers available in this app.
You may be lucky enough to grab some cheap train tickets from this app for any journey throughout the UK.

Download for free on IOS

Download for free on Android

*Only for O2 users*

This app from O2 is different from the 3 apps above because this app is only for O2 users.

One thing I like about this app is that every Monday there's this "pound lunch code", and you can choose to redeem them from any of the store (e.g. Boots, WH Smiths, and Upper Crust).

Another on of my favourite thing about this app is that every Tuesday, you could redeem any 'Hot drinks' (e.g: Hot chocolate, Americano, Cappucino or Latte - drink in or take out with a size range from small to big) from Cafe Nero and even get a free stamp on their loyalty card.

Check out O2 priority moments for more information and about their latest offers and free gift.

For more information, check out their Facebook Page.

Download for free on IOS

Download for free on Android

*Only for STUDENT*

Simply click HERE to register for a free account.

This app is designed especially for students of all ages.

After that, simply log into your university's student portal for verification and finally after confirming that you're a verified student in any university around the UK, you could use all the discount codes listed on this website to shop from your favourite high street brands, such as Topshop, New Look, Forever21, Asos and many more.

For more information, check out their homepage, UNiDAYS and Facebook Page.

Download for free on IOS

Download for free on Android

That's all for now.

Hope this is useful for anyone whom want to save up some "£££" while in the UK :D.

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