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Product Details;

Left: NF Spring Grapefruit Jasmine Tea with TOP art illustration (500mL)

Right: NF Spring Peach Oolong Tea with G-Dragon art illustration (500mL)

Product Origin: China

Product Company Official Website: NongFu China

This is one of the unexpected drink products that I will buy for a price of ￡ 1.69.

However, I still ended up buying them to try out because of Big Bang was printed on their bottle's labels.

So here are my opinions on both products.

Product Review;

Left: NF Spring Grapefruit Jasmine Tea with TOP art illustration

Ingredients:
Water, Glucose Syrup, Sugar, Jasmine Tea (5%), Concentrated Juice (Grapefruit, Pomelo (4%)), Acidity Regulator (E330, E331), Flavouring
*E330 = Citric Acid, E331 = Sodium citrates (i), Monosodium citrate (ii), Disodium citrate (iii) Sodium citrate (trisodium citrate)*

This drink contain a strong flavouring of grapefruit and jasmine tea.

When unscrewing the bottle, a strong smell of grapefruit was released. Since they used the grapefruit concentration, the artificial taste of the grapefruit does not give out the bitter aftertaste whereas a layer of waxy can be feel on the tongue after drinking the juice.

This drink itself tasted quite artificial but it is not very sweet and might taste a bit like spring water + flavouring.

Product Evaluation (1 = poor, 3 = average, 5 = good)
Taste: 3/5
Sweetness: 3/5
Flavour: 4/5 (Great combination of grapefruit and jasmine tea)
Aftertaste: 2/5 (I do not like the aftertaste, my tongue feels like it's coated with a layer of wax)
Value for Money degree: 3/5 (I think it's quite expensive, but I still bought it because of my 'Big Bang OPPA')
Overall: 3/5 (If you like it you will get addicted, if you hate it you will just pour it down the sink)

Product Review;

Right: NF Spring Peach Oolong Tea with G-Dragon art illustration (500mL)

Ingredients:

Water, Glucose Syrup, Sugar, Oolong Tea (6%), Concentrated Peach (3%), Acidity Regulator (E330, E331), Flavouring

*E330 = Citric Acid, E331 = Sodium citrates (i), Monosodium citrate (ii), Disodium citrate (iii) Sodium citrate (trisodium citrate)*

This drink contain a strong flavouring of peach and Oolong tea.

When unscrewing the bottle, a strong smell of peachy flavouring was released. Since they used the peach concentration, the artificial taste of the peach gave out a fruity flavouring and the aftertaste is refreshing with additional fruity taste.

This drink itself tasted quite addictive and it is quite sweet due to the peach flavouring and will mixed with the Oolong tea.

Product Evaluation (1 = poor, 3 = average, 5 = good)
Taste: 3/5
Sweetness: 4/5 (Very sweet peach flavour)
Flavour: 4/5 (Great combination of peach and Oolong tea)
Aftertaste: 4/5 (Feels refreshing with the fruity taste, and a bit of strong peach flavour)
Value for Money degree: 3/5 (I think it's quite expensive, but I still bought it because of my 'Big Bang OPPA')
Overall: 4/5 (I prefer this one compared to the grapefruit flavour)

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.

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