I actually work in Gong Cha in Singapore hahaha. Our menu is quite different though. For one, we don't have any ice blended drinks or smoothies. We also have a wider selection of toppings. Also, for those who're curious, the milk cream for the House Special teas are actually made fresh every morning. No, it's not cheese! It's a mixture of dairy products, including fresh milk, whipping cream, butter and a magic powder (I have no idea what it is). It's actually really really fattening once you know what goes inside haha. And you can actually ask for less/no ice in Singapore as well, even though we don't include it in the menu. ^^ Gong Cha is so popular in Korea sometimes I wonder how it would feel to work there since Koi is more popular in Singapore haha!
really i live in california united states and i see soooo many people drink it and it is not as complicate as the one in korea because you dont have to choose the sweetness and the amount of ice so when i order my drink i usually choose jasmine milk tea with tapioca and lychee jelly and i usually go to quickly or sweet heart or Chatime or Mr. Green bobble
yonglan liang \That interesting because I live in California too, but we have a lot of places where we have the option to choose all that. Like we have a place called Tea Pumps (Im not sure if you can have milk in it, tho) you can choose the type of tea, flavors (as many flavors in a cup as you want), amount of ice, sweetness, and type of jellies (or you op for what people here call the popping boba which is a flavor of your choice inside this magical little ball thing, so when you bite into it the outter skin breaks and releases the juices :3).
Whenever I am having an off day, I watch your old videos. They just give me a happy, nostalgic feeling idk. Also, I am 20 years old and NEVER had bubble tea before. I have no idea where to get it where I live. I once googled and found out there was a bubble tea store at the mall an hour and a half away so I drove all the way there and it turned out it closed down BUT THE WEBSITE WASNT UPDATED )):
You can actually make it at home! Look up Bubble tea on Amazon and then look up Tapioca balls. Try watermelon first, you can't go wrong with that one. lol If I'm correct its just milk, then the bubble tea comes in a pouch then they blend it together, then after you drop in the tapioca balls into the cup (dont blend that though. lol 😜) and also buy bubble tea traws (if they sell that? o.O idek haha) try to get one thats rewashable and reusable like a hard plastic one, so all you have too do is wash and reuse. Also if you don't have Amazon, check eBay. If anything also just Google -simple ways to make bubble tea at home- and if they dont talk about about tapioca balls.. just buy them anyway xP Not Jelly balls like in this vid cus ew. lol ..UNLESS... its peanut butter flavored... omg..... MIND... BLOWN...
We have Gong Cha in the Flushing, Queens area of NYC :) The lemon ai-yu with white pearls and 50% sugar is really good~ There's also Quickly's (which got trounced by Chatime), Chatime (good and cheaper than the others), and Kung Fu Tea (pretty good, pretty expensive) among others.
I used to work at a Taiwanese boba shop and Wintermelon drink is very expensive item in the menu because it has to be imported from Taiwan. I really enjoy it but it tends to be quite sweet so I would recommend less sweet. Please don't be discourage from trying this drink as it's very delicious !
wow, so different coming back to this now that I work in a bubble tea shop. when I first watched this it was more of an abstract concept, but now I drink it alllll the time.
Coming from NYC, Flushing is the best to get bubble-tea - more like almost any street corner. There is a district called Korea-town in mid-town Manhattan, next to the Empire State building. Chatime; they so far have the best bubble-tea blends and they don't taste too intense unlike some other bubble-tea bars. Kung Fu Tea is also good but their secret weapon is - Lactaid milk.
Btw you can find Chatime in NYC Chinatown. well bubble tea is not invented by the korean so it more easier to find bubble tea stores near Chinatowns including Flushing which is becoming more like Chinatown. I grew up on bubble tea lol
In Singapore, the ones that are really common are Sweet Talk, KOI Café and Gong Cha. They are really popular especially KOI but they are kind of expensive and since they are really popular amongst teenagers, we're all broke because it's so good! -fails at controlling weeping-
Here in California we call Bubble Tea just boba... I personally love the Milk Tea, Thai Tea, and Tiger Tea which is a combination of the Thai and Milk Tea it's the bomb or I also love the blended ice drinks. What you guys need to really try is snow ice (or shaved snow), it is SO GOOD!
Bubble tea is really really popular among teens in singapore. There are like many different shops of bubble tea at about everywhere!! I loveeee it alot!! Esp with tapioca pearls in it! The white jelly is probably nata de coco which is coconut jelly!
omg now i totally feel like getting bubble teeeaaaaa! :/ sadly, it's 3AM, so i don't think that's happening lol I always get green tea flavor!!! i love everything green tea xD
Can you order there without speaking Korean? I would like to go there when I'm on holiday in South Korea but can't speak Korean, will I have to "sign" what I want to order or will they understand a bit of English? Thank you and I love your videos!! ♥♥♥
We have Gong cha here in our country, but boy its as expensive and luxurious as starbucks == lucky enough we have other cafes that sells bubble teas and stuff, and my god winter melon is the best! dnt know why you hate it though
+myungsoo kim RIGHT? I didn't think it would be good because it was such a small shop (the one right in K-town) and when I tried it I fell in love soooooo hard! Definitely the best bubble tea place I've tried yet, and I wish I had watched this video sooner so I'd have known... so many trips to Manhattan without stopping there!
I've been drinking Bubble Tea since I was 15... that was in Melbourne. I'm now 32 and still loving it! I've seen Gong Cha in Adelaide but haven't tried it yet... one day I will try these non-traditional ones. Someday.....
I've always wanted to try bubble tea and after watching your video I finally did!! Very happy I did. Thank you for the inspiration, much appreciated!!!!!
Gong cha just opened its first store in Mexico although it’s not my city it’s planning to open one here and i just remembered this video and I’m just so happy!!!!
+Amy D theres been so many in sydney also the asians in australia know every bloody language one of the waitresses went from speaking korean to spanish!
how old are those because they made this 3 years ago so it could be it wasn't around then? I kinda noticed that bubble tea has been getting more popular the last 5 is years.
We just got a bubbly tea place in Bath (England) and it made me soooo happy! Been obsessed with this drink since I first tried it in 2008 in Australia and I drank loads of it on my visit to Korea. I loved Gong Cha - my fave flavours were Black Milk Tea and Taro Milk Tea :-)
Once i got Almond milk tea and for me it was really gross because it was spicy not like hot spicy but it had a spicy cinnamon toothpaste taste?? LOL then i had mango boba which was delicious
Yeah, there is such thing as cinnamon toothpaste :D Cinnamon is like the second used after mint. I personally don't like the cinnamon toothpaste because it is spicy.
The house special cream green tea is one of my favorite. I usually drink the tea together with the cream from the cup edge. Then, I stir the remaining cream into the tea.
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Except wintermelon tea is so good! You can find it everywhere in Taiwan! If it tastes too sweet, then get less or no sugar, it's not a big deal. The white boba is just made from a different material and I do like it. The green tea milk foam is also one of my favorites from Gong Cha, and it is most definitely not "gross". It's kind of really offensive to hear things like "that is also gross" and "why would anyone like this" when it is actually really good stuff that lots of people enjoy. I respect a difference of opinion but please don't make it seem like people who enjoy these are bad. It's an acquired taste, like all food, and it's a huge part of my culture that I really wish people would not put down, because now, people who watched this video and have never tried these drinks are going to go into places like Gong Cha with a preconceived bias that wintermelon tea and the herbal jelly and white boba tastes bad. I'm extremely disappointed because I really enjoy and laugh along with most of the eatyourkimchi videos, but this one just hurts me. It's hard not to take it personally when a huge part of your childhood is being made fun of and put down.
This. Honestly with stuff like this a lot of the flavours/textures are acquired tastes or developed for a specific region/palate... Stuff like herbal jelly or grass jelly may seem odd to you when you're not accustomed to it, but you should always keep in mind that there are probably MILLIONS of people who enjoy the flavour and a culture that has enjoyed it for many years. To say it 'is just gross' turns people off trying something new, and is kind of insulting to the people who do like it. So what if it isn't for you? Yes, it's your opinion but stating it like that as if you know better, as if you're teaching people what to pick/what not to pick because you *clearly* know what's 'good' is not very nice or respectful. It's like saying 'earl grey tea is gross'. Or 'black coffee is gross, don't ever order black coffee. Coffee should always be super milky and sweet' - just because you don't prefer something a certain way. I have friends who have really odd bubble tea preferences (200% sugar, honestly), and others who have similarly odd coffee orders, but that's their preference, and I would never advise someone else 'oh don't get what she's having - it's disgusting', 'cause just that's kinda rude, immature and insensitive. :/
Chloe Allen sheesh if you actually read my comment you would see that I acknowledged the fact that it was an opinion. Please pay attention before telling people off. Also, just because it is an opinion doesn't mean that it's not offensive. Biases and prejudices are opinions too. It might be someone's opinion that interracial marriage is bad. It might be someone's opinion that women shouldn't go to school. I could go on forever about this but you get the point. There are auch things as bad opinions. Having an opinion doesn't make it okay to say mean, offensive, or unnecessary things.
Guys I was just trying to say that you should take things more lightly. I don't really care what people's preferences are, and I also wouldn't care if someone said my favorite kind was gross. It's not that I don't like debates and stuff in the RU-vid comments. I usually do this kind of thing. But I think it's ridiculous how people get so worked up about stuff and I was just trying to get the super long comments about how it is or isn't mean to stop. 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊Bye
Vanessa Escalambre Ah! Sorry for the misunderstanding: it's what we call our audience. The Nasties! We got it from an old joke in which we said "ooooh you so Nasty" in an old video, and it stuck with us :D
I am very offended on how you treated the wintermelon milk tea :( that's the one i always order and it's my fave lol maybe it was just too sweet and you should've picked pearls yes i will defend my wintermelon milk tea!!!! ok bye haha
the house green tea is really the best I drink it all the time when I go to gong cha haha so happy that Martina chose it cos I thought she would be going for the black tea
It looks like a location opened up in Markham, Ontario now... Have to try to make my way over there before the end of summer. Love your vids and hope you guys are enjoying your NA EYK tour! Safe travels & take care.
oh my god. I heard about your channel before but I never really care about it. There are thousand of korean review channels out there. And then one beautiful day, the keyword "korean skin care" bring me to you guys, and now I'm stuck here, lmao till 1am in the morning. Furthermore, your information is really informative, big thump up
omg im so happy you said winter melon tastes like leftover cereal milk! thats exactly how i described it when i first moved to taiwan and my friends in the states wanted to understand. i am also not a fan but i know some people really like winter melon.
We don't have Gong Cha but within the past year or so we got a small bubble tea shop in our mall. It's two hours away so it's a special treat when I go shopping with my friends, my favorite is taro with black pearls :)
In my local mall they have this little stand that's been there for years and they sell smoothies, milkshakes, bubble tea and the like. Their bubble tea is wonderful.
That looks like the store I like to get bubble tea at the best. I only know one shop in the whole of Brisbane, luckily it's downstairs from my favourite tea shop (a store that sells tea leaves and tea-making equipment). My tastes are very rigid, I like lemon tea. Full ice and half sugar with pearls. Good stuff.
I'm working in GongCha Philippines and wintermelon milktea is one of our best seller and the sinkers that you had is called aloe jelly^_^ you should have tried the Gong Cha Milk Wintermelon Tea..and I was a bit shock cause Gong Cha Wintermelon is natural sweet so there's no % in sugar and the green powder that you saw on the to of the cream is matcha powder(greentea powder)..I'm Happy and Proud cause you guys pick Gong Cha^_^Thank you...
