Although I am currently taking a break from critiquing the bubble tea of downtown berkeley, my darling sister still has a lot to say on the subject. Additionally I have been encouraging people to show off their tea knowledge by guest writing and she was the first person to seriously take me up on it. So without an further ado I present the thoughts and art of my charming sister:
Hello, subtlety tea readers! I'd like to start by saying that I am incredibly excited to guest write. As you may remember from previous posts, I really enjoy a going to Tea Fever. When I went there last, I was pleasantly surprised to see a poster with a list of specials awaiting me at the door. There were three or four milk tea drinks on this poster, all with something special about them, like the addition of red beans. Best of all, there was a black tea with both boba and pudding. At first, I must admit I was a tad perplexed. I had never heard of adding pudding to a drink, especially one which already had boba. Since it sounded so interesting, I knew that that was the drink I would be ordering- how could I possibly resist such a splendid opportunity? (It worth mentioning here that I am usually not so adventurous with food. Or at all. But this was pudding, so it was a completely different matter).
Anyway, it goes without saying that this beverage was absolutely delightful. The pudding (which was vanilla, by the way) complemented the black tea in a wonderful way, absorbing its flavor but still keeping its own. The texture combinations worked surprisingly well. One of my many favorite things about tea fever is the perfect consistency of their boba- soft but not too flimsy, chewy but not excessively so. The pudding provided a lovely contrast to this. It was much more liquid, and it seemed to become significantly softer in my mouth. Anything else one could want from this combination could be found in the black milk tea. It saddens me to see some of the newer boba places not being able to do simpler teas like black or green tea. Many of them seem to have too little or too much sugar. Of course, Tea Fever's black tea is simply lovely and has an exquisite flavor.
I would love to encourage you now, gentle reader, to rush to Tea Fever and sample some or all of these exquisite drinks. But, alas, due to a lack of promptness on my part in writing this guest post which I can only ascribe to my busy schedule, I doubt that they still have these specials. So, instead, just go to Tea Fever and try one of their normal drinks. I assure you they will be worth your time. Also, they have really good crepes and waffles.
As you may have guessed, I drew the picture above. I also took pictures at the time but they didn't really show the pudding clearly. I used my previously mentioned "fancy drawing app" which is generally referred to as paper by 53 to create this representation. I highly recommend this app. That is all I have to say. Farewell, gentle readers!
