PrintSugar Rush: Hot Sesame Milk Bubble Tea at Green Tea Cafe
I'm not a big fan of bubble tea—I get tired of chewing the tapioca balls after about five of them. But if I want a sweet drink that's just a little more substantial than straight liquid without being a stomach-deadening milkshake, I go for hot sesame bubble milk tea from Green Tea Cafe in Chinatown. Most of my friends like cold bubble tea, but when it's hot the tapioca balls are softer and easier to chew. The sweet, milky black tea is full of addictive nutty black sesame flavor. You can order the drink sans tapioca balls, but I like knowing that I have the option of eating them.
Green Tea Cafe
45 Mott Street, New York NY 10013 (b/n Bayard Street and Pell Street; map)
212-693-2888
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5 Comments:
Wow that sounds amazing.
simon at 4:24PM on 12/03/08
@simon: I find most black sesame flavored things to be amazing.
roboppy at 6:41PM on 12/03/08
Man, I love hot bubble tea. The tapioca balls are wonderfully chewy. We have a franchise in the student center here at Columbia that makes bubble tea in a variety of flavors--I'm addicted to the black tea with ginger, but I'll have to look and see if they do black sesame!
klg19 at 6:55PM on 12/03/08
How's the bubble tea here compared to Saint's Alps, or about the same? I've been meaning to check out Green Tea Cafe since I saw your posts on it (and of course, I'm a TOTAL sucker for anything black sesame too!)... I'm not a huge bubble tea fan either, but I love the warmer milk teas.
Emily Koh at 10:24AM on 12/04/08
@klg19: I love ginger too. BUT NOT AS MUCH AS BLACK SESAME.
@Emily: I think Saint's Alps has my favorite boba (and I've only been there once!) but I've never tried their hot black sesame milk tea (I'd assume they serve it too). You'll have to try it and tell me how it is!
roboppy at 10:30AM on 12/04/08