50嵐 (50 Lan)

50嵐 (50 Lan)

Location: Chain restaurant all over http://www.50lan.com.tw/

50 Lan (50嵐) is one of the most famous bubble tea stores in Taiwan. I like them because their “bubble”, or tapioca, is really small. I always get tired and full after drinking a lot of the chewy bubbles. But 50 Lan’s bubble tea not only keep the texture of the bubble tea but also let you enjoy the tea instead of fill you with tapioca. Of course, there are all kinds of tea here. They have milk tea with bubble, oatmeal (not the breakfast kind), pudding, large tapioca…etc. They also have different kind of tea beverages if you are tired of the mike tea.

The first one we have is the green bubble tea, which is green tea with mike and tapioca. Although it looks like there is lots of cream, you can really taste the freshness of the green tea. The second one we have is the lemon and plum tea. I think there is black tea in this, but the lemon is so sour that I can’t really taste it. The plum is really strong with I like. However, it’s a little bit too sweet. I should have ask them to put less sugar in there.

This leads to this picture here which Mr. Nick insists to take. Taiwanese bubble tea stores are really thoughtful because they let you choose different levels of sweetness. This chart here explains to you how you can pick six different levels of sweetness for your tea. You can have standard, not too sweet, less sweet, half sugar, slightly sweet, and no sugar. This is great since Taiwanese culture do not like super sweet food and drinks. This way, people can adjust their drink based on their taste. You can also ask them to have less ice cube or no ice cubes. They will still give you same amount of tea even if you ask for no ice cube. (I once asked for no ice cube in Starbucks in the US, and they gave me only half cup of warm tea…that made me really miss Taiwan =p)