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I live by a Teavana and pretty regularly get my herbal-based teas there but I don't even know how you managed to buy $150 worth of tea for a single person. How many ounces did you buy?  I hope you have airtight containers for them or they're going to lose potency right quick. The tea prices there are okay for being fancy blended ones and all, but all of their accessories are massively overpriced.
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Every bubble tea place around me is a glorified smoothie with tapioca in it and has little to nothing to do with tea. And I live in the Chicago suburbs. That's not to say I don't love the stuff like a fat kid loves candy, but actual "tea"? Nope. There's usually a few that involve tea but they're always iced - at least in my experience. http://www.joyyee.com/drinklist-Chinatown.shtml General best bubble tea in the Chicagoland area, however, can be found at Joy Yee's. Check the website for locations near you, etc. etc. as they have more than a few and I'm not sure which side of Chicago you're on. Food is okay, but their freezes are the main attraction. They also use Blendtecs!
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Nov 4, 2011 19:27
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aldantefax posted:Not saying that you're wrong, since there's a lot of people that gently caress around with the formula and you end up removing the tea entirely! I'm just saying that's the traditional base that you'd mix your powder/syrups and milk into. The "bubble" part of bubble tea doesn't come from tapioca pearls, it used to refer to the foam you get from stirring/shaking the tea with the pearls as part of the final mixing step! At least it's a deliciously glorified smoothie.  The pureed hunks of fresh mango are amaaaazing.
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Nov 5, 2011 12:20
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Teavana's accessories are ungodly overpriced what are you talking about  I'm not going to argue personal preferences on tea but they charge like $8 for a $1.50 tea strainer.
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Nov 7, 2011 22:16
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The perils of cheap tea and oversteeping. If your jasmine tea tastes like hand soap that's about what I figure, anyway.
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Nov 19, 2011 00:15
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I know of plenty of Asian markets in Chicago and the surrounding but I have no idea who would sell "cut rate" Zojirushi stuff. I paid $150 or so for my Zoji rice cooker at H Mart.
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^^ fair enough, I guess I just misread. Zojis are pretty dreamy, though!  neogeo0823 posted:I had taken a trip to Niagara Falls Ontario for New Years Eve(I live in buffalo), and one of the stores there had ice wine tea. I couldn't afford it, but my one friend's mom could and she gave me a couple bags to take home. I wish I could remember the name of the company because holy poo poo, is it ever good. I know it's ceylon tea and I think pieces of the grapes used in ice wine, but I'm not sure. Anyone ever come across anything like this? All I remember is that it was in a red box. http://www.culinaryteas.com/Flavored_Teas/Canadian_Ice_Wine_Tea.html http://www.teadog.com/Ice-Wine-Tea-p/mtiw50.htm Neither is a red box but they are both pretty much what you have described. I Googled "ice wine tea"  Sounds tasty though!
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