High St.: “ViVi Milk Tea with Bubbles,” $3.76 Overall, the drink was very light and fresh and I wouldn’t really recommend it for people unless they were already at North Market and wanted bubble tea.Ģ. It really just tasted like watered-down tea.ĭespite having the same brown sugar flavor as ViVi’s bubbles, they weren’t very “Q,” as they didn’t have much of a bounce to them and almost had a gelatinous texture. I’m going to keep this short but not very sweet, mainly because that’s what the drink was like. Bubbles, North Market, 59 Spruce St.: “Black Milk Tea with Bubbles,” $4.25 They had a good chew to them, but really tasted like nothing.ģ. The “Q” factor of the bubbles was not actually that bad. Not only is this not like anything I’ve ever had, but it was really light in tea flavor, almost as if I was just drinking a-little-bit-sweetened coconut milk with a bit of honey. The only upside: with Dining Dollars, it’s the cheapest out of the bunch at $2.76.įirst of all, Crane Cafe uses coconut milk. I wanted to get a campus option, but my order of “Honey and Vanilla Bubble Tea” - one of two options Crane Cafe offered and the closest to my original order - was not good. Crane Cafe, Hagerty Hall: “Honey and Vanilla Bubble Tea,” $4.25 I mainly focused on a few things: the sweetness of the tea, the taste of the bubbles and what I call the “Q” factor - what Taiwanese people say to describe the chewiness and bounciness of food.Ĥ.

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I would come back to this tea spot when I'm in Columbus again! Overall, my only issue was the lack of a menu that explained what was in each drink, but it was easy enough to resolve. The inside of the store was bright and clean, with seating available if you want to drink inside. Like with mine, this tea was a good sweetness level. I don'y know if it automatically comes like this, but it seemed to be blended ice. I got the passionfruit tea with 'less ice' and '50% sweet' - and they delivered on both! The tea had good flavor, the boba was fine, and it wasn't too sweet at all. We got 1 passionfruit tea with mango popping boba and 1 pineapple mango jelly tea. We noticed the same thing when we went into the store, so we just ended up asking the employee what the ingredients were. While we did find a menu online, it didn't say what was in every drink. This location is conveniently located in a little strip on High Street, with clear signage out front. We tried Vivi Bubble Tea for the first time on Friday.

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