Taiwan Summer Drinks
I hate summer because it is really hot and humid here in Taiwan. Good thing Taiwan is a tea haven with so many tea drinks and stores. I am not even including all the 7-11 stores here. If you have been to Taiwan years ago, you probably would still remember the popular bubble tea store - Quickly (快可立). Now I don't think you will see Quickly in Taiwan except probably in other countries like Japan or in Wikipedia (bubble tea). : )
There are now a lot of new and innovative tea drink chain stores in Taiwan. You would even see 3 or 4 of them just across the street or just a few steps away. You wonder how they all compete without differentiating their drink products from each other. You cannot just sell bubble tea nowadays to survive business. Like what Clint Eastwood used to say in his movie the Heartbreak Ridge, "You adapt, you improvise, you overcome." : )
So here are my current top 4 drink chain stores in Taipei or those which I come across daily...
50Lan (50嵐)... I think they still have the best bubble pearl milk tea of the chain store list here. However during the summer, the cool drink I prefer is fruit green tea drink like this "grapefruit green tea" (葡萄柚綠茶) cooler! You can also try their yakult green tea. 
Orange Tea (健康橘子工坊)... this store's specialty is their passion fruit QQ green tea (鮮百香果QQ綠茶) with passion fruit seeds, bubble pearl and coconut gelatin strips! Refreshingly good! They really improvised! : ) 
Ching-Shin (清心福全) - all natural tea. Here is where I normally buy my cool honey green tea (蜂蜜綠茶) drink. I noticed Taiwanese guys prefer this store for pure green tea drinks. 
And finally... Herbaceorus Collection (草本茶集)! "50 years specialty strictly choosing the natural flowers and plants source material" - that is what is printed on their store and drink sealed plastic cover. My favorite drink here is their fresh grapefruit green tea (葡萄柚綠茶) with real grapefruit. My favorite drink so far! BTW, their English name should be "Herbaceous Collection". It is a tough spelling to remember really. : ) 
Taiwan street food and Taiwan tea drink... perfect company! : ) 
Don't eat Taiwan street food without drinking any Taiwan green tea... it really helps reduce the cholesterol. : ) 
Read this 10 great health benefits of drinking green tea.























































































