lovin the tea at sereniTEA

tea |tē|
noun
a hot drink made by infusing the dried, crushed leaves of the tea plant in boiling water.
• the dried leaves used to make such a drink.
• (also iced tea) such a drink served cold with ice cubes.
• [usu. with adj. ] a hot drink made from the infused leaves, fruits, or flowers of other plants : herbal tea | fruit teas.

Tea has always been one of my favorite drinks and since I studied in Beijing, China for a year, I have learned to appreciate it more. Tea is my Dad's "water". He starts his day by brewing a fresh pot of Oolong Tea while reading his morning paper.

Milk tea has become a favorite of mine and lately I've been missing the milk tea from Happy Lemon and 8 Birds Hokkaido (both in Beijing :( ) so imagine my delight when I stumbled upon the blog of Fran weeks ago and read her post regarding SereniTEA.

Being the lakwatchera that I am, I urged my friends to go with me and try it out. I had the Royal Milk Tea with 50% sugar. I would like to commend SereniTEA for taking into consideration that some people prefer their tea sweet while some do not. Therefore I suggest that you all go to SereniTEA and try out their customized drinks.

I have yet to come back and try the other varieties. By the way, they also gave me a loyalTEA (ain't that cute??) card wherein I can get a 20% discount on the 5th drink while 10th drink that you get is for free. Talk about value for money.

based on their website: www.serenitea.multiply.com
serenitea -- mon - thurs (11:00 am - 09:00 pm) fri & sat (11:00 am - 10:00 pm)
-- wilson, same street as moksha

Oolong Tea (乌龙; pinyin: wūlóng has a taste more akin to green tea than to black tea: it lacks the rosy, sweet aroma of black tea but it likewise does not have the stridently grassy vegetal notes that typify green tea. It is commonly brewed to be strong, with the bitterness leaving a sweet aftertaste.)