Social Is Milk Tea a Fad in your country/City?

[ShinkanPo]

I think come 2009 its just seems the Milking Tea business started to boom and it popped out in almost every street corner even in residential areas for the poor.

And in the Pandemic where thousands of people lost jobs and shops closed I heard a lot of people opened Milk Tea shops.

I just don't get it how manny Milk Tea shops can be opened every few blocks?

Someone even got poisoned and died because some motherfucker poisoned the Tea!



I am not saying I hate it I am okay with I like Tea and adding milk is okay but. its not something I am crazy about.

If it makes people really happy well good I like it as an alternative to coffee etc.

It really did caught on as a trend I thought I am just imagining things.
https://www.yummy.ph/news-trends/milk-tea-trend-history-philippines-a00261-20190307-lfrm2

 

[Fluffernutter]

Yes.

And it's yummy.

 

[Patrick Jane]

I love tea with milk but i've never seen any shop selling it in my life. The closest would be a chinese restaurant giving me a tiny jug of concentrated milk with my tea. I liked that.

 

[Fuzzybabyducks]

Naw. Few years ago we had a lot of frozen yogurt and vape shops open up though

 

[Sano]

No, but I hear that the Milk Steak is excellent. Lots of cheese on the side, of course.

 

[Smokes]

Naw

 

[ICHEERTHEBULL]

Milk tea? Is that tea with milk? Or some new weird hipster fad someone fell in love with backpacking in god knows where?

 

[ShinkanPo]

I love tea with milk but i've never seen any shop selling it in my life. The closest would be a chinese restaurant giving me a tiny jug of concentrated milk with my tea. I liked that.

Oh so it seems its some East Asian thing. At first I thought its more of a India South Asia thing but I am not surprised that its huge in the SinoSphere too.

A former colleague of mine started a milk tea shop after her travel agency closed doors due to Covid.

It was quite a shift from owning and operating a travel Agency to selling Tea and coffee.

 

[ShinkanPo]

Milk tea? Is that tea with milk? Or some new weird hipster fad someone fell in love with backpacking in god knows where?

All of the above haha in mu opinion it has become some hipster thing at some point and some people are "Oh you got to Try the Milk Tea from xxxxx bistro.

 

[rearnakedchoke]

I don’t know if it’s the same thing, but we call it Hong Kong tea here. Sold in Asian markets.

 

[Patrick Jane]

Oh so it seems its some East Asian thing. At first I thought its more of a India South Asia thing but I am not surprised that its huge in the SinoSphere too.

A former colleague of mine started a milk tea shop after her travel agency closed doors due to Covid.

It was quite a shift from owning and operating a travel Agency to selling Tea and coffee.

Even when visiting the ROC i can't really recall them. Just a ridiculous abundance of boba tea shops if that counts. I didn't really pay much attention though.

 

[ICHEERTHEBULL]

All of the above haha in mu opinion it has become some hipster thing at some point and some people are "Oh you got to Try the Milk Tea from xxxxx bistro.

Never seen one. I mean women like to have tea and cake at famous hotels but I’ve never seen a exclusive milk tea shop. Normal cafes/coffee shops have tea so I don’t really see the appeal.

Personally I can’t stand tea without milk

 

[hohner]

Like Thai tea?

 

[ShinkanPo]

Never seen one. I mean women like to have tea and cake at famous hotels but I’ve never seen a exclusive milk tea shop. Normal cafes/coffee shops have tea so I don’t really see the appeal.

Personally I can’t stand tea without milk

Yup I am quite surprised the trend did catch on its like some Tea Shops opened up for the sake of serving Milked Tea.

Tea was not really that big in my country until Milk Tea happened and it quickly got commercialised and they put some more Asiatic twist like adding tapioca etc

I agree I prefer fresh milk on my Tea,

Although I would agree I have been into some of those Milk Tea shops and some of them do taste good but for some it seems adding milk seems to make it more bitter.

 

[ShinkanPo]

Like Thai tea?

Yup that Thai Tea Its actually inspired by that I think.

Milk Tea crazy is real I was jogging in my town a couple of weeks ago and I notice like almost every 5 blocks there is a small Milk Tea shop or stall!

 

[empsim]

No, but I tried it in England and it was pretty good.

 

[ICHEERTHEBULL]

Yup I am quite surprised the trend did catch on its like some Tea Shops opened up for the sake of serving Milked Tea.

Tea was not really that big in my country until Milk Tea happened and it quickly got commercialised and they put some more Asiatic twist like adding tapioca etc

I agree I prefer fresh milk on my Tea,

Although I would agree I have been into some of those Milk Tea shops and some of them do taste good but for some it seems adding milk seems to make it more bitter.

the fuck is that shit??? That ain’t tea!!!!

 

[Bathwater]

Yeah it’s pretty popular here. I live in a culturally diverse area with a lot of Asians. I drink the shit out of it.

 

[ShinkanPo]

the fuck is that shit??? That ain’t tea!!!!

I think the one in the lower pic is like Ice Cream Tea or like their version of the Starbucks Ice Fraps but instead Tea.!

Hahah

 

[Hollywood Jack]

I think come 2009 its just seems the Milking Tea business started to boom and it popped out in almost every street corner even in residential areas for the poor.

And in the Pandemic where thousands of people lost jobs and shops closed I heard a lot of people opened Milk Tea shops.

I just don't get it how manny Milk Tea shops can be opened every few blocks?

Someone even got poisoned and died because some motherfucker poisoned the Tea!



I am not saying I hate it I am okay with I like Tea and adding milk is okay but. its not something I am crazy about.

If it makes people really happy well good I like it as an alternative to coffee etc.

It really did caught on as a trend I thought I am just imagining things.
https://www.yummy.ph/news-trends/milk-tea-trend-history-philippines-a00261-20190307-lfrm2

Somewhat. We've got Gong Cha locations here now and other bubble tea places. I'd say they've been here to some extent for about 15 years. I live in the Boston area in the US.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gong_Cha