A relatively new version of Bubble Cup or Happy Cup, Chaitime brings these Asian drinks to Westfield.
A multitude of different flavours offered as milk tea, green or black tea, they specialise in random flavours and more traditional ones created with highly processed syrup or powders.
I'm not really sure if the drinks are supposed to be refreshing, however if you are offered sweetener, after trying my first beverage here, I would say 'no'. I do after my first two sips feel a potential hyper-glycemic attack slowly brewing.
Rushed off their feet due to the popularity of this 'new addition' to Knox, there's no time to dawdle and make your decision at the counter. Be prepared and make your choice before stepping up. If not, you will find within a blink a queue of 15 people patiently (or maybe not so) waiting behind you.
Service was quite quick, but I am now off to anywhere else to buy a bottle of Mount Franklin to try and dilute the sugar intake currently being experienced! read more