Recently, Fantuan was offering a limited number of bubble tea flavours for a cent at certain CoCo Fresh Tea and Juice stores. Such a steal!
I had taken advantage of this deal at the CoCo by York University. On Sunday, after a fun time at the Botanical Expo at Evergreen Brick Works, I felt like getting this deal on its final day. I did a search on the Fantuan app and this CoCo in the Riverdale-Leslieville area was the closest one. Perfect!
I got the following large bubble teas:
- Strawberry black tea ($0.01) with coconut jelly ($0.60)
- Lemon green tea
I got both teas with no sugar and less ice. It's my usual.
This CoCo is diagonally across from Gerrard Square. It's on the southeast corner of Gerrard Street East and Marjory Avenue. I used to spend a lot of time along this stretch of Gerrard Street East years ago. It has definitely changed!
My original thought was to try and park along Gerrard. There weren't any spots. Instead, I cycled around the block and drove northbound on Marjory (it's a one-way street). I parked next to CoCo just before I got to Gerrard.
There's a side entrance to CoCo on Marjory. Since it was my first time at this store, I decided to go through the main door.
If you require accessibility help to get in and out of this store, you are out of luck. The store's construction is old, so there are only steps to get in and out of the store.
I had the nicest woman help me out at the counter. I let her know that I had a Fantuan order. I rattled off the last three digits of my order number. She nodded and picked up a bag that was next to her. She handed it over to me with a huge smile.
I thanked her for my order and wished her a great day. She reciprocated.
This store does not have any seating to sit down and enjoy your beverage. I reckon that it used to before the pandemic. There's lots of space where the orange-lit CoCo logo is. I'm sure that there was seating in that area.
I'm also pretty sure that this location was where Grinder Coffee was before CoCo took over. Although sad that the cafe closed, it's nice to see a bubble tea joint in this area.
I had the strawberry black tea as I drove home. It's my favourite drink. This drink is made consistently no matter which CoCo location I visit. I loved the strawberries and how naturally sweet they were. The black tea was perfect. I always enjoy coconut jelly in this drink. So good!
I had the lemon green tea the following day. I love the tart lemon with the green tea. It's such a refreshing drink.
I dig this store. When I'm in the area again and feel like bubble tea, I'll return to this store for my fix.
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