Last Wednesday, I was heading over to Little Caesars to pick up dinner. I was driving westbound along Steeles Avenue East. Due to construction, it took me twenty minutes from Ninth Line to nearly Markham Road.
I was hungry. I also needed to get some bubble tea. What's the closest place? It was a tossup between PannTea and CoCo. I went with the former.
I have avoided coming here, not so much for the quality, but for the name. Ever since I read Jennifer P's review a while back that when you say the name, it sounds like panty, I chuckle and laugh uncontrollably. I knew that I couldn't contain my laughter walking into a business whose name makes me giggle like a little girl. I am the same way with TP Tea. In my mind, TP stands for Toilet Paper. I haven't bought anything there, either.
We are in a pandemic. We wear masks. I can laugh behind mine. Yay!
I ordered through my Uber Eats app. I got the following drinks:
- Supreme fruit tea
- Peach oolong tea
You can't customize anything in your drinks on Uber Eats. I only got options for specifying a hot or cold drink. Both of mine were cold. I just hoped that they weren't overly sweet.
After picking up my pizza takeout, I drove over to PannTea. There was plenty of parking and backed into a spot. I used to frequent this area often over a decade ago. Since my old hangout for pho and T&T Supermarket folded, I rarely hit this corner of the plaza.
My order was ready when I had parked. I was thrilled. I walked in and a woman said hi. She was busy working on a drink. I found out a minute later that it was for my order.
I saw a second room at the back of the place. I'll need to take a look the next time that I'm there. I was too hungry to check it out. I did like the towel crepe cakes that were displayed. I'll need to get one. They weren't on the app.
I thanked the woman for my drinks and headed out the door. I drove home to chow down and enjoy one of my drinks immediately.
I liked that each drink was packed in its own slim plastic bag. I suppose that buying single drinks are the usual here.
The beverage menu is interesting. There aren't any sizes posted. My peach oolong tea was the equivalent of a large that you get at most bubble tea places. My supreme fruit tea was humungous. If you've ever ordered from Presotea and you get a large, it's that size here. Massive!
I had the supreme fruit tea. It has lemon and lime slices with their peel. It's a drink that you need to consume immediately, as having citrus with the peel makes the drink bitter over time. I thoroughly enjoyed this drink. It surprisingly works well with gorging on pizza that does not have any vegetables on it!
The drink wasn't overly sweet. It had passion fruit, lemon, lime, pineapple, and watermelon. It was so good. I thought that I couldn't finish it all at first, but I did. It was refreshing and I felt like I had satisfied my daily fruit intake.
The downside was how tight the lid was to pop off to get to the fruit. I swear that it took me six tries to get the Mary-proof lid off this cup. OMG! I felt like I needed the jaws of life to get to the fruit at one stage.
I had the peach oolong tea the following day. So good! It had a touch of sweetness, which works for me. I loved the peach flavour with the delicious oolong.
I am a fan. Someday, I hope to stop laughing at the name whenever I say it. I will return to try more drinks, check out that elusive room at the back, and get a towel crepe cake.
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