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Where's the bubbletea?!

 
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mcpubes



Joined: 08 Nov 2007
Location: Anyang

PostPosted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 3:59 am    Post subject: Where's the bubbletea?! Reply with quote

Isn't this Asia? There's gotta be at least one good bubbletea place somewhere in Seoul. I'm craving it!
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Hollywoodaction



Joined: 02 Jul 2004

PostPosted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 4:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

That fad came and went a couple of years ago. You might be able to find a coffee shop that still serves it, though.
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Young FRANKenstein



Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)

PostPosted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 5:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bubble tea vendors are aroud in the summer, not now. There are three or four along Jongro street between Tapgol Park and Jongro-3-ga.
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Luna



Joined: 22 Feb 2007
Location: seoul suburbs

PostPosted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 5:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I thought I saw somewhere in Coex that sells it. Near the front entrance (from the subway) by the Paris Baugette and the Red Mango. I could be wrong though.
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ardis



Joined: 20 Apr 2006
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 6:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

There's a stand in the main lobby of underground Lotte at Jamsil. But yeah...I asked a Korean friend about it and they laughed! "Oh, that isn't trendy anymore." Sad Sad.
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ryouga013



Joined: 14 Sep 2007

PostPosted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 6:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't know about Seoul, I haven't seen bubble tea around here in Busan. When i was in Japan there were only two shops that sold it in all of my friends' searching for it in Nagoya. Easier to find in the States and Canada.
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NightSky



Joined: 19 Apr 2005

PostPosted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 6:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Saw it at some coffeeshop in Itaewon last week...
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paquebot



Joined: 20 Jun 2007
Location: Northern Gyeonggi-do

PostPosted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 8:18 am    Post subject: Re: Where's the bubbletea?! Reply with quote

mcpubes wrote:
Isn't this Asia? There's gotta be at least one good bubbletea place somewhere in Seoul. I'm craving it!


Saudi Arabia and Siberia are in Asia too, but I don't know how common it is to find bubble tea in either! Wink

There's a board game cafe in Bundang that still serves bubble tea; stopping by somewhere similar in Seoul might be worthwhile. Not sure if you can just order it and leave though ...
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mistermasan



Joined: 20 Sep 2007
Location: 10+ yrs on Dave's ESL cafe

PostPosted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 9:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

taiwan is the home of bubble tea.
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jlb



Joined: 18 Sep 2003

PostPosted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 12:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah, when I went to Taiwan for vacation, I made it a policy to have 3 a day. Soooooooo delicious.
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princess



Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: soul of Asia

PostPosted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 1:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ardis wrote:
There's a stand in the main lobby of underground Lotte at Jamsil. But yeah...I asked a Korean friend about it and they laughed! "Oh, that isn't trendy anymore." Sad Sad.
hahaha...I'm all about trends, but if it's nice, why not drink it? I love the stuff. So, greasy hamburgers must still be trendy here, huh???
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Scotticus



Joined: 18 Mar 2007

PostPosted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 3:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

God, I miss Bubble Tea so much. It's so sad that one of the things I look forward to on my trips home is drinking bubble tea. As the OP said, I came to East Asia expecting a bubble tea on every corner... *sigh*
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tzechuk



Joined: 20 Dec 2004

PostPosted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 4:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bubble tea in Korea is strange. It's not tea, it's fruit juice plus tea plus the *bubbles*. I had it once and it just tasted gross.
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jlb



Joined: 18 Sep 2003

PostPosted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 6:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah, I think the stuff in Taiwain is so delicious because it's not too sweet. Sugary drinks aren't really my style at all.
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