I've been in a lot of Chinese restaurants, ranging from the garden
variety carryout to restaurants in CHinatown, to Chang's (the
nationwide chain), and Chang's is the only one that--in my
experience--seems to make any special effort in regard to tea. I'm sure
I probably just didn't know how to ask for it in Chinatown, etc.
Usually the default brew in the standard sit-down Chinese restaurant is
some kind of oolong. I'm not a huge fan of oolong--I overdid it when I
first discovered Chinese tea--but it is usually of tolerable quality
and compliments the meal.

Only one time did the restaurant tea actually make me want to spit it
out. In that instance, I could really believe in the weekly tea leaf
replacement someone mentioned. It tasted like something was growing in
there.

On an unrelated point, has anyone tried the new Starbucks Matcha green
tea latte? I tried it because it was the first time I had seen or heard
of matcha being used in any mainstream U.S. context, but I actually
enjoyed it. Not sure yet if it is a guilty pleasure.

Die Spammers wrote:
Tea Guy wrote:
Well, then. If you insist, I managed to dredge it from my memory.

Chang Bros Chinese Restaurant
916-771-9838
6160 Stanford Ranch Rd Ste 100
Rocklin, CA 95765

Thanks,
Bill
...

Thanks, Bill!

ah2323 wrote:

On an unrelated point, has anyone tried the new Starbucks Matcha green
tea latte? I tried it because it was the first time I had seen or heard
of matcha being used in any mainstream U.S. context, but I actually
enjoyed it. Not sure yet if it is a guilty pleasure.

Yes, I've tried it. I also enjoyed it, but would have liked to taste
it without the added melon flavor, which overpowered the tea taste.


stePH
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I'll brew another pot of ambiguity.