It's Russian Redstraw Wednesday! Well, Wednesday doesn't start with an R, but none of the days of the week do... Today we went over daily vocabulary, including meals, clothing, and routine verbs. I was telling my friend how I finally unlocked "girlfriend" on Duolingo after learning "boyfriend" a few lessons ago, and a lady (safely)… Continue reading Grapefruit Punch – Redstraw Tea Bar
Sometime last week I signed up on the Tastea rewards app because I saw a code for a free drink online, and I thought I could save the coupon for a time when I want to try Tastea in the future. Little did I know at the time that the coupon would have an expiration… Continue reading Winter Melon Green Milk Tea – Tastea
What? Boba two days in a row? I'm not quite sure if this is a bad thing or good thing, but I'm always up for boba on a hot day. Or any day for the matter. Plus, boba right after a workout always sounds good, and I finished my second workout program for the summer… Continue reading Assam Milk Tea – 7 Leaves Cafe
My dad's favorite boba place, Loose Leaf Boba Company, recently opened up a location close to where I live! Now instead of driving to Long Beach (which isn't that bad I guess, but still quite some time) there's a location in Santa Ana. Well, they're still in their soft opening stage right now, which began… Continue reading Jasmine Green Milk Tea – Loose Leaf Boba Company
Today we're back at Redstraw studying Russian, with one less friend. It was still fun though, and today was more casual, building simple sentences and going over conversation vocabulary. I'm also still on my quest to try items from the Custom Teas that pique my interest. I was debating between trying the Earl Grey Creme… Continue reading Earl Grey Creme – Redstraw Tea Bar
Today was our last Russian session in a while with one of my friends (I study with two others), who's moving back to college early to start his RA training. I find it a little crazy, because it shows summer is ending (for some of us!) and because sometimes I forget not everyone starts school… Continue reading Peach Mandarin – Redstraw Tea Bar
We're back at Redstraw to study some more Russian (or, we studied outside and got Redstraw boba)! Today we went over a variety of small topics, including pronouns, question words, vocabulary, and others. Why must Russian have so many cases? Anyway, recently I've been looking forward to trying more drinks on the menu when we… Continue reading Peach Bellini – Redstraw Tea Bar
Alright, no special occasion today other than another hot, summer day. Which is always a great occasion for boba. Seriously though, we've been ordering so much 7 Leaves that I'm pretty sure I'm going to run out of things to try on the menu (that I'm interested in trying) or that I haven't written about… Continue reading Japanese Matcha Tea – 7 Leaves Cafe
Wow, today is a bad luck boba day. 🙁 It would seem I might be talking about Orobae too much around the house (I don't think so, but apparently so) because my mom was talking about getting Orobae today, and I was much surprised, considering she's had not-so-great experiences, but I keep wanting to go… Continue reading Sea Cream Jasmine Tea – 7 Leaves Cafe
We met up again at Redstraw for our weekly Russian study session. Today we did some Cyrillic (the Russian alphabet) review by writing English sentences phonetically in Cyrillic, and talked about our future language plans (ambitious, I know, but what can I do when I'm an aspiring polyglot?)! Even though I'm learning Russian, I actually… Continue reading Japanese Cherry Sakura – Redstraw Tea Bar
