In my opinion, clearly, with heavy bias. If you'd like to challenge my opinion, feel free to leave me a comment, or just try these places for yourself :). If no one's caught on yet, I hail from the Irvine bubble in Southern California, and practically watched the boba scene unfold right in front of… Continue reading The Best Boba in Irvine, California
Tag: Redstraw Tea Bar
French Daisy – Redstraw Tea Bar
We're back at Redstraw today after a while! Today's a special occasion, meeting up with some local friends as summer is just about starting (I still have a couple days left of finals though), and one friend is leaving the country tomorrow. After a whole year of mostly avoiding in-person socializing when so many friends… Continue reading French Daisy – Redstraw Tea Bar
Tea Cocktails – Redstraw Tea Bar
Okay, so I'm pretty sure there's actually no alcohol sold at Redstraw Tea Bar. I don't drink alcohol (see my About page), so I don't know what's in a Mojito either, but the time I got the Mango Mojito, it seemed to just be lime and mint, which is a nice flavor combination. I wish… Continue reading Tea Cocktails – Redstraw Tea Bar
Chamomile – Redstraw Tea Bar
It's Russian Redstraw Friday! The air outside is definitely a lot better and not smoky at all from the fires nearby earlier this week, which is a great thing. This week we did a reading about football (soccer) in Russia. The joke included in this passage was a lot better than the bear one. Was… Continue reading Chamomile – Redstraw Tea Bar
Genmaicha – Redstraw Tea Bar
Russian has moved to Tuesday morning this week, because apparently the weather has decided to grace us with 100 Degrees on Wednesday. To avoid that, we moved to today, which would be slightly cooler, and in the morning, because my friend has classes later, and it'd be even cooler! We went over Russian idioms today,… Continue reading Genmaicha – Redstraw Tea Bar
Osmanthus Oolong – Redstraw Tea Bar
Today Russian Wednesdays are back at Redstraw! We read about Russian saunas today, banyas, amidst this very hot weather. And very hot weather is the best occasion for a drink! Today I went for Redstraw's Osmanthus Oolong, which I noticed on their menu after I found out about Omomo's. For some reason, because of Omomo's… Continue reading Osmanthus Oolong – Redstraw Tea Bar
Grapefruit Punch – Redstraw Tea Bar
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
Earl Grey Creme – Redstraw Tea Bar
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
Peach Mandarin – 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
Peach Bellini – 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