I’d heard HK’s rent was bonkers.  I was never able to “relax” at Starbucks near here.  It was relatively small, and the outside seats filled up quick in good weather  (we don’t have a habit of table sharing in the U.S.) so when you sat inside you basically sat on top of the grinder.  Which was loud.  Everyone spoke over it, so the place was even louder.  A much more relaxing (quiet) coffee shop I know of is up the road a little ways, and used to be my haunt but they never had very friendly staff unfortunately.  These days if I want coffee, the other half and I go to the local Doughnut Connection.

M.

I can’t claim I’m at Ground Zero (I’m actually surprised there’s only ONE Starbucks in the county!), but yeah, kind of wish I wasn’t near this.

Then again, they’re targeting China more now.  China’s the #1 consumer market.  The U.S. has more or less become second fiddle.

M.

Ah, so not something I should be too concerned about.  I’m going to guess the term depreciated?  I’d figured the term referred to very green style oolongs, as I guess it infuses a teal-ish colour, if viewed a certain way.

Baked stuff is certainly more amber, so it would be something more like Hǔpòchá (琥珀的茶?)

Oolong it is!

Thanks,
M.

It is, to my know-age, a cultivar of Spearmint grown in Morocco; tastes different from the mint I know around these parts.