How to customize your beverage in Taiwan?

 

Summer days in Taiwan are hot and humid, and the sweltering weather makes it easy to get heat stroke. The best way to beat the heat is to have a cup of 手搖飲.

So in today's video, I would like to show you how to buy 手搖飲 and customize your beverage in Taiwan.

What is 手搖飲(料)？

手 hand

搖 shake 

飲(料) beverage

Pour tea, ice, syrup and any other topping you like into a shaker雪克杯. Shake until mixed. If you have drunk bubble tea before, that is also a kind of 手搖飲.

In addition to the traditional tapioca pearls, there are many other types of toppings such as jelly, pudding, and milk cap.

Typically, 手搖飲 is served cold, but it can also be served hot.

Brands 手搖飲 in Taiwan

There are more than 20,000 手搖飲 stores in Taiwan, with many brands.

So I referred to the statistics made by the forum "網路溫度計". These are the top 10 most discussed 手搖飲 stores last month:

How to customize your beverage in Taiwan?

You can first select items from the menu and then proceed to the ordering area.

When you are in the ordering area,  you will hear the clerk ask you: 要喝什麼？How do you take your drink?

Tell them what you want to drink, and then you will hear them repeat the name of the beverage you requested and then ask you: 甜度冰塊？How much sugar and ice would you like?

If you want to add toppings, you can tell them now.

The conversation I had while buying 手搖飲 this afternoon was like this:

Store clerk:  今天要喝什麼？What are you going to drink today?

若：兩杯炭焙烏龍。 Two cups of 炭焙烏龍.

Store clerk:  兩杯炭焙烏龍，甜度冰塊？How much sugar and ice would you like?

若：無糖少冰。 No sugar and less ice.

Store clerk: 80元。80 Taiwan dollar.

若：LINE Pay.(One of Taiwan's electronic payment )

Store clerk: 載具？ If you don't know what 載具 is, click on the link in the description to watch the video.

若：這邊。Here.

Store clerk: 稍等一下喔~ Wait for minutes.

Now let's take a look at the options for sugar and ice.

甜度 Sugar	冰塊 Ice
⁠regular sugar 正常糖)	regular ice 正常冰
less sugar 少糖	less ice 少冰
half sugar 半糖	half ice 半冰
light sugar 微糖	light ice 微冰
no sugar 無糖	no ice 去冰

If you like, you can ask for extra sugar with a lot of ice, just say: 多糖多冰。

多糖多冰 extra sugar with a lot of ice

The most common toppings:

We use a plastic sealing film on the cup to prevent leaks and spills, so don't forget your straw吸管.