Location: Changshu Lu (not to be confused with Changshou Lu), just south of Julu Lu | French Concession | Shanghai
Item: Pearl Milk Tea
Price: 6 rmb (US $0.89)
Website: None
Service: English menu available; cheery and helpful staff. It can get a bit crowded, slowing down the ordering process (people don't tend to form neat queues in Shanghai, but jockey to get to the front). Apparently, the manager also speaks good English. My coworker and I were admiring the pastries and breads while waiting for our drinks and I nearly jumped out of my skin when a voice behind me in an American accent said "and they're pretty tasty, too!"
Packaging: White and red. Opaque paper cup with opaque plastic film lid, makes it impossible to see what's inside (and that's half the fun)! The clear straw with colorful stripes clashes with the rest of the packaging, but does contribute to the enjoyment of watching the last third of each pearl's ascent.
Tea: Pretty standard, but a bit watered down and not all that cold.
Pearls: What pearls? They should just call this "Milk Tea" and attach a warning "This beverage processed in a facility that may contain tapioca." Oh! No... wait for it... at the end of the drink there's still something left... ice? But it doesn't clack like ice...[tears off opaque lid to see inside]. Oh, nice! It's a big glob of tapioca pearls stuck together. :-/
Overall: C+. I'm not really complaining; the initial flurry of pearls and tea still fulfilled my craving, but the lump of leftover tapioca was a big let-down.
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