*½~~~ (1.5/5)

A few months ago we received 2 cans of Nabob Coffee from BzzAgent. We received a medium roast Breakfast Blend coffee, and a dark roast Full City Dark coffee.

I’m not a super heavy coffee drinker, but I do need my 1 cup a day. I started with the Breakfast Blend, my first sip, was not too bad. As I drank more, I found the coffee to be pretty weak and light, it wasn’t very aromatic either.

The Full City Dark was a little bit stronger, but still not as rich as an Americano from a local coffee shop. It wasn’t over roasted, and it didn’t taste burnt. We tried to make the coffee stronger by adding a bit more coffee when making it, it kind of worked, but it also had a noticeable acidic taste.

I thought the coffee was very very average tasting, and that’s kind of expected. Just like most pre-ground coffees, it is a cheaper alternative than getting espresso shots.

It’s definitely not the best coffee, but if I had absolutely no other choices, I’d still drink it. If you are a regular espresso coffee drinker and are used to dark roast coffees, you probably would not enjoy this a lot.

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Nabob Coffee

****~ (4/5)

My friend asked if I’ve ever had a screamer, and I said nope. He said I have to try it because it’s so good! So after this VW GTI meeting today, he brought me over to Danny’s Market on Garden City and Francis in Richmond. I’ve actually never been to this part of Garden City, but it wasn’t too hard to get to.

We pulled up to a corner store which was next to an atheltic club which looked kind of dinky. The store also had some pizza and hotdogs. But what they are famous for are their screamers! A drink layered with some ice cream and then any slurpee flavour you want! They even have a poster that says it’s a “Soul Refresher” and most importantly the “Best Drink on Earth!” You can mix your soft serve ice cream with any of their slurpee flavours. We ordered just a small Screamer with Root Beer, and they are about $2.90 or so. They had lots of other flavours, as another lady wanted to put in a big order – and some had blueberry, and even capuccino!

So what did it taste like. Well first off, they need bigger straws, which they had before says my friend. The straws were for slurpees though, because they had a bit of a spoon on the end. My first sip was mostly slurpee, as I didn’t mix it up properly yet, and the ice cream was still thick. You really need to mix it up well before it starts tasting good. It takes quite a bit of mixing to get it into a homogenous mixture, but when it does, that’s when it gets really good. When you get a ice cream and root beer slurpee with each sip. It tasted like a root beer float. It was pretty refreshing and really cold. Would be good on a really hot summer day. It’s not the best drink ever though, gimme some good alcohol anyday haha..

I wonder how much sugar this has…I just ordered a small after dinner, but they also have larger sizes, and even more layering. I don’t know if I’d want to drink that. It would definitely cause many brain freezes.

Try it out! If Root Beer is not your thing, they have lots of slurpee flavours. And sell samosa’s and pizzas and other hot food.

Danny’s Market
9040 Francis Rd.
Richmond, BC

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****~ (4/5)

One of the things I look forward to the most when I go to Bikram yoga was drinking a box of coconut water after the 90 minute work out. My bikram yoga class usually sells O.N.E coconut water, and I’ve always loved it. It has been a while since I did a yoga class, so I was looking extra forward to it. But to my disappointment, they stopped selling O.N.E and replaced that with Zico Coconut Water.

The packaging of Zico is identical to O.N.E, just with different graphics, and without a straw. It has almost identical nutrition values as O.N.E but it doesn’t taste as good as O.N.E. While it was still pretty yummy, it was less sweet, and tasted more watery. I still prefer O.N.E better.

One box of coconut water has only 60 calories, 15 carbs, it has tons of potassium, and electrolytes, it’s an excellent drink to get before or during a hard work out. And it is excellent at re-hydrating you after the work out too. Served iced cold, so delicious.

I’ve been searching for coconut water in local stores but I haven’t had any luck yet. I think I’d have to settle to buy them online. Even with that option, I’d still go with O.N.E coconut water (review coming when I get my hands on one).

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Zico Coconut Water
http://www.zico.com/

***½~ (3.5/5)

This review is based on their bubble teas only!

I think it’s pretty hard to find a cup of bad bubble tea in metro Vancouver nowadays. I’ve been going to Bubble World for a few years now, and they’ve always been one of the better ones since the beginning.

This time my friend and I got a Taro Slush and a Taro Milk Tea with Pearls. I got them for take out because I never liked eating in Bubble World (they also serve Taiwanese food). Then blender is always going off in the restaurant, not a very pleasant environment to eat in. So I really recommend take outs from here.

The Taro Slush was good as usual. It was blended perfectly, no ice chunks in there. The taro flavor was there, and it wasn’t too sweet. I sometimes find they over cook their pearls, but my friend said the pearls were good that night in his Pearl Milk Tea. This is the one part where they are not consistent with, but the drink itself wise is always pretty consistent.

This is a place to consider if you are craving for a bubble tea.

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Bubble World
137-10090 152 Street
Surrey, BC V3R
(604) 585-3399