Xing Fu Tang is a Taiwanese Brand of bubble tea shop that specializes in Brown Sugar Pearl Milk. They make their stir fried brown sugar pearls in front of their customers to ensure freshness. If you’re a fan of Xing Fu Tang, they bring in the same key ingredients from Taiwanese suppliers to ensure the drinks are consistent like the ones found in Asia.
Xing Fu Tang has opened their latest location in Coquitlam. This is the fifth location in Metro Vancouver and the other locations are on Cambie, Marpole, Kingsway, Richmond, and now Coquitlam. It’s much closer to those living away from the city. This particular location is different than the others as the owners of this franchise are there daily to ensure quality is consistent.
They are best known for their signature Brown Sugar Pearl Milk, but there is definitely more on their menu than that. We were invited to give their menu a taste test.
Interior
The space is small, so there are only 4 stools to sit on. Most people get their drinks to grab and go. As it is located under an apartment building, there is limited parking around the shop.
Menu
Fortune Telling
In the store, you’ll find long red wooden sticks and a large drawer hung on the wall. This isn’t decoration as this is meant to tell your fortune.
You start by randomly picking a red stick and it will tell you which numbered drawer to open to select your fortune.
If you don’t read Chinese, this might be a little difficult, but the staff can help you if needed.
I thought the fortunes were a bit funny and the English translation and the Chinese fortune does vary a bit.
My fortune tells me that my husband isn’t enough and I need to keep on searching. My husband’s fortune says his dream person is in love with him and it’s time for him to move to the next level. I think these fortunes are meant for single people. Do note that I can’t read Chinese, so I am basing this off the English.
Brown Sugar Pearl Milk
This is their most popular item on the menu and it is the flagship drink that made this chain famous. This starts with the stir fried brown sugar pearls, milk, cheesy foam, and then brulee on top.
Stir this a few times to mix all the ingredients together, so you’re not just slurping up all the brown sugar in the first sip. The ratio of brown sugar and milk was good. Not too sweet at all. The cream foam on top adds a rich mouthfeel to the drink. The pearls are soft and chewy.
Brown Sugar Pearl Milk Tea
If you are looking for the signature drink with tea, it’s on the menu too. This doesn’t have the foam and brulee on top. You’ll want to stir this up very well to incorporate the flavours.
Bunny Jelly Mango Smoothie
The rabbit panna cotta jelly on top is so cute as it sits above the mango smoothie and pink strawberry pearls. It’s so sad when you have to stab the straw through the bunny. Or you could just eat the bunny first or push it aside. The drink has a strong and sweet mango flavour perhaps from the mango syrup.
This is another popular item because how can you resist the bunny?
Soda and Homemade Jelly
This drink is beautiful with the blue soda and two big pink jelly balls. It’s very pleasing to the eyes but when we drink it, it reminds us of a refreshing soda like Sprite. The jelly just adds texture to it.
Strawberry Pearl Milk
There are layers of pink strawberry pearls, milk and strawberry puree on top. When you mix this all together, it combines the layers together. The drink reminded me of strawberry pocky. My least favourite on the menu as I felt it was too sweet.
Brown Sugar Pearl Tea Latte
This is another popular drink on the menu and the gradient of colours is nice. You have to mix up very well.
Grapefruit Green Tea
Grapefruit green tea is refreshing compared to the brown sugar beverages on the menu. The grapefruit definitely stands out and pairs well with the green tea. We enjoyed this.
Lemon Green Tea
The lemon green tea was great as well and refreshing like the other fruit tea beverages.
Lemon Black Tea
A refreshing drink that isn’t too sweet. It was pretty good and I just wished there was more as it was more clean in taste.
Matcha Pearl Milk
This drink reminds me of the Italian flag because of the layers of green matcha, milk, and pink strawberry pearls. The drink is on the sweeter side and is like a matcha latte.
Brown Sugar Pearl and Herbal Jelly Milk
With this drink, I liked both the textures of the herbal jelly and the pearls. As for the brown sugar milk, it takes similar to the others.
Final Thoughts
We tried 11 drinks on the menu and the Brown Sugar Pearl Milk definitely stands out. It’s definitely not for everyone but if you’re craving brown sugar drinks, this might be it.
Their other top drinks like Brown Sugar Pearl and Herbal Jelly Milk, Brown Sugar Pearl Tea Latte, and Brown Sugar Pearl Milk Tea all have brown sugar, which makes sense why they’re popular and have similar tastes.
We were impressed by the fresh fruit teas as well. Something that we wouldn’t normally get, but on a hot day, it’s quite refreshing.
Address:
1-1180 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam, BC
Website:
https://www.xingfutang.ca/
