Learn Chinese: How to order tea in Taiwan

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The main kinds of teas:

- Black tea: 紅茶 / Hóng chá

- Green tea: 綠茶 / Lû chá

- Oolong tea: 烏龍茶 / Wūlóng chá 

- Pu-erh tea: 普洱茶 / Pǔ'ěr chá

- Milk tea: 奶茶 / Nǎi chá

Tea fillings: 

- Bubble / boba pearls: 珍珠奶茶 / Zhēng zhū

- Pudding: 布丁 / Bùdīng 

- Red beans: 紅豆 / Hóng dòu

- Grass jelly: 仙草 / Xiān cǎo
- Aloe vera: 蘆薈 / Lú huì

- Ice cream: 冰淇淋 / Bīng qí lín 

Other types of drinkings: 

- Yakult green tea: 多多綠 / Duō duō lû

- (Lemon / grapefruit) juice: (檸檬 / 葡萄柚) 汁 / (Níng méng / Pú táo yòu) zhi 

- Honey black / green tea: 蜂蜜 紅 / 綠 / Fēng mì hóng / lû

- Milk tea 3 brothers: 奶茶三兄弟 / Nǎi chá sān xiōng dì

- Coffee: 咖啡 / Kā fēi 

- Latte: 拿鐵 / Ná tiě

- Soy milk: 豆漿 / Dòu jiāng 

- Rice milk: 米漿 / Mǐ jiāng
- Ice cream black tea: 雪琪紅茶 / Xuě qí hóngchá

Cups amount and size:

- One (two , three, etc.) cup: 一 (兩, 三) 杯 / Yī' (Liǎng, sān) bēi
- Small cup: 小杯 / Xiǎobēi
- middle cup: 中杯 / Zhōngbēi
- big cup: 大杯 / Dàbēi

Sugar levels:

- Full sugar: 全糖 / Quán táng 

- Less sugar: 少糖 ／ Shǎo táng 

- Half sugar: 半糖 / Bàn táng

- Little sugar: 微糖 / Wēi táng

- Without sugar: 無糖 / Wú táng 

Ice levels:

- Normal ice: 正常冰 / Zhèng cháng bīng 

- Less ice: 少冰 / Shǎo bīng

- Half ice: 半冰 / Bàn bīng  

- Little ice: 微冰 ／Wēi bīng

- Without ice: 去冰 / Qù bīng 

Ordering tea:

A cup + filling + tea + sugar + ice 

Example:

Yi bei (one cup) + zheng zhu (bubble) + nai cha (milk tea) + ban tang (half sugar) + ban bing (half ice)

Useful sentence:

Do you want a bag?: 你要袋子嗎？ / Nǐ yào dàizi ma?

(Don't) want a bag: (不) 要袋子 / (Bù) yào dàizi

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