Taiwan's Tea Shops in Indonesia

Chatime's Pearl Milk Tea

Once, maybe around a year ago, I had a conversation with my Indonesian comrades when we were still studying in Taiwan. All of us agreed that Taiwan's indigenous PEARL MILK TEA was going to be missed later after we were back to Indonesia. Some of us even jokingly confessed would die without drinking pearl milk tea #includingme..ha~!. Others also considering to establish a similar tea shop in Indonesia #tapiiniomongdoang :p.

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Now, a year later, I can see that tea products, especially pearl milk tea, are getting popular among Indonesian. But the problem is, Indonesia-based tea shops are only opened in the malls and exclusive places whereas Taiwan-based tea shops are so ubiquitous that you can find their shops built individually every 500 meters. That's why the crave of getting a gulp of tea products can be quite hard to be fulfilled here. #kudupergikemalldulu XD

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Two Taiwan's tea chains that now available in Indonesia are CHATIME and SHARE TEA. The first one is my personal favorite. Besides a palate satisfactory reason, CHATIME also provides a member card, as in its original Taiwan-based store. Thus, you can collect a stamp for each purchase and after you've collected 10 stamps you'll get one free drink. Cool, eh? The oh-not-so-cool thing is...the price. Yeah, it's quite pricey for a budget customer. A regular and large cup usually differ around IDR2000, with the cheapest price at IDR20.000-something. The cup size and toppings you choose will set the price you have to pay.

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Oh, btw, I figured out from @ChatimeIndo's Twitter account that it's currently working on the halal certification from MUI. Here is the detail:

"ChatimeIndo sdg dalam proses sertifikasi halal. Dan kami memakai bhn yg sama dgn Chatime Malaysia yg sdh bersertifikat halal".

Chatime Member Card

My Chatime member card. Three more purchase and I'll get my complimentary drink :D

As for Share Tea, when I was in Taiwan I honestly never became a fan of this tea store because the taste doesn't suit my palate; it's just too overwhelming. That's why I'm not really into this tea chain. Moreover, it doesn't provide a member card as Chatime did. So, yeah :D. Whether it's Chatime or Share Tea, feel free to express your personal tea products indulgence!

Share Tea at Plaza Semanggi, Jakarta (Lower Ground)