Forget Cheese Tea — Try Tea Cream-Topped Bubble Tea At R&B Tea

This best-seller has a pompous name inspired by an anime character that the Taiwanese founders are fond of. The name also alludes to the hulking one-litre serving. Immersed in black tea are watermelon blocks, slices of orange, lemon and lime, and a tea bag. Digging into the fruits between sips of tea is kinda like eating a refreshing tea-soaked fruit salad. Do not add any sugar to this, as the slight bitterness of the brew is nicely offset by the citrusy burst of natural sweetness from the fruits.

The other fruity fave here is reminiscent of a tropical mocktail that wouldn’t look out of place in a tiki beach bar. Crowning the drink is a whole hollowed orange, while orange pulp and pineapple chunks sit at the bottom of the peach-infused oolong tea. Pity the peach flavour from the tea is masked by the orange juice and zingy pineapple bits. But it’s still a decent thirst-quencher.

Forget cheese cream and lick some tea cream instead­ — oolong tea-infused foamy cream dolloped onto this cup of roasted oolong tea. R&B Tea is probably the only joint that offers tea cream topping in Singapore. The aromatic tea has an alluring smokiness, thanks to its blend of Minnan Oolong and Qing Xin Oolong grown on the Dong Ding Mountain in Nantou, Taiwan. The creamy undertones of the tea leaves also blend well with the silky tea-flavoured cream topping. Scrummy.

You cannot miss the kiosk, which is located near the entrance of Cookhouse by Koufu in Marina Square. It sports a simple contemporary look with an exterior decked out in wooden panels.