It’s almost unthinkable! Bubble tea at 30%-50% off? YES, via Eatigo you can get these discounts all day at Tease at Djitsun Mall in Bedok. We go to Djitsun Mall only because there’s the Fat Cat arcade there and I recently redeemed an entire Hello Kitty mahjong set because we’d accumulated so many tickets at Fat Cat. Below the arcade, there’s an Eighteen Chefs outlet as well (probably the least crowded outlet you’ll find in SG), Selfie Coffee (which was closed when we visited on Sunday – I can’t fathom why), Tease which sells bubble tea, and a couple of other F&B outlets.
I think the owner(s) of Tease put in quite a bit of effort into the decor and concept. However, the walk-in crowd at this mall seems to be lacking. And even the arcade wasn’t that crowded. I suppose many Singaporeans are now overseas. Probably not great for business.
Here’s the menu for Tease. And the prices are already low / affordable before the discount so imagine if you pop by at 12noon or 1230pm and already have an Eatigo booking for 50% off:
I found their cup lids the most interesting because there’s this sliding panel which you can move to the side and get direct access to your drink and the toppings. You know how sometimes you try to stab the cup of bubble tea but the end of the straw is blunt and the plastic lid just refuses to give way? And you can’t get a new straw as you’ve walked too far from the outlet already? Well, this panel solves everything. And if you’ve finished your drink but there are still lots of toppings at the bottom, you have to peel off the plastic wrap to get to them or else it’s such a waste, right? Again, no worries once you have this panel here:
I really like this bubble tea shop. The drinks are tasty, the prices are reasonable and clearly, they’ve put much thought into the packaging and concept.
However, I’m not sure how viable this business is at Djitsun Mall. I’d think a bubble tea business needs to be where there’s a lot of footfall. Unfortunately, this mall doesn’t ever seem to be bustling to me.
*If you were wondering, we had the Lychee Lime Sencha and Earl Grey Honey Tea this time. The bill came up to about $5+ – I don’t recall exactly how much, after the 30% discount.