Location: #2130 - 8260 Westminster Highway - Richmond Public Market, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
Variety: You want variety? This is the place to be! From regular bubble teas to yogurt bubble teas [mixing and matching of flavours!] to ice cream shakes. Also available are light snacks, such as Che Luen Bing [a Chinese pastry].
Pearls: The pearls are pretty decent. Not too soft, not too hard.
Taste: From a scale of 1 to 10, Peanuts gets an 8.5 for taste. I would only have given them a 7 if not for their frozen yogurt drinks [a milkshake-style bubble tea made from your choice of flavours of frozen yogurt]. The frozen yogurt bubble tea flavours can also be mixed and matched! WOW! ... Peanuts' normal bubble teas are a little on the flavourless side, but still adequate to my tastes.
Convenient or Not: Not really... The Richmond Public Market parking lot is hectic with small parking spots. There isn't really anything else to buy at the market, so it would be a waste of time if not for their good tasting BBT's.
Price: Regular bubble teas are average priced, $3.50 I believe. Yogurt/ice cream bubble teas are from $4.50-$4.75 range.
Atmosphere: Neat paintings of bubble tea, and nice murals on the wall of the stall. Other than that, let's put it this way: it's the atmosphere of a stall in a food court.
VanillaBBT.com Overall Rating: 8.5/10
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Personal Advice: Get one of those stamp cards because after 10 drinks, you're going to want one for free. I recommend the more expensive [compared to their regular BBT's] frozen yogurt drinks. As I previously stated, you can mix and match flavours, PLUS it tastes amazing! Definitely worth it!
I think Peanuts would do way better in a cafe environment instead of a food court type. The quality of drinks will attract many people who want to relax while drinking bubble tea.
