Co-founder Li Zhao says the cream for the cheese tea is hand-whipped for 40 minutes, and the menu emphasizes fresh ingredients, like the ube I watched an employee peel behind the counter.

Cheese tea is the name for cold tea (usually green or black tea, with or without milk) topped with a foamy layer of milk and cream cheese and sprinkled with salt.

Sip on a refreshing bubble tea at these specialist cafés ... Other popular items include the flavourful ‘Cha Latte’, the ‘Rock Salt Cream Cha’ that's topped with a salty-sweet cream, ...

When someone places an order for bubble tea, ... Park might add an “original cream cap”— a layer of milk foam perfected during his years as a barista — or a salty “cream cheese cap.” ...