is black tea literally heise cha?
and green tea luse cha?
what is the vocabulary for different cup sizes?
when asked for how much ice and sugar I want, what are the proper responses?
Thanks
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headhonchoII wrote:Black tea- Hong Cha (literally red tea)
Green tea- Lu Cha
Light Green Tea- Qing Cha
Half sugar- Ban Tang
No sugar- Wei Tang
Little Sugar- Shao Tang
No Ice- Chu Bing
Cold- Bing de
Hot- Re de
Ice Slush- Bing Sha
Milk Tea- Niu Nai
Big Cup- Da Bei
Medium Cup- Zhong Bei
Small Cup- Xiao Bei



E04teacherlin wrote:headhonchoII wrote:Black tea- Hong Cha (literally red tea)
Green tea- Lu Cha
Light Green Tea- Qing Cha
Half sugar- Ban Tang
No sugar- Wei Tang
Little Sugar- Shao Tang
No Ice- Chu Bing
Cold- Bing de
Hot- Re de
Ice Slush- Bing Sha
Milk Tea- Niu Nai
Big Cup- Da Bei
Medium Cup- Zhong Bei
Small Cup- Xiao Bei
Wei Tang means very little sugar.
Wu Tang is no sugar.


E04teacherlin wrote:headhonchoII wrote:Black tea- Hong Cha (literally red tea)
Green tea- Lu Cha
Light Green Tea- Qing Cha
Half sugar- Ban Tang
No sugar- Wei Tang
Little Sugar- Shao Tang
No Ice- Chu Bing
Cold- Bing de
Hot- Re de
Ice Slush- Bing Sha
Milk Tea- Niu Nai
Big Cup- Da Bei
Medium Cup- Zhong Bei
Small Cup- Xiao Bei
Wei Tang means very little sugar.
Wu Tang is no sugar.

Chrisk wrote:and what about normal amounts of ice / sugar

Chrisk wrote:What about the equivalents of "for here or to go" when ordering food?


headhonchoII wrote:Chrisk wrote:and what about normal amounts of ice / sugar
Well some places rate it as a scale. So 7 points out of 10 for sugar level would be 'Qi Fen'.
I've never ordered 'full sugar' so I can't recall, perhaps 'Shi Fen' as in 10 out of 10! Not sure if that's what you call normal though.



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