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Coffee, tea and happiness

I'm quite a big fan of tea. I love my tea plain and hot, iced or with milk pearls and sugar. FOr some reason, tea is one of my happy drinks - these are drinks that up the mood whenever I feel down or meh.

It's been months since Hollys Coffee opened and I barely try their coffee there - I guess it's because I'm always on a tight budget. Hollys Coffee's drinks are different from the Starbucks beverages that I have been accustomed to. So far, I've only tried five of their drinks. In all fairness, their prices are alright knowing the quality of their coffee.

My first favorite drink is their REAL BELGIAN CAFE MOCHA. This was simply amazing! I'm a huge fan of Cafe Mocha and I'm very particular with how it is made and the moment I took a sip, I fell in love. It was like the Belgian chocolate was making love to my taste buds. :3

Another favorite drink of mine is their GREEN TEA and PEPPERMINT TEA


Peppermint Tea
Though I really wanted to buy a box of tea, they didn't sell any. :(

Their green tea is different from the other green teas that I've tasted, most of the green teas I've had had this nutty flavor to it but theirs was somehow smooth~

On the other hand, their peppermint tea is nothing really special, Mint Teas are one of my favorites and this one was just alright, it wasn't anything that really stood out. :)

I shall wait for that shipment of tea from Korea! Hihihi :3
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Coffee and make up

I love my Mocha. I don't drink plain coffee but I love drinks with coffee in it. So far, my favorite mocha is the one of Starbucks' because my taste buds don't find anything weird when I take a sip - unless the barista got my drink wrong.


Last week, I went to Serendra to meet up with Guia for a free make up workshop that I happened to stumble upon on Boy Kuripot's blog ( I love how he posts contests and workshops! ). While waiting for Guia and for the time, I went around Serendra looking for a coffee shop that I know not of - I didn't want to go to Starbucks, Seattle's Best or Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf since I always go to these places. Then, I came across Echo Cafe:


Echo Cafe

Mocha P85
The place was cute, they had a small cafe inside a small shop. I sat down in the middle of organic products and it felt quite peaceful since it was a small place, there wasn't much noise. I ordered myself a cup of their mocha and when it arrived, I thought that it was cute, with the artsy fartsy presentation of their drink. I took my first sip and.. boy was I disappointed. I thought that there was a thin layer or foam so that the barista would be able to doodle on it but NO. My cup of mocha was composed of almost 1/2 foam and the other half mocha - this made it difficult for me to drink my mocha. I was not happy at all with my mocha but it was alright, at least I had the chance to chill in a quite place.


After I finished my drink, I went to meet Guia for our free workshop.


Free Make Up workshop in Pure Beauty by MUD

Guia♥  
The workshop ran for an hour and Reiva Cruz - a make up artist from NY, was amazing! I love the way she gave the workshop because she was just really chill. I should really invest more on make up and practice on my face. Hahaha
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