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When We Started Shinka Tea, We Knew the Trickiest Recipes to Craft Would Be the Frozen Drinks. Our Mandate Was Simple: Create All-Natural Blended Drinks That Would Present the Intense Flavor of Fresh Fruit Without Sacrificing the Real Character of Tea. To This End We Rejected Factory Produced Mixes in Favor of Natural Ingredients and Our Own Fresh Brewed Tea.

Our Granitas and Smoothies Are Made From Frozen Fruit Purees Prepared in-House. The Puree Is Made From Natural Fruit and Frozen Into Tablets. By Freezing the Fruit in Advance, We Can Control the Recipe of Each Drink While Reducing the Amount of Cubed Ice: The Frozen Puree Acts as an Ice Substitute, Allowing the Entire Liquid Portion of the Beverage to Be Tea - the Same Strong Tea We Brew to Make Our Shaken Milk Tea.

The Result Is a Perfect Blend of Fruit and Tea. Even Without Dairy, the Quantity of Natural Fruit Yields a Velvety Mouthfeel and an Intense Flavor, Closer to a Sorbetto Than a Granita.

When We Opened Our New Capitol Hill Store in Late 2007, We Introduced the Option to Add Fat-Free Yogurt to the Drink. The Result Is a Smoothie Instead of a Granita. As the Flavor of Tea Is Diminished, the Natural Tartness of Yogurt Steps in to Complement the Fruit.

Of Course, We Can Also Substitute Soy Milk for Yogurt if So Desired.

Our Drinks Begin with Robust Infusion of High Quality Whole Leaf Tea. We Never Use Fake Flavors or Powders. Real Taiwanese Milk Tea Is Much Closer in Spirit to English Tea: A Strong and Sometimes Sweet but Always Bracing Beverage.

Our Day Begins Every Morning with the Preparation of a Whole Leaf Tea Infusion. We Use a Tremendous Amount of Tea, Carefully Controlling the Water Temperature and Steeping Time to Get the Best Extraction - the Crumpled Tea Leaves Unfurl to Enormous Size, Producing a Tea ''Liquor' of Great Flavor and Strength.