There seems to be quite a number of modern-style teahouses that have been opening up around Singapore of the late — LANTINE 蘭亭一盞 at Rangoon Road being one of the first establishments of such a style that bucked this trend. Have been scrolling around social media and got to learn about the new Tea Story that is located at the foot of Blk 76 Circuit Road. Occupying the space of a single shophouse unit, Tea Story is decked to be quite a quaint, almost cottage-like tea house with the extensive use of wooden elements within the interior — the space featuring oriental elements with the use of arches, wicker elements and also greenery to help to spruce up the entire space. Tea Story isn’t the sort of traditional tea house that one would be able to find in Chinatown; its offerings are can be described as somewhat more trendy with a focus on items such as that of Classic Milk Tea, Oriental Original Leaf Milk Tea, Hand-hammered Fresh Lemon Tea, Fruity Milk Tea Ice — somewhat similar to that of stores serving up bubble tea that one can find at shopping centres around. That being said, the tea offering that Tea Story heavily emphasis on would be that of the Healthy Baked Milk that is served in a pot. Despite being hyper-focused on its tea offerings, Tea Story does also served up a limited variety of Handmade Desserts for those looking for something sweet to pair with their teas; they also do offer Bone Soup Rice Noodles which would appeal to those looking for something savoury to have as a simple meal option.

Amongst the various Handmade Desserts that Tea Story has to offer, the Osmanthus Jasmine Cheese was the one that stood out to us — the item is described to come with “Jasmine Cheese”; essentially comprises of fresh milk that has been soaked with jasmine flowers, and also does come with handmade Osmanthus jelly. This would be a dessert item that comes with pudding, jelly and white pearl elements that we found to be pretty easy to have — thought there was a slight hint of milkiness that seems to blend into the floral notes of the dessert particularly well. There isn’t a particularly strong cheesy note within the dessert that one would typically expect from elements like cheese foam, though it does seem to enrich the milky elements within the dessert. There was also a variance of textures going on within the Osmanthus Jasmine Cheese, with the soft pudding and slurpy handmade Osmanthus jelly matching up against the chewy pearl-like elements that gave a contrasting mouthfeel to the dessert.

Meanwhile, the Rose Milk Tea from the Healthy Baked Milk featured red tea, red dates and Goji berries with rose petals — this does turn out to be quite similar to that of the usual milk tea where one is able to detect the underlying notes of the tea leaves brewed within; there is an accompanying roasty note that comes along at the start, though the tea also gets a little sweeter as one reaches near the bottom of it. We did feel that there wasn’t much floral aroma that was infused in the Rose Milk Tea however. Tea Story does seem like a fairly interesting establishment that can be found within the heartlands — one of those that just seem to be satisfying the needs of what the average bubble tea shop would within the residential neighbourhoods of MacPherson, yet being a trendier establishment that is also social media-worthy with interesting offerings to boast. Prices of all of its offerings are well below $10 be it for their tea and beverage items; pretty wallet-friendly for an establishment situated in the heartlands they might be worth checking out if around the area.