Kite Hill Key lime almond milk yogurt: If you enjoy almond milk in place of dairy milk, even if you're not lactose intolerant, then Kite Hill almond milk yogurt is worth seeking out. Their key lime flavor has a creamy and slightly tangy lime flavor. Nutty sweetness is unique and cravable. 3.5/5.0
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Wonderful Dessert and Cafe Grass jelly drink with boba: Wonderful Dessert and Cafe is a small shop lined with bulk candy bins. Counter for bubble tea in the back. Painted window signage declares that this shop has the "best tapioca in town." In actuality, it was one of the worst I've had from any establishment, with a mushy texture and no flavor. The herbal jelly tea was no better, with a medicinal metallic taste. Was hopeful given high online reviews and this store's location in Inner Richmond, which feels the most like Flushing, Queens as I've... (read more) 1.5/5.0
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50 Tea Longan Red Date drink with grass jelly: On my last visit to Oakland, iTea was out of ice and only offering hot beverages. Given the beautiful weather, I decided to go across the street to a new tea shop instead. Named 50 Tea, the shop is iconic Chinatown – half of the storefront is for tea and ice cream while the other half is for purchasing various goods like DVDs and small trinkets and gifts. Their walls are covered in hand-written menu additions with distinctly Asian flavors like winter melon and sour plum. I opted for thei... (read more) 4.0/5.0
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Kite Hill Pineapple almond milk yogurt: Typically, I don't particularly like pineapple or dairy-free yogurt, but Kite Hill's almond milk yogurt is a unexpectedly good find. Yes, the texture is thin, even for non-Greek yogurt, but it has a faint sweetness that you only find in almond-flavored foods, and its mellow creaminess is lifted by tangy pineapple. The best almond yogurt I've had to date. 4.0/5.0
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Good Crisps Sour cream and onion potato crisps: Blatantly mimicking a popular product whose heyday likely passed in the late 90s, this tube of potato crisps takes a gmo- and artificial-flavors-free approach to junk food. It's a less salty but otherwise uncannily familiar flavor, down to the curved shape, crispy texture, and classic sour cream and onion flavor. You would think there might be patents to cover these signature attributes, but Good Crisps has somehow gotten away with it. The result is a product that has a 1.5x markup from its ... (read more) 3.5/5.0
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365 Organic Apple Cinnamon Animal Crackers: A fresh take on a classic childhood favorite, these abstractly-shaped animal cookies are especially yummy. More mild than your typical apple cinnamon flavored snack. Just a tad sweet. A welcome addition to the standard vanilla, chocolate, and honey cookie alternatives. 4.0/5.0
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