They serve very refreshing BBT that all come in large-sized 700ml cups; prices range from $1.50 to $4.50 and the taste is comparable to pricier big name BBT chains.
There are five sugar levels to choose from, and you have to top up 50 cents to $1 if you don’t want ice in your BBT.. Rong Sen brews his coffee using imported Taiwanese coffee beans on a professional-grade espresso maker, which is unusual for a hawker drinks stall. “My wife and I love coffee, so we bought the machine for ourselves initially . We feel uncomfortable if we haven’t had a cup of coffee for the day, and we are more used to drinking espresso-style coffee in Taiwan,” he said.
As for why he can sell his bubble tea at such low prices, he explained: “I can only sell it cheap because my rent is lowslightly over $1,000 a month. I peg my prices to Taiwan's bubble tea prices. The bubble tea you get outside of a hawker centre is pricier, ’cos those shops pay higher rent."Nam Hong Coffee Stall
But global inflation has also affected his costing. Rong Sen recently had to raise the price for his Ovaltine drink by 50 cents , and the Hazelnut Milk Tea by 20 cents . Still, his BBT is one of the cheapest — if not the cheapest — in the market now that ABC Brickworks stallAs Rong Sen and Jing Ru run their two stalls themselves with occasional help from their kids, they pass the savings on manpower to their customers.
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