林香柠 手打柠檬茶 Lin Xiang Ning Lemon Tea — Restaurant in Toronto

Edit 12/03/2023: I've come back a few times since the first review. There are no lemons to be found and I believe they just adapted the recipes for lemon drinks with limes. Quality of the drinks are consistent and tasty. I've since tried the Yashi Lemon Tea which offers a different black tea flavour compared to the Signature lemon tea.

We stopped in to try this new spot for tea based drinks. They were unfortunately only offering their Milk Tea or Lime style drinks on Oct 15.

We ordered the Signature Lime Tea, White Peach Lime Tea and Osthamus Lime Tea drinks.

The worker recommended 70% sugar if you prefer your drink to be not too sweet and I'd agree with her. At 50% sugar you'll taste more of the tea and citrus (lemon/lime). I also think that the drink is delicious and not overly sweet at 100% sugar compared to other competitors like Cha Time/Gong Cha where their 100% sugar feels like your teeth will rot.

There are no toppings for the drinks.

Each drink comes with a cute mini mahjong tile.

The space itself is small and functional with 1 soft bench for waiting patrons.

We'll be back to try their lemon...

At first, I wasn't sure about this place because I the type who usually DON'T add sugar to any of my black teas, but we gave this place a try and the freshness and addiction is REAL! I think my preference for lemon/lime teas have upgraded after having this place because I never liked them at HK cafes before but now I'm addicted to this place! My fave is still the Passionfruit Lime Tea and Osmanthus Lemon Tea. Wouldn't try their coconut milk tea because with Lemon (or any citrus) it just tasted weird..and the milk started separating. Their Yashi & Thai Green Tea were okay but not much flavour in my opinion. i don't know what time this place is actually NOT busy because it seems like everytime I go, the wait for 1 or 2 drinks would be at least 10-15 minutes or even 20 minutes at least. And they don't have much waiting area or enough seats there. And while we're waiting for our orders, we noticed that many actually pre-order to avoid the lineup and wait inside since it's quite narrow small. If you're claustrophobic like me, then you can also consider...

Drinks 4/5 Service 5/5 Vibe 5/5 (cute interior but sups smoll)

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FYI: Their grand opening is on September 16th, 2023 (so close yet so far away😂)

I got their Signature Punching Lemon Tea 招牌手打柠檬茶 (70% sugar, fixed ice). Flavours is 5/5 no doubt. The only comment is its actually pretty pricey, so im giving it a 4/5 🥲, for reference: this drink cost us $10.72 (including tax).

Like i said earlier, ice is fixed, so we ended with more than half a cup of ice. So for the price, i would say its a bit on the $$ end. So its like a love hate relationship, love the drink, hate the price😂

So if your a lemon tea addict, i would say its worth to try, but i dont know if i would come back🥹 (sorry if i sounded like a...