There was some surprise this summer when the Taichung Tourism & Travel Bureau’s inaugural Taichung Pearl Milk Tea Festival competition–featuring 398 stores, 47 brands and 120,000 voters–was won by HWC Roasters, specializing in high-grade coffees. Its winning Bubble Caffe Latte (NT$85) is made with specialty coffee, fresh Changhua boutique dairy farm milk, Sun Moon Lake Ruby Black Tea syrup, and chewy “pearls”, uniquely steamed in only seven seconds in a coffee machine. This smooth, beautiful drink is available at all of HWC’s 10 Taichung branches, including a brand-new Zhonggang store. Here, besides coffee basics like lattes, cappuccino and Americano (NT$55, NT$75/large), there are iced/hot Drip Coffees (NT$80), several teas (NT$55), milk teas (NT$65-80) and a wide variety of coffee drip bags and beans–like the “Power Drum” variety (NT$1,000 half-pound), served on Taiwan’s “Air Force One”. HWC’s 100-plus specialty coffees (earning 80 points or higher) are selected by CEO Penny Lin, a connoisseur and licensed instructor who carefully trains her baristas and travels to HWC’s Panamanian plantation and other nations to source beans, expertly processed under the guidance of award-winning roaster Bill Chiang.
中港分店：西屯區台灣大道四段796號 (04) 2463-9007
Zhongang branch: 796, Taiwan Blvd, Sec 4, Xitun Dist
8:30 am-6 pm, 週日/Sun 2-6 pm (週三休/closed Wed)
可外帶與外送/Take-out and free delivery services available.
Main branch:
總店：南區高工路371號 (04) 2260-5882
Zhongang branch: 371, GaoGong Rd, South Dist
11 am-9 pm
今年夏天台中觀光旅遊局首屆舉辦台中珍奶節比賽由398家商店、47個品牌參與，共12萬人投票。最後令人意外的結果則是由專賣高級咖啡的黑沃咖啡贏得了比賽，讓人感到意外。這杯以精品咖啡搭配珍奶的創意飲品-「黑糖黑玉拿鐵」(85元)成功取得勝利，由彰化的乳牛農場、日月潭紅寶石紅茶蜜與使用咖啡機7秒熟化的Q彈珍珠。這杯可口的飲品可在全台中10間分店購買，也可在新開幕的中港店買到。除了拿鐵，店家還提供卡布奇諾、美式 (55元/大杯75元)、冷/熱冰滴咖啡(80元)與多款茶飲(55元)，另有奶茶(65-85元)，以及在台灣總統專機上提供之黑‧威力鼓的掛耳式咖啡與豆子(一磅1000元)。店家多達100多種特製咖啡 (高於80分)皆由創辦人-林佩霓精挑細選出來，她已取得國際咖啡品質機構認證鑑定巴拿馬-艾利達咖啡莊園與其他國家的咖啡豆之證照，並由專業冠軍烘豆師-江承哲協助烘培。
中港分店：西屯區台灣大道四段796號 (04) 2463-9007
Zhongang branch: 796, Taiwan Blvd, Sec 4, Xitun Dist
8:30 am-6 pm, 週日/Sun 2-6 pm (週三休/closed Wed)
可外帶與外送/Take-out and free delivery services available.
總店：南區高工路371號 (04) 2260-5882
Zhongang branch: 371, GaoGong Rd, South Dist
11 am-9 pm