{"id":311469,"date":"2019-11-06T06:00:44","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T20:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=311469"},"modified":"2019-11-06T06:00:44","modified_gmt":"2019-11-05T20:00:44","slug":"cafe-de-hei-joins-bubble-tea-craze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/cafe-de-hei-joins-bubble-tea-craze\/","title":{"rendered":"Cafe de Hei joins bubble tea craze"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-311469 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/cafe-de-hei-joins-bubble-tea-craze\/cafe-pix-1\/'>Cafe-pix-1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-311470'>\n\t\t\t\tCafe de Hei is located behind 99 Cents in Garapan. (Mark Rabago)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/cafe-de-hei-joins-bubble-tea-craze\/cafe-pix-2\/'>Cafe-pix-2<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-311471'>\n\t\t\t\tCafe de Hei\u2019s Black Sugar Bubble Milk tea has been a certified blockbuster. (Mark Rabago)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/cafe-de-hei-joins-bubble-tea-craze\/cafe-pix-3\/'>Cafe-pix-3<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-311472'>\n\t\t\t\tCafe de Hei has a bright interior and cheerful music to liven the atmosphere. (Mark Rabago)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The bubble tea race is alive and well on Saipan with the latest entry into the market being Cafe de Hei.<\/p>\n<p>Located behind 99 Cents in Garapan, Cafe de Hei opened last Oct. 31 just in time for Halloween, according to owner Yun Hee Choi.<\/p>\n<p>She said they wanted to join in the Halloween festivities and that\u2019s why they prepared candies for trick-or-treaters at their soft-opening.<\/p>\n<p>Choi said Cafe de Hei\u2019s opening is yet another sign that the local economy is returning to normal more than a year after Super Typhoon Yutu.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know everyone has had a hard time with [Super] Typhoon Yutu and [other] issues. I also know that Saipan\u2019s economy is slow and people are feeling down. But I opened Caf\u00e9 de Hei despite everyone\u2019s worries,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>And that ray of optimism is immediately palpable once you enter Cafe de Hei with its visibly clean and perky look.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just wanted to change the mood, so I had to go ahead. I wanted to make everybody feel better with a modern and bright interior and cheerful music,\u201d said Choi.<\/p>\n<p>Cafe de Hei is a play on the word \u201chey\u201d as Choi wants to welcome everyone to the new establishment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are welcoming people from everywhere. We are targeting locals to come and, of course, I wish the tourists would come as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So far, Cafe de Hei\u2019s most popular item is its Black Sugar Bubble Milk tea. It also serves other hot and cold drinks like frappes, coffee, smoothies, and, of course, different kinds of tea.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe serve home-made ricotta cheese and the best Nespresso capsule coffee on the island,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Pining for a snack, Caf\u00e9 de Hei also got you covered with its assortment of breads, cakes, home-made ricotta cheese salad, crackers, and honey cheese.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are planning to serve a variety kinds of food including pizza and food that the locals might like. I guess it will be more of Korean food,\u201d said Choi.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Cafe de Hei has a loyalty card where 10 stamps get you a free drink.<\/p>\n<p>Cafe de Hei is open Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from 8am to 8pm and Saturday from 11am to 8pm and Sunday from 11am to 6pm. It is closed on Tuesday. It can comfortably accommodate 30 customers.<\/p>\n<p>For reservations, advance orders, and for more information, call 233-1234.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are so happy to meet with different people after we opened our cafe and we appreciate that people are coming to find us,\u201d said Choi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The bubble tea race is alive and well on Saipan with the latest entry into&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-311469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311469\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}