If you haven't seen this on instagram already, it is time to follow me there then.

Nah, i am just kidding. But you all must have seen this gimmicky drink especially now that it is slowly rising in trend in our local food scene (after god knows how many years, we are really slow when it comes to culinary science and food trend).

It is no magic really, it is just science. The blue comes from butterfly pea flower and it changes into pink upon reacting with acid. It is a natural pH indicator, and like most other pH indicator plants (yup..butterfly pea isn't the only one ), the butterfly pea gets its color from anthocyanins, specifically from a mixture of acylated delphinidin compounds. Okay, I should stop with the science. But you all get the idea yes?

The blue here basically changes into purple as the pH in the presence of acid, and gradually becoming hot pink as the acidity increases when stirred.

When I asked for recommendation for anything unique, I was told its their honey lemon drink so I thought it must be one hell of a honey lemon for them to proudly recommend it. Alas, they have no idea who was ordering it so I was really a tact bit dissapointed when it came. LOL. Cause I was really expecting some bombastic honey lemon. But it was ordinary honey lemon, with butterfly pea flower in it.

Oh well, at least it was natural colour and if I might say, I'd enjoy it even more maybe if they were to have Chia seeds in their honey lemon instead of this colour gimmick . But of course, whichever worked for their customers. I guess people find this fascinating so why not right ? Better late than never .

On a side note, this place is really gorgeous. It is very community based with people from around the neighbourhood stopping by for simple comfort food and so many bookshelves with plenty of books to browse through. And the people running this place are really kind and nice, they sometimes cook chinese dessert soup and patrons get to drink that (on the house of course). I had my share of sweet potato soup and I thought that was a beautiful gesture anyone can do to include a little bit of kindness amongst people. It is a full 5 star rating for me for the awwness. Hahaha...