Isn't it refreshing and uplifting when on a hot summer day you walk into a convenient store and get your favorite mint chocolate chip ice cream bar?  Or maybe if you run into a bakery on a cold windy day to buy a chocolate filled pastry and coffee.  It brings a warm fuzzy feeling, or a refreshing cool sensation.  Now imagine if you bought that mint chocolate chip ice cream bar, bit into it and realized it was a green tea ice cream bar with red bean?!  Or if you took a big bite into that fluffy pastry to find out it is red bean filled, not chocolate!  This is a very common experience in China and we make sure it never happens twice.  Chinese people are not big fans of very sweet treats so a red bean substitute for chocolate, or green tea instead of mint are delicious alternatives… for them.  Here are a few pictures of common snacks you can find here.