The two cafés just off the Disney Treasure‘s Grand Hall are hidden gems (or treasures, if you will) in of themselves. They offer the same premium coffee and tea beverages as Cove Café, so you don’t have to queue up within the same adult-exclusive space as everyone else each morning. These spaces also offer plenty of bar and lounge seating equipped with charging ports. But we discovered a jade-tier hidden gem offering within the Mulan-themed Jade Cricket Café, located on deck 5 overlooking the Grand Hall.
This walk-up café features a jade sculpture of Cri-Kee on the bar top, Mulan’s family’s lucky cricket, and features details like a moon gate, plum blossom flowers, and metallic finishes which reference Mulan’s armor.
Each of the Disney Treasure’s bar and lounge spaces feature touchscreen tablet menus.
In addition to specialty coffee and tea beverages, freshly pressed juices, and wine, Jade Cricket Café offers “Dynasty Concoctions” made with Porcelain Shanghai Gin and served in delicate Chinese tea sets.
Porcelain Gin, a family-owned and operated distillery, features a carefully-curated blend of 18 botanicals, sourced from across China. Their mission is to create a gin that reflects the rich heritage and cultural tapestry of China; aiming to introduce a distinct Asian perspective to the global gin scene.
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Dragon Breath | $10 | Porcelain Mandarin Gin, Fresh Lemon Juice, Peace, Agave, Green Tea
The Silk Road | $12 | Porcelain Shanghai Gin, Averna Amaro, Luxardo Maraschino Cherry
DinasTea | $10 | Blue Run Reflection Bourbon, Cynar, Ginger, Fresh Lemon Juice, Honey, Oolong Tea
The Pink Blossom | $12 | Porcelain Mandarin Gin, Lychee, Monin Rosé, Fresh Lime Juice
We tried all four of these dynas-TEAs, and believe these are some of the best drink offerings onboard! You can’t beat that price point, either. Each tea option was served in a teapot and accompanied by a small teacup, with the first cup already poured by the bartender.
All four options were quite lovely and smooth, with each fresh and floral flavor shining through. The Silk Road was the strongest tasting – this one’s made with the Porcelain gin and Amaro with no juices to break it up, so each teacup poured out of that teapot were sort of like tea shots. We’d order all four again, but Dragon Breath, DinasTea (made with bourbon), and The Pink Blossom were our favorites. This café and its offerings make a great pre- or post-dinner drink option for winding down. Add a soak in the Rainforest Room jacuzzi and we’re left feeling a lot like Cri-Kee in that hot teacup.
This is one of those Disney Treasure spaces we can’t wait to frequent again. Be sure to spend some time here on your voyage. Cheers!
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