OUT OF THE ORDINARY
jamie kornblat
10
This drink was the prettiest drink I had ever seen. The foam blended into the blue flower tea, making it look ombre. The first sip was great, but as I kept drinking it, I realized it wasn’t my favorite. For me, the drink had too much boba, and the blue flower tea tasted like sugary milk. I did like the foam, though. It added a layer of saltiness that balanced out the sweetness of the tea. I wasn’t able to finish the whole drink because of how full it made me feel. If I was in the area, I would come back to try another flavor, but I would not get this one again. For me, it’s better to look at than to drink.
Trying the passion fruit jasmine green tea that came with crystal boba was a great experience. The drink only came in a large but seemed like a normal size at a comparable restaurant. As I took my first sip I realized how much I loved this drink. The crystal boba was different than regular as the color was clear and the texture was harder to chew than normal, but it paired perfectly with the tea based drink. The sugar level balanced out the sourness of the passion fruit making it not too sweet, not too sour. Overall, I was very pleased with this drink. I will definitely be going back here.
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ethan willick staff writer
CORNER 17
This tea was a lightly sweet milk tea with mung beans on the bottom. The first sip was very surprising. I didn’t expect there to be whole beans at the bottom of the tea. Mung beans are a lightly sweet, lightly savory bean with the mushy texture of kidney beans. They taste almost like a kidney bean was taken out of a pot of chili, washed off, then soaked in sugar water. I didn’t love them. The first few sips were very confusing in my mouth but by the end of the experience I was used to it and they were more pleasant. They added a sweetness to the tea and texture, making it a pleasant taste experi-
melodrama magazine✰s ✰ february
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