Unique Flavors You Wouldn’t Expect in a Milk Tea (But Would Still Want to Try)
Aug 26, 2020 • Meryl Medel
It’s already been years since the milk tea trend arrived in the Philippines, but Pinoys still love it anyway. And why wouldn’t they when milk tea shops just come up with so many unique flavors to try? Check out some of these unique milk tea flavors you’re gonna want to try.
Apollo Strawberry Chocolate
The strawberry chocolate candy from your childhood days is now in drink form! These Mt. Fuji-shaped sweets are from Japanese brand Meiji, and they were already addicting in their tiny candy form — more so now that they’re a milk tea flavor. Another cup please!
White Rabbit
Another throwback childhood snack is White Rabbit, the hard milk candy from China. It might sound like too much milk, but don’t knock it until you’ve tried it.
Chocnut
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Everyone loves this Pinoy snack, so it’s no wonder that people turned it into a milk tea. Unfortunately, Chemistea’s Quezon City branch is about to close down, but their Parañaque branch is still open!
Pei Pa Koa
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You know that hard candy that your lola likes to suck on because it helps with her throat? That one called Pei Pa Koa? That’s actually based on a traditional Chinese natural herbal remedy that’s said to calm coughs and help with itchy and sore throats. And someone turned it into a milk tea drink! We’d love to try it, too, except this tea shop is based in Singapore. *cries*
Ube Cheese
Who said only pandesal can have the ube cheese flavor? Get some purple overload with this ube cheese milk tea!
Crème Brûlée
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Imagine bitter-sweetness of crisp burnt sugar, breaking through it and then tasting the creamy sweetness of milk tea. Wow. Let’s say thanks to Fire Tiger originating from Thailand.
Oatmeal
Your head might be full of question marks right now. Like, oatmeal??? Oats??? In a milk tea drink??? But it’s not really that weird when you think about it. Oat drinks exist, you know. And technically, you could pour milk over oats. This one just has an addition of tea in it.
Flower petals
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Yes, you read that right. Flower petals. The owners of Sakura Hanami loved tea and the cherry blossoms of Japan, so they thought to themselves, why not open their own tea shop inspired by the flowers of Japan? And so here we are, milk teas filled with edible flowers. It’s yummy and pretty!
Any other unique milk tea flavors you know of? Share them with us below!!
