I'm still doing tea reviews. Unfortunately, I lost a bunch of them I did while I was staying at my sister's house, but I have others, including a few canned boba teas.


Tea Review
Name: Lychee Oolong Tea with Aloe Vera & Jelly Popping Boba
Brand: O's Bubble
Type: Canned, boba

Notes:
So many red flags with this, but I was feeling adventurous at the discount grocery that day and bought two flavors of this. (Other review coming.) First red flag for me was the lychee flavor. I keep trying it, but it always tastes soapy to me, like how perfumed floral decorative soap you find at Grandma's house that you are not supposed to use, smells. Second red flag was the aloe vera. I have rarely like aloe vera drinks and I was unsure what form it would come in this. Third red flag was the popping boba. I do love boba, but I had only had the classic and jelly kind prior to this.

On top of all that, as much as I love boba tea, I am highly suspicious of canned boba as a concept.

I did chill this before I tried it. My first mistake was drinking it directly from the can. You aren't supposed to shake it because it will bust the boba, but the flavor had separated and was just obnoxiously sweet, but not horrible. Once I found a glass big enough (it's a 16.2 oz can) and my boba sized straw, I poured it into a glass and just doing that mixed it up enough that the flavor became more balanced. I could still taste the lychee & the aloe, but the oolong tea made it all work. Also with the straw, I could experience the drink, boba, and aloe jellys all together, which was fun. The boba was very thin and popped the second it hit my mouth, which was also fun.

Once it was in the glass though, the floating bits of aloe jelly in the clearish liquid and the pile of boba (which looked way too much like frog eggs) was all a little off-putting.

Rate
Appearance: 2
Aroma: 3
Flavor: 3

Overall Rating: 3 stars