THE BOBA TEA TREND IS TAKING OVER THE WORLD- I repeat THE BOBA TEA TREND IS TAKING OVER THE WORLD!!
Like literally man.
People in Malaysia have been treating boba tea or better known as 'bubble milk tea' like it's some sort of holy drink in the most recent years especially in 2018 and the present (2019). Social medias like instagram or even twitter are filled with loads of bubble milk tea pictures like nobody's business. Not to mention, the entire Klang Valley is now booming with so many new boba stores.
I mean, what is going on man? Why is everyone even crazy about boba milk teas nowadays? Are they really that amazing? I mean, I've had a lot of cups of boba teas myself as well for the past few months but I think they're just milk teas with chewy tapioca balls. Honestly, it wasn't anything mind-blowing to me.
It was known to me that one of the biggest bubble milk tea chains which is Xing Fu Tang have established their new stores here in Malaysia and it was only available in locations like SS15 (Subang), Kepong and Setapak. People were raving about how good these milk teas are and how different it is from other ordinary boba milk teas they have tasted before. Don't even get me started on the pictures man, they all look so bloody good.
And yep, that's how my sister and I got conned. We then decided to give this boba milk tea store a try since it's such a popular thing in town now. I hope we ain't late to this XFT milk tea party 😬
The XFT store that we went to was the one located in Laman Rimbunan, Kepong. The store is spacious and its walls are painted in white. Only complaint was that the cashier lady was a little bit rude. Other than that, everything was fine.
Brown Sugar Boba Milk
We ordered a cup of brown sugar boba milk tea to share. RM12.50.
According to youtube videos and various online sources, we have to stir the drink 18 times to fully enjoy the drink's taste.
Thoughts
The boba was freshly roasted with, of course as the name suggests, brown sugar and it was still hot when the drink was served to us. The liquified brown sugar that was clinging onto the inner walls of the cup then began to crystallise as it comes into contact with the ice cold milk, turning into tiny pieces of brown sugar flakes. Thus, whenever you sip the drink, you can feel there are some tiny sugar flakes inside of your mouth so do remember to chew a bit and don't drink it in a gulp otherwise it might scratch your throat.
The drink consists of very sweet frothy milk that has a creamy texture to it. The boba(s) were really chewy. The brown sugar was nicely cooked- it doesn't have any burnt taste to it. I dislike brown sugar milk teas that have a burnt caramel-ly taste.
I would rate this drink a 7.5/10 cuz it's pretty good- it's got that rich milk and cream taste but unfortunately it was too darn sweet. It made me feel like I was drinking a cupful of sugar..
Mango Smoothie with Rabbit Panna Cotta
Mango Smoothie with Rabbit Panna Cotta, RM14.50.
Look at that cute little white rabbit sitting on top of the drink!
Thoughts
This drink is slightly more expensive than the brown sugar boba milk probably because it's made of real mango puree. This drink also consists of pink coloured strawberry flavoured boba. Funky! This mango smoothie was blended til smooth using real mangoes instead of those chemically sweet mango cordial syrups.
The boba(s) were strawberry flavoured however, I couldn't really taste any strawberry flavours in it maybe because the drink itself is already rich with the taste of mango, hence overpowering the flavours of the strawberry boba.
The white rabbit panda cotta doesn't really have any flavours or distinctive taste to it. I think it's just made out of agar powder and cream.
I would rate this drink a 7/10 and again, it was too sugary for my liking..
Green Tea with Lemon Slices
RM9.50 (if not mistaken)
Thoughts
This one's a pretty ordinary drink consisted of merely green tea, sugar and lemon slices. I've nothing much to say about this one because it's just a pretty standard type of drink. What could possibly go wrong with lemon and tea? But it was definitely quite pricey compared to many other types of drinks you could get out there.
The fun thing about this store is that it has a huge wooden box engraved with Chinese numericals that allows you to pick your lucky quote of the day. First, pick your stick from a huge wooden container right underneath that box. Then, referring to the number stated on that stick, you get one piece of paper from one of those tiny drawers. There you have it, your quote of the day. Some quotes are inspirational and some are a bit silly- like the one in the picture above haha.
Verdict
I think the beverages were okay, it's actually quite nice but it wasn't truly bombastic or anything. To me, it was not really worth the hype. But still, for those of you who are fine with really sweet beverages, you can definitely give these boba teas a go!
Xing Fu Tang
87, Jalan Rimbunan Raya 1,
Laman Rimbunan,
52100 Kuala Lumpur
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