Winter Melon

I was inspired by Roswell Strange’s note of this tea seeing as I always overlooked it. Because I was unsure if I would like it, I got the brown sugar milk tea as well. I didn’t love either if I am being honest but I was surprised to find the brown sugar one had a richer more molasses/coffee flavor than the winter melon since those were notes Roswell Strange mentioned for this tea instead.

Winter Melon Bubble Tea w/ added tapioca pearls from last weekend! There’s no picture to document this because I drank it too quickly to grab a good one – it’s been a while since I’ve been able to say that about a bubble tea…

So, this was actually my first ever time experiencing “Winter Melon” flavoured anything. I didn’t know exactly what to expect flavour wise, aside from the fact I knew that despite the name this was not going to taste like any sort of melon flavour I’ve ever experienced. That is definitely true – if someone were to order this expecting a melon taste I would expect they’d be very disappointed.

It’s hard to describe this exactly – but dark and sweet would be where my brain would want to immediately want to go. I got my bubble tea unsweetened as well, which is how I usually order, and this was SO insanely dense and sweet. I can’t even imagine how rich it would be if I’d gotten my drink sweetened – sugar coma level, for sure. I guess I’d say this is some weird mash up of caramelized sugar/brown sugar, molasses, and coffee. Mostly that caramelized sugar vibe though, I guess.

Good to know how much I like this! Probably gonna work it into my bubble tea rotation in some way, for when I want a sweet option.

Also – side note – this is probably the nicest thing I’ve ever had from Chatime!