pearl milk tea or bubble tea is one of my favourite drink. i always ordered the 'original', which is the milk tea with pearls.
first heard about this ice cream from a taiwanese friend sometime back and woah~ finally found it in my local mart today. here's the packaging of the ice cream. it is the 'original' flavour, woohoo!
looks good right? like the real thing, even with pearl bits! as you can see, it is divided into a tea (beige portion) and a milk (white portion). embedded within the tea portion are irregular-shaped bits of 'pearl.
the tea and the milk parts should be eaten together to have a true taste of milk tea! the tea part seems to be made of oolong tea so it has a slightly bitter note while the milk part was very fragrant and creamy. i like the milk part and would totally buy if i-mei sells just a milk ice cream bar. the tea part was alright but when eaten together with the milk part, it tastes pretty similar to the commercial milk tea!
im one who likes to drink bubble tea because of the pearl. i like it when my pearl is chewy and with a slight fragrance. from previous experience, pearls that are kept too long in the milk tea will start to harden, so its amazing that the pearl in this ice cream was not hard at all! in fact it was soft and tend towards a jelly-consistency rather than a bouncy pearl. it still has some bounce and q-ness (as what is frequently used to describe pearls or tapioca balls). one plus point for this ice cream is that its not too sweet. even when i drink bubble tea, i will opt for lower sugar levels so this was just nice. an ice cream should be refreshing and not heavy.
rating: 7.5/10 - dont mind eating it again
