Cocoa Milk Tea – Soma Tea & Mocktail

My mom has been wanting Soma recently, so my dad suggested today (Sunday) to be a good day to get a drink. He had this odd reasoning about Sundays being a good day for boba, something along the lines of the week winding down, but I can always go for boba, so…

Today I thought I’d try out the cocoa today since I like chocolate, and haven’t had a chocolate milk tea before. At least, I think it has milk tea in it since it’s in the milk tea section, but I could also be mistaken…Most drinks that have a chocolate milk tea or chocolate option is just a chocolate latte or chocolate milk, so we’ll see I guess. I was honestly thinking along the lines of if there’s no tea that still works out because it’s a little later in the afternoon, so really if there is tea that’d be a pleasant surprise. I was also still feeling a little full after lunch around 2, so I held back and went for a medium…go me. Anyways, if there does end up being tea, that’s just a boost for work later and getting some other work done.

I was honestly completely expecting just a chocolate milk, but when I first had a sip of the drink, I hope I’m not crazy, but I think I was able to taste a bit of their signature tea in the aftertaste and under the cocoa flavor, which was quite nice albeit subtle. Unlike Omomo’s really dark and rich cocoa, the cocoa Soma uses is lighter, still has that slight bit of chocolatey flavor, but it does taste reminiscent of their signature milk tea combined with chocolate milk, which I think is quite interesting. Overall, pretty happy with the drink. Today’s boba is ok, chewy but no flavor at all the the actual boba.

Details: Cocoa Milk Tea; medium; with boba; 50% sugar (recommended); from Soma Tea & Mocktail (Irvine)