Amaou Noel Milk Tea (あまおうノエルミルクティー) – Gong Cha

Today I showed my friend who’s visiting Hokkaido around central Sapporo, and after parting ways, it was about time for me to go home. Which meant, time to get some boba before hopping on my bus home. Today I’m at Gong Cha, because they just had to release a new holiday seasonal. Spoiler alert, they also released information their more festival items to be offered later during the month…

This is the Amaou Noel, and the amaou strawberry is the king of strawberries in Japan. Included in the drink is the king of strawberries himself, amaou strawberry jelly, strawberry sauce, earl grey tea, strawberry candy and argent, and milk foam. I think this might be the first drink I’ve had with their earl grey? Of course, I had to add boba.

After doing some mixing and sipped the drink, I get a mix of strawberry and tea flavor. The earl grey tea flavor is surprisingly stronger than all the others I’ve had mixed with a different flavor! It goes really well with the sweet yet slightly sour strawberry flavor that’s in the sauce and the jelly. There’s some initial crunch from the candy they sprinkle at top, but naturally it disappears into the drink. The boba is chewy, overall ok. Drink itself is quite nice!

Details: Amaou Noel Milk Tea; less sugar; pearl; from Gong Cha (Akarenga Terrace)