Osmanthus Oolong Milk Tea – Odd One Out

On June 1, I went up to LA for a potential internship interview! It didn’t end up working out…but I had a lovely conversation with the company, and I hadn’t been out to LA for a while. It was a nice opportunity to grab some food around Sawtelle, and get some LA boba that I don’t have down in Orange County. For lunch, I had noodles at Tsujita, and my boba of choice was Odd One Out! I was particularly excited because their American locations actually have boba, unlike the original Taiwan location. On another note, this is another “chain” with one Taiwan location, but there’s at least 3 around LA…

I went with the Osmanthus Oolong Milk tea, which is a “Natural-farmed oolong with rich ripe-fruit notes, silky body, and elegant osmanthus honey aroma. Deep, smooth, with notes of dried longan and teak. It comes with osmanthus oolong tea, organic milk, and crafted cane syrup. The tea comes from Nantou, Taiwan, and processed through low oxidation and medium roasting. I really like how thorough the descriptions are! Of course, I added their brown sugar boba.

As expected of a store with award-winning milk teas! The tea was very good, and the drink had a good texture and balance of tea and milkiness, and it tasted like it was high quality. Boba was nicely soft and chewy, and had a good flavor. I’d definitely go back to other American locations, if only they weren’t all in LA…I think there’s one near SF now though?

Details: Osmanthus Oolong Milk Tea; Large; 25% sugar; No Ice; Brown Sugar Boba; from Odd One Out (Sawtelle)