Beautiful Boba Beans

Full disclosure, I bought these because they're pretty. They were a lot of fun to photograph, and I love the colors, but will I love how they taste? 

There are 5 flavors in this mix, and they're all Milk Tea based. We have: Strawberry Milk Tea, Mango Milk Tea, Taro Milk Tea, Matcha Milk Tea, and Thai Milk Tea.

 

Mango Milk Tea (yellow) - My favorite in the mix. It's creamy, sweet, tropical and fruity. The mango flavoring isn't as recognizable as the peelable gummies I reviewed recently, it's actually kind of floral, but you can tell what it's going for. A decent representation of a mango milk tea, 4/5

Taro Milk Tea (purple) - A warm starchy flavor with a floral lean. Taro isn't a flavor I normally gravitate towards, but I don't dislike it. If you eat several of these in a row it starts to taste a bit like cereal milk. I surprisingly like it! 3/5

Matcha Milk Tea (green) - Oof. Not. For. Me. This has hints of honey and some earthy matcha notes. I am not a matcha fan, so I don't care for it at all. 1/5 BUT if you do like matcha items, like matcha Kit-Kats and sweets, you'll probably like this a lot. 

Strawberry Milk Tea (pink) - I'm surprised by how floral all of these flavors are. This is sweet, a little fruity, and definitely creamy, but it also gives me cosmetic vibes. Like a lotion or soap. Normally strawberry is my favorite of any mix it's in, but this is too perfume-y for me. 2/5

Thai Milk Tea (tan) - Of all the flavors, I am the most familiar with Thai tea. I went through a phase where I was making it at home all the time, buying huge bags online, but it got to the point where I made myself sick of it. I took a break from it and dialed it back, so now I feel like I can enjoy it again. It's a sweet, nutty, and creamy beverage. So I was really looking forward to it in jellybean form, but this was a big let down. This flavor is the worst representation of it's namesake. It's sugary sweet, but there are bitter notes, like over steeped tea, and again I have a soap-like cosmetic aftertaste. 0/5

Overall, this is not for me. The only flavor I would ever seek out again would be the mango, everything else in this mix I never want to eat again. 

I do not like floral leaning flavors, or matcha, so keep that in mind. If YOU do, you'd probably like these a lot. My rate for this mix is a 1/5, but tastes vary. 

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