This is the Gogo no Kōcha Milk Tea. The black tea used for brewing contained 20% ‘candy tea leaves’, which have a rich aroma and are ideal for milk tea.
The tea was an opaque tan colour with a fragrant black tea aroma. When consumed chilled, it offered a rich and creamy mouthfeel that spread across the palate with aromatic black tea notes. A vibrant sweetness emerged at the start of each sip, intensifying with a caramel-like depth in the body. The milk flavour was subtle and integrated, not overpowering or disruptive. Paired with the absence of bitterness or astringency in the black tea, it resulted in an overall flavour reminiscent of aromatic chocolate-flavoured milk. Overall, this milk tea was enjoyable for its rich mouthfeel and fragrant tea flavour, although the sweetness could benefit from greater restraint to achieve a better balance.
This Kirin Gogo no Kōcha Milk Tea contained 1.5 L. It was produced in Japan and purchased in Sydney, Australia in 2023.