This is the Brown Sugar Deerioca & Milk Tea ($6.70, regular size, fixed sweetness, fixed ice) from The Alley LuJiaoXiang. It’s a simple tea — a black milk tea with brown sugar pearls — but a recent addition to their brown sugar deerioca line not part of the original line up.

Consumed chilled, the beverage had a smooth initial sweetness before the black tea base makes itself known in the body with distinct floral notes that add enjoyable depth to this staple drink. The drink had a good balance between milk and black tea, with the former providing sufficient body and creaminess without adding overt dairy notes and the latter adding just enough sweetness. The pearls provide their signature delectable bounce with no hint of uncooked tapioca, unlike some other stores.

This Brown Sugar Deerioca & Milk Tea was purchased from The Alley LuJiaoXiang in Sydney, Australia in March 2021.