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“Something that I had over my staycation! The Alley is a bubble tea chain that opened its first location here in Montreal last summer, but it was so crazy when it first opened that I put off going....” Read full tasting note
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Something that I had over my staycation!
The Alley is a bubble tea chain that opened its first location here in Montreal last summer, but it was so crazy when it first opened that I put off going. I finally took the time off to check it out with a friend, though – it took all my effort to not order like eight things from the menu because they have a lot of unique specialty drinks. However, I ultimately settled on the two drinks from the menu that I was most curious about…
The first was this Matcha Deerioca! The “Deerioca Series” is a small section of their menu that uses a special kind of tapioca pearl, that’s slow “cooked” in brown sugar until the pearls have a really unique and distinct chewy/tacky type of texture, and a deep molasses-y brown sugar flavour. I think it’s probably the most famous drink from The Alley so I felt like I just had to try it.
I went with the matcha because my other drink I ordered was a bit more simple/plain so I wanted something more visually eye catching and flavourful. I ended up having really mixed feelings about it – I found the matcha portion of the drink really bitter and oceanic, but the pearls… Oh, the pearls!! They were so good. Legitimately the best tapioca pearls that I’ve ever had in a bubble tea. The brown sugar was so good, and thankfully offset much of the bitter matcha, and they were deliciously chewy. Everything I had hoped for an more!
Like, I legit want to try everything on the Deerioca menu now – just as an excuse to have more of those amazing pearls.
I should have known the famous Roswell Strange would try this, before we got one here.
Famous? Hardly not – but definitely willing and excited to try everything ;)