brown sugar milk tea – Jellybeans in the City

Summer’s already here! Are you feeling it?

With rising temperatures in the metro comes the tendency for tempers to rise, too.

Add to that the stress of being confined to our houses for a long period of time and the possibility of a conflagration of tempers won’t be too far off.

Well, now’s the time to generate the good vibes, to refresh, not just our bodies, but our state of mind.

So how about some refreshing drinks from Chachago?

Chachago is a Taiwanese milk tea brand that made its way to the Philippines in 2018. It combined traditional tea culture, fresh ingredients and other flavors to bring invigorating yet all-natural beverages to tea lovers.

My drinks of choice at Chachago feature today’s tasty tea trends: brown sugar and salty cream cheese.

Brown Sugar Pearl Milk Tea (Php120). The chewy pearls are first cooked in brown sugar which also coats the sides of the tumbler before the milk tea is added.

Roasted Brown Sugar Tea with Salted Cream Cheese (Php120). The layer of frothy cream cheese adds a bit of salty flavor that complements the sweetness of the drink.

Now, those are the drinks that can put me in a good mood!

Thankfully, during the enhanced community quarantine, three of Chachago’s branches in the metro – Kamuning (+63 2 77587221), Visayas Avenue (+63 917 8999005 or +63 917 8502840) and Marikina (+63 2 83611309) – are open for takeout and delivery via GrabFood and FoodPanda.

Download the Grab App on the App Store or Google Play. Get a discount on your first food order when you use my code: GRABJELLYBEANS.

Use this link to download the FoodPanda app and get Php100 off your first order.

So just keep cool, foodies!

This Chachago branch is located at Ground Floor, SM City East Ortigas, Ortigas Avenue Extension, Santa Lucia, Pasig City.

Check out my reviews of other milk tea joints:

Feeling down? Or hot, for that matter?

I find that a bit of a cold treat can both lift my spirits and cool me down. With the summer season sneaking in, my preferences run to either milk teas or ice cream.

Why not both?

At Dairy Queen branch in The Portal Greenfield District, I was able to sample DQ’s new Brown Sugar Milk Tea series which brings a milk tea twist to our favorite frozen dessert.

Check them out:

Oreo Freeze (Php99 for 12oz | Php119 for 16oz). An ice-blended beverage flavored with milk tea, brown sugar syrup, popping boba, fresh milk and topped with DQ’s soft-serve ice cream and whipped cream, generously laden with crushed Oreos.

Popping Boba Float (Php109 for 12oz | Php119 for 16oz). Made with milk tea swirled with brown sugar syrup, pearls, milk and a helping of DQ’s soft-serve vanilla ice cream.

DQ is where I had my first taste of blizzards – soft-serve ice cream mechanically blended with mix-ins, served upside-down or they’re free – and this new series comes with two brown sugar milk tea-flavored blizzards.

Brown Sugar Oreo Blizzard (Php59 for mini | Php95 for regular | Php109 medium | Php139 for large). Made with vanilla ice-cream blitzed with crushed Oreos and brown sugar syrup.

Popping Coffee Boba Blizzard (Php59 for mini | Php95 for regular | Php109 medium | Php139 for large). Made with coffee ice cream with milk tea flavor, brown sugar syrup and popping boba.

The crowning gem of the series is the Ultimate Milk Tea Parfait (Php129 for 12oz). It’s made with layers of vanilla ice cream, brown sugar syrup and milk tea powder.

With its Brown Sugar Milk Tea series, Dairy Queen is sure to usher in a cool and yummy summer.

Many thanks to Kaycee of DateForTwo for extending DQ’s invitation!

This Dairy Queen branch is located at The Portal, Greenfield District, Barangay Highway Hills, Mandaluyong City, open from 10am to 7pm during the community quarantine for takeout and delivery via FoodPanda.

Use this link to download the FoodPanda app and get Php100 off your first order.

Other Dairy Queen outlets are located at:

Mandaluyong: SM Megamall, SM Light Mall, Forum Robinsons
Pasig: SM City East Ortigas, Robinsons Metro East, Ayala Malls The 30th
Quezon City: Eastwood Citywalk 1, Robinsons Galleria, Ali Mall Cubao, Cyberpark Towers Cubao, Kia Theater Cubao, Gateway Mall Cubao, Robinsons Magnolia, Fisher Mall, Trinoma Mall, SM City North EDSA, SM Cherry Congressional, SM City Novaliches, SM City Fairview, Robinsons Novaliches, Ayala Fairview Terraces
Marikina: SM City Marikina, Riverbanks Center, SM Sta. Mesa
San Juan: Theater Mall Greenhills
Taguig: Market! Market! BGC, St. Luke’s Medical Center BGC, Venice Grand Mall
Makati: Glorietta, Paseo Center, Alphaland Makati Place, Makati Medical Center, Alphaland Southgate Mall, Waltermart Makati
Paranaque: NAIA Terminal 3, SM City Bicutan, Okada Manila Entertainment City, SM City Sucat
Manila: Robinsons Place Manila, SM City Manila, SM City San Lazaro, Tutuban Center Mall, 168 Shopping Mall
Pasay: Blue Bay Walk MOA Complex, Main Mall SM Mall of Asia
Caloocan: SM Center Sangandaan
Valenzuela: SM City Valenzuela
Las Pinas: SM Southmall, SM Center Las Pinas
Alabang: Alabang Town Center, Starmall Alabang
Muntinlupa: Festival Mall