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In recent years, young people have been constantly caught up in unique and unusual food trends such as hand-crushed lemon tea and Yunnan-style roasted milk tea. After these trends subsided, recently, green onion milk tea has once again caused a stir on social media due to its unique appearance and flavor.
Recently, a bubble tea shop in District 10 (Ho Chi Minh City) posted a video introducing "green onion bubble tea - a newly launched item." The video quickly garnered nearly 17 million views and hundreds of thousands of interactions and comments. Since then, green onion bubble tea has become a sensation on social media platforms.
The drink, with its bizarre combination of ingredients, has left netizens bewildered.
Many people thought it was just an April Fool's Day prank. However, on April 1st, the bubble tea shop officially announced that it would be selling green onion bubble tea, and this item was available on a food delivery app. The shop noted that "the green onions are served separately; customers who want to try them can add them later."
Many food reviewers have ordered this drink and tried the scallion milk tea, true to the original version. Most agree that the pungent taste of the scallions doesn't go well with the rich, sweet, and creamy flavor of the milk tea. The strong smell of the scallions also overwhelms the fragrant milk, creating a pungent, unpleasant taste that is very difficult to drink.
The shop's scallion milk tea is inspired by the scallion cream milk tea originating from Sichuan (China). After causing a stir on social media, the cafe continued to post another video of a drink called "spicy milk tea" - milk tea mixed with chili. In fact, satay milk tea and chili coffee versions had already been very popular in China for a while.
Creating harmful and inappropriate trends that negatively impact health can have unforeseen consequences. Unique and trendy products, but with a loyal customer base, will still survive in the market. However, bubble tea with green onions and chili peppers are products created solely for the purpose of spreading the word, and have no lasting value.
