Boba Quest: Machi Machi

As part of Boba Quest 🧋, I'm trying and reviewing a new boba shop each week whenever I have time.

Earlier this year, an anonymous Montrealer declared Machi Machi to be "an elite Boba shop for YUL".

I too am interested in having good boba, so I hopped on the plane to Montreal with my girlfriend, Kajol, so we could get Machi Machi. We met up with my friend Arlo to try out what the anonymous Montrealer tried: black milk tea with crème brûlée.

Machi Machi sits squarely between the Green Line's Guy–Concordia station and the Orange Line's Lucien-L'Allier station. For those not willing to make the trek up north just for some boba, there's also a location in Manhattan's Koreatown.

We ordered the black milk tea with crème brûlée, with boba, regular sugar (the ice quantity was fixed).

Arlo's review:

• Boba: 4/4 he said it earned "top marks", and enjoyed the chewiness.
• Tea: 3/4 he enjoyed it, but that "the flavours [sic] didn't push much beyond the milk".
• Bonus: 0/1 it was nice, but nothing exceptional.

Total: 7/10 ultimately, Arlo said, "I would get it again."

Kajol's review:

• Boba: 4/4 she said it had good chewiness, with good QQ.
• Tea: 4/4 she liked it a lot, because you get bits of the crème brûlée as you drink.
• Bonus: 0/1 she had wanted to give them half a point because of the cute cup and logo, but Boba Quest doesn't allow half points so she declined to give them a full bonus point.

Total: 8/10.

My review:

• Boba: 3/4 the boba was slightly too chewy.
• Tea: 4/4 because the crème brûlée is initially on the top and only later mixes in with the boba (despite my best attempts to mix it head of time), it really feels like you're getting two drinks in one.
• Bonus: 0/1 agreed that it was nice but not exceptional.

Total: 7/10.

Just from walking around, the boba scene in Montreal looks far richer than I remember it being. Hopefully we'll have the opportunity to try a few more places before our boba vacation ends.