Brown rice milk tea with pink cactus pearls ($5.90) & Burnt caramel milk tea ($4.90)!
Sunday Playmade — brown rice milk tea with pink cactus pearls $5.90 + burnt caramel milk tea $4.90. Playmade specialty bubble teas.
Sunday Playmade bubble tea — brown rice milk tea with pink cactus pearls $5.90 + burnt caramel milk tea $4.90. Playmade specialty bubble tea pairing.
We ordered:
- Brown rice milk tea with pink cactus pearls — $5.90
- Burnt caramel milk tea — $4.90
Total: $10.80 for both drinks.
Playmade signature: handmade-fresh tapioca pearls + various flavoured pearl options + diverse tea base lineup. Different from competitor bubble tea chains (KOI, LiHo, Gong Cha), Playmade emphasises the pearl-making process as the brand visual signature.
The brown rice milk tea base is the Japanese-style genmaicha-inspired flavour. Brown rice tea (玄米茶 / genmaicha) combines green tea or oolong with toasted brown rice — the rice adds toasty-popcorn-grain notes balancing the tea’s vegetal-floral character. Translated into milk tea format, gives the proper toasted-rice-and-milky flavour.
The pink cactus pearls add the dragon fruit colouring + subtle fruit flavour. Different from black tapioca (which is neutral chewy carb) or brown sugar pearls (sweet), the pink cactus pearls add visual aesthetic + light fruit infusion.
The burnt caramel milk tea is the more intense flavour variant. “Burnt caramel” specifically means the caramel taken further into the dark-roast / Maillard reaction territory — bitter-sweet edge balanced against the milk tea base. Different from regular caramel milk tea (which leans sweet-and-mild), the burnt version has the proper bittersweet complex character.
The combination of brown rice milk tea + burnt caramel milk tea is the diverse-flavour pairing. Toasty-grain notes versus burnt-caramel intensity — distinctly different drinks while sharing the milk tea foundation.
The Sunday afternoon bubble tea pickup is the casual weekend rotation. Different from the destination dessert cafe or the proper sit-down dining, the bubble tea stop is the convenience snack format. Pick up the cups during the mall walk-around or the errand run.
Playmade outlets across Singapore — Bedok Mall, Tampines, Jurong Point, NEX, etc. The chain has expanded across 2017-19 to capitalise on the bubble tea wave.
Overall: 4.6 / 5. 😋👍🏼 Solid Playmade specialty bubble tea pair. Would re-order.
