Final March, Kung Fu Tea introduced their partnership with Nintendo to assist promote Kirby and the Forgotten Land. This promotion included a sweepstakes for prizes, in addition to a brand new Kirby themed drink to be launched July 1st. Sure, we needed to wait over three months for the true promo merchandise to hit, nicely after the discharge of the sport it’s selling, however I didn’t neglect and I managed to hunt it down.
The hunt for Kirby’s Fruity Flurry, because the beverage is thought, wasn’t very simple. For starters, there aren’t many Kung Fu Tea places in my space. Secondly, I needed to name a number of to even discover it. The primary location I attempted bought out just a few days after launch, or so I used to be instructed. The second saved telling me it could be there the following day, for a number of days. Nonetheless, they finally obtained their provide and I instantly headed over there.
I ordered Kirby’s Fruity Flurry and left a pleasant tip to make up for the a number of instances a day I needed to annoy these workers a couple of dumb promotional product. Regardless, the prize was in my hand: An inexpensive plastic cup resembling Kirby turning right into a bubble tea, sorta like Mouthful Mode in his newest journey. Or is it boba? I all the time heard it was bubble tea till not too long ago when boba appears to have taken over the widespread vernacular.
After taking some footage within the car parking zone on a pleasant day, I used to be able to sip Kirby up—Kirby’s Fruity Flurry that includes Berry Crystal Bubble in a cool wanting Kirby cup. Nonetheless, at that second I used to be met with a tough selection. You see, Kung Fu Tea applies a skinny layer of plastic excessive of the cup. On this case, it was additionally Kirby themed. I attempted to peel again this delicate Nintendo collectible, nevertheless it was no use. I used to be going to must puncture it with the straw. Even when it’s the usual for many bubble teas, this explicit sealing technique represents a extremely unhappy design for the psycho lunatics who’re going to save lots of this trash as a collectors merchandise. Sure, that’s me.
So after stabbing the highest of the cup in what appeared to be the most secure location, I used to be able to indulge on this arduous to seek out beverage. I took my first sip and Wilford Brimley instantly flashed earlier than my eyes. My style buds had been slammed with a sugary candy berry taste. If I had been to guess, I’d say it was strawberry and raspberry, possibly some others. I can’t make sure. It tasted actually good. If the chewy bubble issues on this drink had been meant to style like berries, I didn’t discover. I attempted to style a number of with out my mouth being full of the thick chilly beverage, however they tasted type of like plain mushy gummy bears or one thing. Possibly it was like these pineapple Haribo ones? Nonetheless good, however not practically as fruity as you is perhaps led to imagine.
The additional down the cup I sipped, the extra remorse I grew to become full of. Whereas it might be tasty, Kirby’s Fruity Flurry could be the most sugary and candy product I’ve ever consumed. I ought to have stopped, however I additionally didn’t need to. I needed to evaluate this product for the readers of Nintendo World Report. I saved at it: consuming the concoction and chewing the bubbles. A few of these bubbles had been launched to the again of my throat accidentally, however I survived. By the top, I used to be laden with sugar and knew I had made a giant mistake. The sugar crash later hit me like a truck.
Was it value risking my well being to convey you the story of Kirby’s Fruity Flurry? I hope so. Nonetheless, should you determine to trace down this promotional beverage, remember that the portion for any such slushy fruit drink, which is nothing like tea regardless of the institution’s title, could also be an excessive amount of for any cheap human. Drink at your individual danger Kirby followers. As for me, I’m in all probability simply going to drink water and V8 for every week.
