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Ube Latte or Purple Sweet Potato Latte (iced and hot) and Kinako Cloud Cold Brew by Cafe Yasuragi - Reviews

It has been more than 10 years since I last tried a non-coffee purple sweet potato latte, so when I saw this as a promotional Spring drink at Cafe Yasuragi, I had to try it and ordered the cold version first, then returned a second time to try the hot version. The first one I had was from a cafe that has already closed down, but I include the original blog post below where you can see the lush pastel purple with pretty latte art and natural purple sweet potato in action. Cafe Yasuragi is a Singaporean cafe that takes inspiration from Japanese cuisine and gourmet finesse.  Their execution and perfection with the taste was so flawless that I was initially expecting them to be Japanese-founded, but the staff said they were Singaporean.  This version of the purple sweet potato latte by Cafe Yasuragi was called Ube Latte, but it seems to be a bit of a misnomer as ube refers to a purple yam from the Philippines, whereas everything about this tasted nothing like ube but the typical J...

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