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drank Choco-Muscat Chai by Teabox
894 tasting notes

Oh my god. This tea!

Opening the bag, the smell is heavenly. This is one of the most rich, chocolately smelling things ever. Not just tea. Anything, ever. Have you ever had drinking chocolate that’s basically melted chocolate mixed with heavy cream, and it kind of coats your mouth and throat and is so rich you can only manage the tiniest sip at a time? That was my first impressions- a Mayan chocolate drinking chocolate with a hint of chillis.

Steeped this for 7 min, though only 1tsp for 8oz instead of the 2tsp for 180ml that they suggested.

The steeped tea smells incredibly rich, like the dry leaf. I’m almost bracing for disappointment in the sip, because it’s hard to imagine any tea living up to the promise of this smell.

Well, the sip isn’t as rich as the smell, but I think this is probably the richest chocolate tea I’ve ever had. What an amazing, interesting flavour. There’s thick dark chocolate notes, slightly sweet, slightly bitter, a really intense muscat Darjeeling flavour that incorporates the spiced, herbal notes typical to Darjeeling, and then some cinnamon and nutmeg supporting.

The mouthfeel is thick and smooth. There’s a strong mouth coating effect, but it’s the slightly thick, creamy, oily coating you get from letting good quality chocolate melt in your mouth. A touch of a powdery sensation that makes me think of cocoa powder. No astringency.

This tea is incredible. Totally unique and a really stand out chocolate tea. A fantastic variation on masala chai, and one I will definitely be restocking when I place another order.

I plan to try this with milk and sugar but it’s also just perfect on its own.

Flavors: Cinnamon, Cocoa, Creamy, Dark Chocolate, Muscatel, Nutmeg, Pepper, Smooth, Spices, Sweet, Thick

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 7 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML
Lindsay

Sounds amazing! :)

TeaNecromancer

ok wow, that sounds intense! Must have!

Nightshifter

Added to the wishlist.. :P

Anlina

Everyone needs to try this!

If you haven’t got a Teabox account yet, you can use my referral link and get $25 toward your first order. I also get a $25 coupon if you order something. http://fbuy.me/bsaIw

TeaTiff

Yum! I am always looking for a good chai.

TeaTiff

Yum! I am always looking for a good chai.

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Lindsay

Sounds amazing! :)

TeaNecromancer

ok wow, that sounds intense! Must have!

Nightshifter

Added to the wishlist.. :P

Anlina

Everyone needs to try this!

If you haven’t got a Teabox account yet, you can use my referral link and get $25 toward your first order. I also get a $25 coupon if you order something. http://fbuy.me/bsaIw

TeaTiff

Yum! I am always looking for a good chai.

TeaTiff

Yum! I am always looking for a good chai.

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I grew up drinking jasmine green tea with meals, but really fell in love with tea on a trip to Britain in elementary school. My first great love was Earl Grey, and I still adore it and all its variants.

I discovered the beauty of loose leaf tea much later, when, on impulse, I picked up a few teas that were on clearance at a home store. My introduction to loose leaf teas were Masala Chai and Provence Rooibos by the Metropolitan Tea Co and an unknown brand of kukicha and gyokuro (little did I know what a precious treasure I’d stumbled onto with that.)

At the time I was lucky to live in a place with multiple tea shops and several places to have afternoon tea, which is a delight I still miss.

Tea is part of my daily ritual and a nice, affordable way to appease the collector in me.

I enjoy distinctive whites, greens and oolongs, flavoured blacks, and herbals that are heavy on the citrus, lavender or mint.

Rating rubric, to give myself some consistency:
0-15 Yuck, not even drinkable.
16-30 Disappointing, not really inclined to give it a second try.
31-45 Disappointing, but maybe there’s potential? Worth one more try, prepped differently.
46-60 Mediocre, not terrible but not memorable.
61-75 Not bad. I’ll definitely finish what I have and might buy again.
76-90 Very enjoyable. Tasty, complex, it’ll keep me coming back.
91-100 BEST! I love everything about it and I will drink it forever.

Beyond tea, I’m a sex educator, polyamory activist, and radical queer. I love backwoods camping, abstract painting, baking & cooking, nail polish, cats, ceramic sculpture, and home nesting.

Location

Winnipeg, MB, Canada

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