How is it I never wrote a note about this?
Yesterday I made a pot of this big enough for the kids to try. Today I made a smaller pot. They’re like two different teas. I’m not sure whether it’s the amount of leaf, or the amount of nib in the scoop, or what. But yesterday, the tea was so chocolaty it was almost too much — dense, even oily on the surface of the tea.
Today it’s much more toned down, but still very chocolaty. I like it better today when it’s more of a mahogany color than a coffee-black oil slick. Yesterday was so intense it started to do a number on my stomach.
This is a popular tea and I find myself agreeing with many of the notes. Yes, it’s very chocolaty. Yes, it’s very DARK chocolaty. The tea base is really a delivery mechanism for the chocolate flavor, which is okay in my book. I enjoy both the sorts of flavored black teas that try to blend themselves such that the tea flavor is integrated and those that are sort of a platform for the flavor. This is in the platform category.
I would love to be able to compare this to other chocolate teas, but it’s been so long since I had any I honestly can’t remember them well enough to offer a comparison. This is a good one, though, provided that you don’t get too much nib in your mix.
Also, it goes really nicely with Trader Joe’s Coconut Cream Greek Nonfat Yogurt. :-)
Flavors: Chocolate, Cocoa, Dark Chocolate
