I got a bit of this tea from Auggy recently and it is filled with nom.
It’s not terribly complex, but it winningly combined two loves of mine – chocolate and caramel. I think that the caramel might have been a bit of a mistake, but I’m not complaining. Smelling the tea, it smells of chocolate, dark chocolate, which is my weapon of choice.
I’m going to stop here to say that this visually, it is also very texturally interesting. Interesting enough to inspire me to pinch out some leaves between steeps and take a picture. http://bit.ly/ajUpVP
Continuing on, tasting the tea I got caramel on the tip of my tongue, which was a bit surprising since the tea doesn’t tout that in the description. At the back of my tongue, and even more so in the aftertaste, I got chocolate. The taste was somewhere between milk and dark, with just a bit of sweetness. It reminded me of chocolate shavings, or a more powdery form of chocolate because the mouthfeel that occurred in the aftertaste for me had a soft coarseness about it.
In the beginning, it tasted very much to me like something that Auggy mentioned to me – grown up Swiss Miss. A bit later in the cup, though, I was reminded very much of Cocoa Puffs, and now I can’t shake that so this has become Cocoa Puffs tea to me. It’s really quite tasty and it does well on the re-steep, so well done, Lupicia! Not to completely gank this entire review from Auggy, but I must echo: easily the best chocolate tea I’ve had.
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Thank you for writing this review! Lupicia is fast becoming one of my favorite online tea ordering vices and I’m always happy to have another tea to add to the shopping list. I’m pretty sure I’ve tried to order this tea before, but they were out of stock when I was putting in my order.
Plus, I would love a chocolate tea. I’ve tried some great mint chocolate teas, but I have yet to get a tea I liked that was straight up chocolate.
Haha, you’re welcome! Thank Auggy for sending it my way! [And being honest, this review essentially ganked hers.]
I’ve had teas that have satisfying chocolate notes in them, like Simple Leaf’s Dawn and a number of chai teas, including Samovar’s and Upton Tea Import’s Decaf Chai Agni, but typically dedicated chocolate teas fall flat for me. This one does it smartly, I think.
Anyhow, if when you get it, I hope you enjoy it!
Thank you for writing this review! Lupicia is fast becoming one of my favorite online tea ordering vices and I’m always happy to have another tea to add to the shopping list. I’m pretty sure I’ve tried to order this tea before, but they were out of stock when I was putting in my order.
Plus, I would love a chocolate tea. I’ve tried some great mint chocolate teas, but I have yet to get a tea I liked that was straight up chocolate.
Haha, you’re welcome! Thank Auggy for sending it my way! [And being honest, this review essentially ganked hers.]
I’ve had teas that have satisfying chocolate notes in them, like Simple Leaf’s Dawn and a number of chai teas, including Samovar’s and Upton Tea Import’s Decaf Chai Agni, but typically dedicated chocolate teas fall flat for me. This one does it smartly, I think.
Anyhow, if when you get it, I hope you enjoy it!