Orange Rum Truffle Black Tea

Tea type
Black Food Blend
Ingredients
Assam Black Tea, Chocolate Chips, Indian Black Tea, Natural Flavours, Tangerine, Vanilla
Flavors
Alcohol, Artificial, Biting, Bitter, Chocolate, Citrus Zest, Creamy, Rum, Tart, Wood, Jam, Malt, Orange, Smooth, Rose, Cocoa, Dark Bittersweet, Milk, Dark Chocolate, Floral, Astringent
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Loose Leaf
Caffeine
High
Certification
Not available
Edit tea info Last updated by Cameron B.
Average preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 3 min, 45 sec 10 oz / 282 ml

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From A Quarter to Tea

Crisp orange, rich chocolate and a hint of rum paired with a blend of delicious full-bodied Indian base teas.

Takes milk and sugar well.

Ingredients:
nilgiri black tea, assam black tea, freeze dried tangerine, semi-sweet mini chocolate chips (sugar, unsweetened chocolate, cocoa butter, soy lecithin (an emulsifier)), vanilla, natural flavors

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42 Tasting Notes

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761 tasting notes

Not much left of this one! I miss A Quarter to Tea. I am on a strict tea diet until I drink down enough to have room for me. Now that the cool weather is here (except for a few days is the mid 70s next week) I will be relaxing a lot more in the evenings with tea.

This tea is mild and smooth and everything I like in a tea. It is only 58 today, so pretty c hilly in my little home office. I brewed a small pot of this to get me through the workday afternoon. It was wonderful.

gmathis

Your systems have been swooping our direction! I’m looking forward to similar weather this weekend! (And based on the name alone, the tea sounds delicious.)

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2955 tasting notes

I could smell the malty smooth tea before I even took the first sip. I love that in a tea.

Unfortunately I can’t taste orange/fruit, but there is a heavy cocoa/chocolate presence and the tea base is dark and lovely. It tastes like a good after dinner tea with the malt and strong black tea taste. This would be lovely with a touch of honey (although I think it has the perfect amount of sweetness right now) and some milk to balance the cocoa. Overall it is very pleasant and not bitter or thin at all.

Flavors: Chocolate, Cocoa, Creamy, Dark Bittersweet, Malt, Milk, Smooth

Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 3 min, 45 sec 2 tsp 14 OZ / 400 ML

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533 tasting notes

Backlog, sipdown.
Dry leaf smell – orange rum.
Drank this down with a splash of milk. Chocolate orange.

Flavors: Chocolate, Orange, Rum

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15006 tasting notes

mmmm yes i’m pulling out a number of my AQ2T teas today because i waited for them forever AND i want a few NON samples before i continue on my sipdown journey this weekend. this one again smells divine in dry leaf! chocolate, orange deliciousness. Brewed, this hold true. The orange is strongest in this one, with the chocolate in the tail end of it. it works for me. I’m a fan of this one :)

Evol Ving Ness

Yep, I like this one too.

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961 tasting notes

This is a perfect Christmas tea…it tastes just like a Terry’s Chocolate Orange! You don’t get a ton of flavor when it’s hot, but as it cools down the rich dark chocolate starts to pop out with a sweet, almost floral orange note brightening things up. I enjoyed it plain last night, but I’m guessing this would also make a fantastic tea latte.

Flavors: Dark Chocolate, Floral, Orange

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 4 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML
gmathis

Ooh! I’ve always wanted to try those oranges :)

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448 tasting notes

I’ve had this twice now, once with milk and once without, and I can’t seem to get much flavor out of this either way. Before steeping I ate a chocolate chip and it was extremely orangey flavored, so I’m not sure what’s happening. I might try a cold steep to see if I can find the flavor on this one. I’m sad that I can’t seem to steep this one right :(

Lauren | A Quarter to Tea

I’ve found this one (and most of the chocolate blends for whatever reason) do better at a slightly cooler temperature (195-200) with a longer steep 5+ minutes. The flavor should get more pronounced as the cup cools as well. :)

Emilie

Thanks for the tip! I’ll definitely try that next time!

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219 tasting notes

The smell of the dry leaf is intoxicating. WOW!

At first sip, I wasn’t sure about the flavor. All I tasted was orange. After it cooled a bit, I began getting the chocolate flavor. The second steeping tasted like those chocolate oranges you see around Christmas.

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694 tasting notes

On a roll today so decided to go way past my self imposed caffeine limit and have the last of the QQT black teas. I think with the celyon based teas I need to let them cool a little for the base to not over take the flavors. First sip I was like yak, I came back to the tea a few minutes later and yum. I get all the flavors, chocolate, orange, and a smooth base. This is pretty tasty. I would expect this would get a little better with a tad bit of brown sugar. Yum, another fun cup. After finishing tasting all the samples I couldn’t help myself but place another order. I am glad Lauren decided to post on Steepster!

alexander&james tea co.

Glad you’re shucking the caffeine limit today — I hadn’t heard of any of these teas and they all sound pretty great.

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1704 tasting notes

Again, intoxicating smell so good that you can get drunk off of it, but the liquid was a little bit thin. The flavors came out best at 2 minutes and 45, then at around 4 minutes the second steep using the entire sample-which was maybe two small teaspoons. Orange and rum are the most dominant, but it could use a bit more chocolate which was really brought out by cream. Nevertheless, the tea did give me a really great euphoria.

Flavors: Astringent, Chocolate, Malt, Orange, Rum

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 2 min, 45 sec 7 OZ / 207 ML

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It’s not everyday my husband and I get to dress up as a Rivendell elf and a Nazgul and stand up in a wedding for our friends (who were dressed as The Night Sky and Master Chief — her handmade costume was lit and so gorgeous!), with guest appearances from Poison Ivy, Batman, Drake, Lara Croft, Amy Pond and a few others.

Congratulations to them! It was a fantastic night!

As far as the tea goes, it’s a total comfort tea.

It’s a sweet slightly floral natural orange flavor. The rum kind of binds to the sweetness and has a caramel or spun sugar note. The chocolate slips into the tail of the sip and rounds it out with more depth.

I really love the Assam in this. It’s the necessary, grounding note in the whole cup. It adds a little more natural dark cocoa flavor and a richer body to the cup that keeps the liquor from feeling thin.

Just the pick me up I needed :)

I hope everyone is having a fantastic Halloween!

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 4 min, 15 sec 2 tsp 10 OZ / 295 ML
Inkling

This sounds so unusual and tasty!

Lauren | A Quarter to Tea

It’s kind of like a grown up Terry’s Orange! :)

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