Chocolate Macaroon

This is mostly coconut and cocoa and sweetness and I’m ok with that. It’s not the fanciest tea. But it’s relaxing and this feels like a treat.

So much coconut.
I find that coconut in tea makes me think of warm butter. Odd, but tasty.

I tried this tea at the mall when going for a job interview on the weekend. I absolutely loved it! So nutty and creamy and chocolatey…reminds me a lot of Choconut Oolong actually.

I did end up landing the job, by the way. I now work at a chocolaterie and I love every minute. However, after work yesterday stupid me went into my local Davids and bought this on a whim without really looking at what was in it. The fact that there’s sugar in this really pisses me off. Is there really any need to pre-add sugar into their teas? What the hell?

Thus, why it gets a 50. I don’t appreciate being tricked into consuming sugar.

I’m not a big fan of David’s teas, but I do love their accessories! When I went in today to get a travel mug, I sniffed a few teas and went home with some samples. It seemed only fitting to christen my new Davids mug with one of their offerings. I didn’t read the ingredients and thought that the chunks in the tea were dried fruit. Glad I tasted it before adding sugar since the chunks were really sugar. It is adequately sweetened for me, but I prefer to sweeten my own tea or have the option to go without.

The first sip I took out of my mug burnt my lip, bummer, but a good testament to the mug’s ability. It smells chocolatey and I get a really nice chocolate coconut taste, but there is an odd flavor to it that I dislike. It is almost like that stevia bite that I hate so much. I don’t know what to make of it. I really want to love it, but I’m just not there. There are a few more cups worth in the sample I bought, so we will see if I make friends with this tea over time.

(I did 4m at boiling) …note to self. :)

This one came in a swap from whatshesaid.

The dry scent was overwhelmingly sweet. Almost to the point of sickening. I picked out 4 chunks of rock sugar.

The sweet scent was significantly diminished once steeped. The tea has a thin feel with a primarily coconut and nut flavour. Very little in the way of chocolate. This one actually ended up being somewhat tasty, albeit a bit thin.

Thanks for sharing whatshesaid!

Tried this in the store. While I did the like the chocolate/ nut/ coconut combo, I didn’t really care for the extra sugar. It would be fine as chocolate nut blend.

LOVE this tea!!! I went to the mall a few weeks ago and got a to-go cup to sip on while doing my shopping. After LOVING this tea so much, I stopped by DT again before leaving to pick up another to-go cup for the drive home and a 50g bag to bring home (where I made yet ANOTHER cup of the tea). This tea is super creamy and chocolatey. I would definitely recommend a longer steeping time for this as at first it was slightly bitter. I’ve now had this tea several times and that has been the case for each sipdown. I will be picking up a full tin once I run out and strongly recommend you do the same. This one became an instant favourite!

I really like this tea. The smell of the leaves is just decadent and totally reminiscent of gooey coconut macaroons we used to make when I was young. Brewed up, the coconut is the dominant flavour, with a nice malty chocolate note backing it up. I found that there is definitely enough rock sugar to lend a sweet note to the tea, but I think I will still toss in a bit of extra sugar in my next cup. I think macaroons are so gooey and decadent, it begs to be super sweet. Overall, I am thrilled this is new to the line up, I think I could become addicted rather quickly!

This is a pretty good tea, but it tastes just a bit muddy…not enough distinction between the different tastes that are stated to be in the tea. Yes there is chocolate, coconut and a nutty kinda pecan taste…but all muddled together. I would have it again for sure, but only if offered by someone else, not for my cupboard.

Even though I am very picky about my chocolate teas now (I find they’re almost all too sweet for my liking), I knew I had to try this one the next time I went to my DT. And it was good (I had milk in mine), I’m glad I tried it, but I don’t know if it’s one I’ll be rushing to get more of.

A couple of cups on the way to work. When I left, it was hot, but the last 0.75 cup or so has cooled now, and it still tastes great.