Love In A Cup

Gawwwwwd this one smelled AMAZING when I opened the pouch up.

The dry leaf is just too cute.

This mostly tastes like caramel marshmallows to me, more so than Eight Candles. I didn’t get much chocolate. It’s a very, very sweet tea, so I don’t see any need to ever add sugar, but I might try it with a little milk sometime.

Chocolate marshmallow awesomeness in a cup. I like this almost as much as Eight Candles. Della Terra’s black base is amazing. Always a good cup and never bitter. For me, the chocolate was the strongest flavor note with marshmallow playing a close second. Beautifully blended! Another win from Della Terra.

I’ve missed Steepster lately. It’s getting harder and harder for me to find time to post and read posts. Hope everyone is well. I plan to spend the next 20 minutes reading tasting notes :)

So I got this in a try-me sample pack from Della Terra a month or so ago. I had wanted to try Eight Candles, but it was out of stock, so I got this instead. After drinking oolongs the past few days, I wanted something different so I picked this out of the rather embarrassingly large stack of teas I have yet to try. Lol.
Glad that I did. It’s pretty good. I definitely like this better than s’mores. All I tasted in s’mores was the marshmallow. In this tea I get just enough marshmallow that I know it’s there, but I can still taste the caramel. Unfortunately I didn’t taste any chocolate, but maybe I didn’t steep it enough? I have enough for another pot or two so maybe I’ll try steeping a bit longer next time.
All in all, I’d reorder this one.

At first glance this reminded me of David’s Love Tea #7 which I didn’t care for because I don’t like fruit in chocolate. However, now that it’s steeped, the scent is quite sweet smelling.

I’m getting quite a bit of marshmallow and caramel. It’s somewhat reminding me of Kusmi’s St. Petersburg, but much sweeter. I can taste the slightest hint of chocolate in the background. This one is pretty good, but I certainly couldn’t drink it on a regular basis. Too sweet for me.

Thanks jessiwrites!

With its mini marshmallows and little sprinkles, this tea looked like the fun treat I needed to liven up my study break. On its own it tasted like black tea with a sweet aftertaste, but after adding milk the flavors really popped. It reminded me of that hot chocolate mix with the mini marshmallows that I used to have as a kid, but a more grown up version that’s less chocolatey and with more of a caramel undertone. It paired perfectly with my super sophisticated snack of crackers and cheese. It was a tasty cup, but I’d love to try their S’mores tea for comparison.

So, V-Day today – time to drink this sample! It’s pretty chocolate, with jife marshmallows bits. Also this was a freebie: bonus!

I like it but I’m not convinced this is the best – I still have the Della Terra chocolate try-me pack to work through.

Doctor Who sipdown. This smells nice and chocolatey. The flavour is mostly chocolate. It tastes like the chocolate covered caramel marshmallow candies. I think I’ll have this next time I have chocolate cravings.

I’m sitting here with a cup of this and a cup of ‘S’mores’ in front of me as I catch up on Once Upon a Time.

I wanted to compare the two side by side and see if I still like either of them, or both, or none.

This one seems to have more flavour to me than S’mores did, the caramel and marshmallows seem a lot more obvious. I’ve decided to keep what I have left of this and throw S’mores into my swap pile, no sense keeping both!

I had previously rated this at 91 but I’m going to lower it a bit because my tastes have changed and I know enough to know I don’t love DTT’s black base. And this is definitely not an every day sort of tea!

I’ve drank soooooooo much tea today. Something bad’s going to happen to me, is there such a thing as a tea coma?!

Yay for dessert teas! The most prominent note I pick up in this is the caramel, especially on the second steep. The mini marshmallows all dissolved after the first steep, so they obviously can only contribute to the flavor of the first steeping. I don’t get too much chocolate flavor in this. Maybe next time I will add a little milk to this for extra creaminess. Overall, I really enjoyed this tea as a sweet evening treat.

Side note: I used my new For Life mug and Kalorik kettle I got in the mail today! I’m so happy I can control the temperature at which I brew teas now. :)

Still not sold on marshmallow teas but this one was decent. I do like caramel so that was probably it. We all enjoyed it enough and second steep was good – I nearly always do 3 minute first steep and 4-5 minute second steeps for favored teas unless I find the second steep isn’t worthwhile.