Discontinued. Similar tea available.
“I went through an ordering phase not long ago where I stuck anything that had the word chocolate in it in my shopping basket any time I bought anything from anyplace. Ok, maybe that’s a tiny...” Read full tasting note
“Backlogging I love chocolate. I hate red rooibos. Will love conquer all? Whoo! Yes it does! Rooibos I can love! Which makes perfect sense because everything is better with chocolate. And chocolate...” Read full tasting note
“Thank you to Doulton for sending me some of this! This is really quite good. The chocolate and spices are strong and while the rooibos is there, it isn’t a strong flavor and doesn’t interfere with...” Read full tasting note
“I’m not big on spicy, but my boyfriend bought this for me for Valentine’s Day (aaaaaaaw, how sweet) so I felt obliged to drink up. I’m not a big rooibos fan either, although I tolerate it when I...” Read full tasting note
An aromatic blend of chicory, cinnamon, cardamom, ginger and rich cocoa combined with a hearty red Rooibos tea.
How to Prepare
Use 1.5 teaspoons of tea per 8oz of water. Heat water to 208 degrees and steep for 5-6 minutes. 2oz of tea equals 25-30 teaspoons.
Ingredients:
Red Rooibos, ginger, cardamom, chicory, cinnamon sticks, black pepper, cardamom fruit, and cocoa kernels.
At first taste, we thought it was dirty dishwater. It is a very dark color and does appear to have some chocolate in it, but the chocolate flavor is not very strong. The other tastes seem to overpower it.
Second taste of it (after a 24 hour break from this tea!) we made another pot. I tried sugar and some french vanilla creamer and it’s actually very good. Similiar to the idea of a chai latte. Just, not quite. I’m a little ambivalent, but no longer think it’s dirty dishwater!
I ordered this tea online, and I have to say I was really nervous to try it, since the ginger overpowered the scent. However, when brewed, this is very delicious! I find it to have a nice balance of flavors, and I like the kick the ginger gives it.
Also tried brewing this with Black Dragon Phoenix Pearls, which really brought out the chocolate.
I was feeling something chocolatey so I pulled this one out. I feel like it gets better every time I drink it (yay!) but I only have enough for one more cup left. I definitely won’t be picking up any more of this if Teavana even still sells it because it took too long to even go through this sample (I think it’s been at least 2 years…)
Definitely tasting the chocolate notes today and though I decided against adding cream this time it does have a hot chocolate feel to it. The pepper and cardamom is still pretty overwhelming and I feel like it kind of ruins the tea a bit since the rooibos and chocolate are kind of buried underneath.
Flavors: Cardamom, Chocolate, Cream, Pepper
