I think this is one of those times where the pun in a tea name and the flavour concept are both so good that it makes you go “well, what else could it have possibly been”!? So, I was pretty stoked for this one…
The dry leaf smell was polarizing in our office. I really liked it and felt like there was something about the chocolate and strawberry combination that reminded me a ton of freeze dried “astronaut ice cream” but a couple poeple in the office felt like the strawberry was sort of sour in an off-putting way. I couldn’t see it, though.
Steeped up I wasn’t exactly disappointed as I did really enjoy the flavour. However, it was pretty much just a very pleasant chocolate covered strawberry taste to me with some maltiness from the black tea base and a really nice level of body. I didn’t get vanilla or really much in the way of cream/ice cream. That said, I think it’s one of the nicer chocolate teas I’ve had in a while. Definitely a more “euro” chocolate note with a lot of inherent fruitiness and less density/richness than we’re accustomed to here in North America, but the fact it’s paired with the strawberry makes it work IMO.