652 Tasting Notes
Sipdown!
I had a bit too much for one cup but less than 2 left so I made a really potent mug of this.
It’s probably the closest you can get to drinking hot chocolate as a tea. It brews up very murky and potent, and I definitely added milk, very chocolatey. I enjoyed this.
The cinnamon was a nice touch but not overwhelming, as I don’t love cinnamon in tea.
I am sure I can resteep this because I used so many “leaves” for one cup.
I wonder if DT still makes it…. I’m not sure if i would buy more anytime soon but it made for a good chocolate tea, I mean literally, this is a chocolate tea!
Very satisfying to drink.
One more tea gone!
I don’t dare count my teas, because I like to stay in the dark about how dangerous this obsession actually is for my cupboard space and my wallet!
It’s hilarious that I’m reviewing this now, because I’m pretty sure it’s been at least two years (perhaps 3) since DT stopped making it. So you’ve correctly deduced that I’m currently drinking some old-ass tea!
I had fallen in love with this back when I first discovered the exciting new world of dessert teas, when DT opened in my city. I thought this was amazing. I was seriously pissed when they discontinued this one and the chocolate cake tea in favor of keeping birthday cake. Birthday Cake, the nasty rooibos tea that I couldn’t get past….I haven’t had it in years, but that was my opinion then.
So, I’ve been hoarding my small packet of this ever since, my precioussssssssss! Hoarding, but not actually drinking, which I realize now is stupid. The tea gets worse with age, not better. I can’t honestly tell you that age has ruined what I have left of this, it’s been sealed in its zippy bag all this time…. But I also can’t tell you that I’m enjoying this cup. ‘Cause I’m not.
Why would anyone think that ice cream cake would make a good tea flavor? How can you ever replicate that?! No wonder they stopped making it. It’s like drinking liquid chemicals, which I imagine that’s mostly what it is anyway. I would not be surprised if the deliciousness has faded with time, but I suspect this is more or less the perfect nutshell example of how far my tea tastes have come in the last few years.
Also a lesson that hoarding tea is pointless, how can you enjoy it if you don’t drink it? Then you try, but it’s old and disappointing.
I can taste a suggestion of ice cream cake, but honestly man, if I want ice cream or ice cream cake, there’s no way I’m going to pretend to talk myself into thinking a cup of fake flavored tea would take care of the craving.
I even put some milk in this to add some creaminess. It’s not terrible, but I don’t even feel compelled to keep my last little bit. There are way better teas to drink!
I’ve got about enough of this left for 2 cups I think, so if any dessert tea fans out there are curious and just want to try this for fun, it’s yours! Just let me know!
Goodbye, ice cream cake tea. You represent everything I used to love. When I was young and innocent.
I’m so bad with hoarding, even though I know I shouldn’t. I want to save teas for bad days haha.
Yeah I’m really bad for the hoarding too. I’ve got a few teas that are easily 3+ years old including this one and the Chocolate cake. I’m so scared to drink a few of them ‘cause I know I’ll never get them again and I can’t bring myself to say goodbye. haha And there’s a few that I can’t stomach so they sit in there until I either give them away or decide I’m okay to toss them. I’ve had to throw out a lot in the past ‘cause I knew they just weren’t going anywhere…
I’m trying to go through my stash now and either drink or give away or toss everything I’ve been clinging to…no point keeping it!
Another tea hoarder here… I know I should drink up my discontinued favorites, but I have an incredibly hard time going through with it.
whatshesaid since reading your mention about going through your stash, I think you’ve inspired me to do the same. I have a few off the top of my head I know I can get rid of and not even miss.
greenteafairy I feel the EXACT same way.
Yeah it’s a good time of the year to “Spring clean” your tea stash!!
I actually just steeped up the last cup of a discontinued tea I’ve been hoarding. Thanks for the nudge whatshesaid.
If we don’t do it, they’ll just sit there, sadly stagnating forever in our cupboards
I can’t believe there’s rooibos in this. I think I talked myself into the idea that I hate rooibos on account of some bad, hay-like, medicinal tasting rooibos teas that I’ve tried in the past…. Even though there are a few I like, mostly the lemon/lime ones from Della Terra. Anyway to me this is mostly green. Green and caramel. And yum.
I still like it. I have two small tins and I am happy about that!
As far as green caramels go, not that I was ever technically ON the hunt for such a thing, but if I had been, the hunt would be over.
Flavors: Caramel
Still an old favorite of mine. I had bought it blind from Kusmi, and didn’t regret it. I do love bergamot. I find it interesting how I’m just noticing now how similar this is to Harney and Son’s Paris tea, which I also love. I will have to do a taste test sometime. At the very least a sniff test, once my sick little nose is back to operating at 100%.
You know how sometimes it seems like you search and search for something and it ends up being right under your nose the entire time? Like, a really good caramel black tea?
Yeah. I made this to take into the movies with me yesterday, and couldn’t believe how tasty it was.
I remember being super underwhelmed when I first tried it because at the time I was looking for super extreme flavoring, but now that I’ve refined my tastes a bit (great success!), I realize that I truly enjoy this tea.
It’s pretty delicious. Subtle. Sweet caramel flavoring and a tea base that seemingly can’t be ruined, because I’m pretty sure I let it steep for quite awhile. A nice rich liquor that stood up next to my milk and said “I shall not be overcome!”
It was good. I’m sad I swapped so much of this away back in the day, I might just have to suck it up and do another Kusmi order at some point (I hate paying stupid shipping fees but what can you do when you live in a shoe Canada??)
Bumping my rating up from 76. Such a happy ending to a tea story!
Have I never reviewed this?!
eta yes! I have. So why is there no way to automatically see your own review of a tea you’re about to review again?!
This was my all time fave when DT first opened in my city. It’s the perfect blend of flavours for me. I’m pleased to report I’m still a fan. I had two strong mugs of this today, I could almost even taste it at times (thanks peppermint!)
I restock this one every Christmas. Totally worth it. It’s comforting, flavored but not too much so, and still simple. I love it with milk, or even without.
It brews up to be a great dark tea, with a deep, rich liquor. Holds its own with milk.
My cuppa tea!
Flavors: Vanilla
Got my sample in the mail today and had a mug of this earlier. Just made it as a hot latte following the parameters recommended.
It’s really good.
I’m going to have to start reviewing in depth so I can get a discount in order to fund more matcha that I otherwise can’t really afford right now. Unless babies can drink matcha? Haha. I KID, obviously.
