I tried this hot. I enjoyed this blend! I love refreshing flavours, so peppermint and spearmint are definitely some of my favourite herbal tea blends. This smells very minty, with the slightest hint of chocolate.
I would say this tea tastes expensive and fresh. Obviously, I think that is because Deb does not use any artificial flavourings in her tea. I even took a bite of the chocolate pieces and the cacao nibs, and they tasted like organic, antioxidant-rich chocolates I would eat when I was on my health kick!
The mint is very strong in this one, which I love. I would say the chocolate is more so in the background as opposed to being a prominent note.
I also liked that the rooibos in this blend was in the background. In fact, it does not taste like rooibos at all! I would have never guessed it was in here (which I like, since I am not a huge fan of rooibos teas).
Although I enjoyed this tea, my one piece of constructive criticism would be that it needs more chocolate. Mint is a strong flavour, so I think adding additional chocolate would have amplified this tea so much more!
But overall, I liked it. It was simple and refreshing.
Flavors: Dark Chocolate, Mint
Oh no! I’m sorry to hear you didn’t enjoy this one. I actually really liked it – though I felt like it needed more chocolate chips to balance out the strong minty notes. But I could see myself re-ordering this one in the future.
I just saw the flyer! :) The ones I see myself ordering are the earl grey sugar cookie, earl’s sugar cookie, and cookie butter! Which ones piqued your interest?
I think the strong spearmint is needed to cut through the milk when made as an iced latte so it balances that out a bit. Plus I guess spearmint is more “cool” which helps sell the ice cream
@VariaTEA, I read your last review and you said you tried most of these teas as an iced latte. Do you feel like that amplified the flavour of the teas? Also, how do you prepare your iced lattes? Did you add any sweetners? What type of milk did you use (dairy, non-dairy) Thank you! :)
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@Silent Kettle – its hard to say if it amplified the flavor or not since most I ONLY had as an iced latte. And I prepare them by steeping double the amount of tea (i.e. if a 16 oz cup usually calls for 2 perfect spoons which is 3 regular teaspoons, I use 4 perfect spoons) in about 4 oz of water per steeping recommendations. That makes a tea concentrate which I pour into a 16 oz glass filled 2/3 of the way with ice. I then top up the glass with 1 or 2% milk until full. Sometimes I add syrups, whipped cream, sprinkles, etc. but I don’t actually add sweeteners to the tea itself. That’s because I don’t add sweeteners to any of my teas usually.
@VariaTEA thank you so much! <3 I will try some of Deb’s teas iced next time! :)