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mtchyg drank Chocolate Rocket by DAVIDsTEA

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I am sampling this before I serve it to everyone at my tea book club tomorrow night. I’ve only had one or two mate teas before this one and I’ve always came away feeling a bit let down.

I did a heaping TBSP of this into my teapot with about 10 oz of water. Steeped it at 185 for 5 minutes. First thing is that I love the smell of the dry leaves. Very aromatic. The smell of the tea liquor is VERY much a chocolate dipped raspberry. The taste still has the chocolate there though the upfront flavor is tangy raspberry. There might be a bit of a nutty undertone as well.

Either way, this is a good tea and I’m sure my book club base is going to really enjoy this. SuperStarling!, if you are reading this, I think you would also enjoy it.

Flavors: Chocolate, Dark Chocolate, Nutty, Raspberry, Tangy

Preparation

185 °F / 85 °C 5 min, 0 sec 2 tsp 10 OZ / 295 ML

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Super Starling!
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I actually HAVE tried it and I do like it! And I always read your reviews. TEA BROS FOR LIFE.

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Super Starling!
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I actually HAVE tried it and I do like it! And I always read your reviews. TEA BROS FOR LIFE.

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:) Awesome

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Michigander, Husband, father of three, lover of tea, books, nature, gardening, and passion. Stay at home dad currently. Previously a preschool teacher.

I have now completed some tea swaps and I am so totally up for swapping! What a cool way to connect with fellow tea lovers and try some new teas. My tea cupboard on here is woefully out of date though.

Black tea has been my go to tea for some time. Oolongs are good too but mainly roasty oolongs. I’m finding that there are some green and white teas (mostly Moonlight Whites) that impress me lately which they never used to do. I am getting into and developing a taste for Pu-erh. I have tried raw and my Ulcerative Colitis just can’t handle the roughness of it. So I stick to ripe Puerh. I am recently drinking more herbal tea or Rooibos especially STRONG ginger blends. I’m not too picky.

Some of my favorite places from which to purchase tea are Whispering Pines Tea Co, Verdant, A Quarter to Tea, Beautiful Taiwan Tea Co, Bitterleaf Tea, and Yunnan Sourcing.

Rating system:
90-100: Some of the best I’ve ever had. I’d be a fool not to keep it stocked as often as possible
80-89: A damn good tea. Not to be missed
70-79: A good tea but lacks the wow factor. More than likely a simple tea that could be an every day option
60-69: Eh. This is okay. Not swill by any means but fairly underwhelming.
50-59: Not really doing it for me. I’ll finish it but please don’t bring me any more.
Below 50: Life is too short to waste on things such as this

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Lansing, Michigan

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