Chocolate Rocket

I tried this one a year ago when I was new to David’s and I must have got a bad bag or something because man did I hate it. It tasted like I was licking burnt trees.

Fast forward to today when I retried it. I don’t know if this time maybe I actually read the directions, or got a better sample, or what happened, but no burnt trees. Actual raspberry flavour. A cup of tea I could finish. Wow! I don’t hate this anymore! Two mates in one day which don’t make me want to toss my cup. I’m going to have to change my preferences for the next tea exchange, now, aren’t I?

Chocolate Rocket… What do I make of thee?….

I put some of the dry tea in my steepster earlier planning on making a cup of tea before my oldest came home from her homework “play-date”. Never managed to add the water, and when my girlfriend dropped her off she decided to stay for some tea with me :) so I made some Chocolate Rocket lattes (again I’m on a definite tea latte kick).

While the tea was steeping we were discussing the smell – and I thought I was getting a definite cherry aroma ?! and my girlfriend agreed :o

Then I made the lattes, we had our first sips…. and divine is all I can say! We both found the raspberry flavour that is mentioned! The Chocolate Rocket Latte was definitely good to the last drop :D

Just resteeped the leaves for a second, albeit a naked cup of tea this time. The raspberry is very mild now as with the other flavours…. was definitely a more pronounced taste in the first steeping. Still very happy with the taste, and am going to enjoy this cup while going over a friends FB commentary on women and flirting :)

It’s that kind of day when a little bit of extra caffeine can go a long way. And unfortunately, my tin of this is empty, but I still have a few little reserves of this lying around (a small tin from a sampler, and a sample from one of my last DT online orders).

I love the richness of this tea. The chocolate and raspberry and almond and roasted flavours work together very well, and it’s woodsy and rich and… good. It does oversteep, though, so I’ve learned to be careful about that. It’s also definitely best hot, though I don’t mind it cooled down — it’s just better when it’s hot.

Overall, this is my go-to “get going” tea, and if not for the fact that I’m trying to get rid of things from my too-large collection, I’d probably be running out and buying another large tin of it sometime soon.

Sooooo much better than Jumpy Monkey (my first maté). The first whiff of this stuff in the bag reminds me of nail polish for some reason, but then the raspberries and chocolate kick in and it’s quite nice! It tastes like how I would imagine a good chocolate tea should taste like. Not overly sweet or fake-tasting chocolate, and I love how it works with the maté. The raspberries are nice but they don’t seem to last through a second steeping. Overall, I will definitely keep this around for when I work evening and graveyard shifts. Just enough kick to get me through the night, since coffee (my love) dehydrates the hell out of me when I work nights (for some reason).

I think the raspberries hit more on this one so it’s not crazy intense on the chocolate. I think this is a good mix overall, not too sure how much i like mate teas yet as this is the second one i’ve ever tasted. Overall it’s pretty alright even though I think I oversteeped my cup..

I’m a little wary of maté blends because of the whole stimulant thing (I like them, but don’t have one very often), but I was feeling particularly blah and decided I’d try this one to up the energy level a little. And oh my god, the chocolate raspberry taste I got from this was DIVINE. I think I might stock this when my honeydew maté (yes, from the spring collection, I have been hoarding it!) runs out.

I enjoy this tea as a mate and as a coffee replacement. I keep wanting to try other mates but I can’t quite part with my chocolate rocket. A wonderful morning pick-me-up as a standalone tea or with this perfectly grown-up dinosaur egg oatmeal I fancy. It took a while to grow on me but now it has successfully implanted itself on my heart like a vestigial limb.

This is another tea that had to grow on me. I first tried it with the starter kit and liked it, but wasn’t sure on it. I like the chocolate and raspberry taste to it.
I decided to buy some more when I wandered into a store and found a 100g tin.
I have no idea if I will ever pronounce ‘Mate’ right.
It will definitely be on my shopping list when I start to run low.

I’m pretty wary of stimulants and caffeine in general, but I’m still giving this a try. Hopefully it doesn’t make me too crazy..

Flavour wise, it doesn’t taste as fruity as it smells. It almost smells sickly sweet, but the taste is a nice nutty sweetness.

I like this one a lot, although like I said, I probably won’t have it too often due to the stimulant effect..

i prefer this tea from the first steep versus the second because i enjoy robust flavour. to be honest i didn’t much taste almonds, the strongest flavours in the first steep were chocolate and raspberry, in the second steep raspberry and mate. both times a very fruity tea.

quite nice, overall. it will do nicely as dessert!