One of my biggest NOPES in tea is chocolate. In my personal tastes, the worst thing that could happen to tea is to have chocolate chips dumped in. I have been and always will be a picky chocolate consumer. However, when the tea itself has a naturally chocolate essence about it, I am far more accepting of it’s nuances. I think I saved this tea for last, only because of the name.
Upon opening the package, I got a healthy whiff of tart, juicy raspberries. The chocolate was there, but it was so subtle. Brewing the tea, the aroma of the Keemun stood out to me more. The earthy, grounded smell of a good Chinese black tea. Ahh. The flavors of the chocolate and the raspberry are softer now than on the dry nose. On the first sip, I notice the raspberry first, then the dark chocolate. When I say dark chocolate, I don’t mean Hershey’s ‘Special Dark,’ I am talking about Godiva’s 86% Twilight Delight dark. It was in the background, while the tartness of the raspberry was front in center along with the bold, malty, and earthy black blend. I am so glad that this was not too fruity either! Funny how my two least favorite flavor profiles in tea (Chocolate and fruity blacks) could come together and make me really enjoy waking up to this tea!
Flavors: Dark Bittersweet, Dark Chocolate, Earth, Malt, Raspberry
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One of the things we absolutely refuse to do with our teas is to add flowers, chocolate chips, freeze dried fruit, etc. They don’t really add to the taste, can add ‘oil slicks’ to the tea, and at the end of the day, we’d have to mark up the price of our tea, albeit a small amount, to reflect these additions which add nothing, mostly, to the end result. I’m so glad you enjoyed this tea, it’s one of my favourites exactly because it is quite subtle.
That being said, we understand why a lot of tea vendors add these items, we considered it but its just not our thing.
One of the things we absolutely refuse to do with our teas is to add flowers, chocolate chips, freeze dried fruit, etc. They don’t really add to the taste, can add ‘oil slicks’ to the tea, and at the end of the day, we’d have to mark up the price of our tea, albeit a small amount, to reflect these additions which add nothing, mostly, to the end result. I’m so glad you enjoyed this tea, it’s one of my favourites exactly because it is quite subtle.
That being said, we understand why a lot of tea vendors add these items, we considered it but its just not our thing.