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drank Chocolate Orange Slice by Della Terra Teas
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In addition to Butiki’s Three Friends, this is the chocolate-orange tea I most often see on my dash, so I wanted to try it out.

The scent of the dry tea has a tang that balances precariously between candied orange peel and artificial orange – it can’t quite make up its mind. Brewed, it gains a dimension of chalkiness – I’d say this is a recurring problem with chocolate-flavoured anything, but in this case it’s a little too present to be agreeable.

When it comes to the flavour, though, it’s surprisingly good at first – I would definitely eat this if it were a cakey or steamed pudding-y dessert. The chalkiness comes back in the aftertaste, however – not quite with a vengeance, but it’s undeniably there, accompanied by the half-candied, half-artificial orange.

For the second time today, hence, I conclude that chocolate teas aren’t really for me.

Thanks for sharing, KittyLovesTea!

[Sample from the second round of the EU Travelling Box, spring 2014.]
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Ysaurella
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Chocolate teas are not among my top list neither. Finding a very good one is rare and I appreciate to have found some like Thé du Loup and wedding Impérial

Ysaurella
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and celebration ! :)

Anna
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See, Wedding Impérial is perfection, in my opinion – but that’s not a chocolate to me, as much as it is a malt.

Ysaurella
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it’s a caramelly chocolate tea ;)

Anna
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Yeah, it’s WI’s fault I started trying chocolate teas again – but it has to be that kind of cocoa-esque, deep, dark, malty chocolate… and it’s the only one I’ve found. Not that I need another, now that I have WI. <3

cteresa
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There is also American Breakfast… I love American Breakfast, for me it is a chocolate tea, though I think supposedly it has no chocolate (though seriously, it HAS to have).

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Ysaurella
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Chocolate teas are not among my top list neither. Finding a very good one is rare and I appreciate to have found some like Thé du Loup and wedding Impérial

Ysaurella
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and celebration ! :)

Anna
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See, Wedding Impérial is perfection, in my opinion – but that’s not a chocolate to me, as much as it is a malt.

Ysaurella
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it’s a caramelly chocolate tea ;)

Anna
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Yeah, it’s WI’s fault I started trying chocolate teas again – but it has to be that kind of cocoa-esque, deep, dark, malty chocolate… and it’s the only one I’ve found. Not that I need another, now that I have WI. <3

cteresa
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There is also American Breakfast… I love American Breakfast, for me it is a chocolate tea, though I think supposedly it has no chocolate (though seriously, it HAS to have).

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I’m going to try all the teas.

Then I will choose a lucky few perfect specimens, and we will live happily together in my tea cupboard.

Forever.

* *

2015

This will be a year of in-betweenness and logistics. Where to put the teas. How to arrange the teas. Which teas to replenish – which ones to say goodbye to.

Still doing Project Green.
Still doing Project Jasmine.
Still doing Project Peach.

Dr. Tea is the name, I’m ahead of my game
still, steeping my leafs, still f*ck with the temps
still not loving Assam (uh-huh)
still rock my Bosch kettle with its high-pitched shriek
still got love for the greens, repping Lupicia
still the cup steams, still doing my thang
since I left, ain’t too much changed, still

(With apologies to Mr. Young.)

2014

This year, all bets are off. I am going to drink both peppermint and chamomile and possibly suffer a little. But it’s okay – it’s for science.

I’m doing Project Jasmine, Project Peach and Project Unflavoured Green.

In terms of flavoured teas, Lupicia and Mariage Frères have become my massive favourites, and I have learned that Dammann Frères/Fauchon/Hédiard and Butiki aren’t really for me.

The O Dor, Adagio and Comptoir des thés et des épices are all on this year’s I’d like to get to know you better list.

2013

Getting back into tea drinking last fall, I was all about rooibos. This past spring has been all green tea, all the time, with some white additions over the summer. Currently attempting a slow, autumnal graduation to black teas. Oolongs are always appropriate.

The constant for me, flavour wise, is the strong presence of fruity and floral notes. Vanilla is lush, as long as it’s not artificial. Peach, berries, mango. Cornflower, rose, lavender.

No peppermint.

No chamomile.

No cinnamon.

Ever.

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My ratings don’t reflect the ‘What does this tea do for me?’ standard, but rather my own ‘What would I do for this tea?’ scale.

100-90
My absolute favourites. Teas I would travel for – or, in any case, pay exuberant postage for, because they simply have to be in my cupboard. Generally multi-faceted teas with complex scents and flavours. Teas with personality. Tricky teas.

89-80
Teas I wouldn’t hesitate to buy again if and when I came across them. Tea purchases I would surreptitiously weave into a travel itinerary (Oh! A Lupicia store! Here?! My word!).

79-70
Teas I enjoyed, but don’t necessarily need to make any kind of effort to buy again.

69-0
Varying degrees of disinterest and contempt.

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