I am drinking this to fulfill the October sipdown prompt: a coffee tea.
My first Teecino beverage was Vanilla Nut, and it might still be my favorite. I have tried Hazelnut, Mocha, and Almond Amaretto as well.
I bought Mocha because I was expecting it to be very chocolate-y, but I didn’t find it to be so. So then I wondered if mocha means what I think it means and the answer was yes and no. Mocha CAN mean a coffee-and-chocolate flavor, like our local milkshake shop has, or it can refer to a particular type of high quality coffee.
There is carob in this so I feel like they were aiming for chocolate and coffee, but I don’t get tons of chocolate flavor. I do very much enjoy the carob and the chicory in this, and I am not at all sorry I bought it.
We always preparethese the same way – half a mug of Teecino steeped in water and half milk with two teaspoons of sugar and whipped cream on top, because this is our “treat” drink.
Also, it resteeps well, and since I am using the loose version I resteeped it last night and put it in a pitcher in the fridge to save for tonight. It was plenty strong for us. Ashman says he doesn’t think he would like it without sugar and whipped cream, but he seems to really enjoy it the way we are having it now.
