derk:
Smells like somebody dropped an Andes mint into dirty chai (chai with a shot of espresso), tastes kinda like a dirty chocolate chai or mexican hot chocolate but with a green tea taste and body. It sips like thin peppermint chocolate that moves into a clean, mineral-dry grass base green tea mid-mouth, then with the swallow, it’s again like that Andes mint dropped in a dirty chai. I can taste cloves – strongly – but I personally think it’s in good proportion to the chocolate. I taste a good amount of cardamom, too (I get Turkish cardamom coffee vibes!); a hint of orange zest, no ginger. The peppermint is clean and cooling in the mouth, but overall the tea is very drying. Interesting! and kind of true to the name. I like it but it’s just so drying. There’s potential with this blend. Wish I had some koulourakia to dip. It’s your basic Greek butter cookie that people have with coffee.
Kiki:
“Hmmmm. Is that clooove? hehehe It smells like some Greek cookies baking in the oven. sips, does a double take HA!! that was a surprise! ooh. It kinda smells like some incense. Yeah that’s a surprise! Am I getting a little chocolate in taste, some carob or something? I’m getting the clove flavor – numbs your mouth. Smells like my grandma’s medicine cabinet. Is it carob and peppermint? I get like a Tootsie Pop, uh chocolate pop and then a c-cool one. Maybe it’s mint chocolate, I dunno.”
For the record, the package I received was labelled Mint Chocolate Chip with less ingredients but it’s definitely the Mint Chocolate Chai on the website.
Flavors: Artificial, Candy, Cardamom, Chocolate, Clove, Coffee, Cookie, Dry Grass, Drying, Earth, Medicinal, Mineral, Orange Zest, Peppermint
Great comparison!