Peanut Butter Cup

Sip Down & Backlog

I brewed the remainder of this on Monday. I made myself a massive mug with the remaining 4 tsp of PBC. I let this sit in the cup for 10 minutes and never took the sachet from the mug as I topped off the cuppa. I love this blend and it’s sad that the reception isn’t too high. I understand that the chocolate is weak, but hot dang does it taste peanut buttery! That’s the main event in a peanut butter cup, anyway. I love to dip a spoon into a jar now and then, whenever I have a sweet tooth. Not often, but probably more than most folks. This was a fairly good cup and would buy more.

It sure ain’t Reese’s!

I love chocolate and peanut butter together, so when I spotted this tea, I just had to try it! It’s tasty, but disappointing. It was a bit like drinking watery hot chocolate. I would rather eat my peanut butter cups along side a different kind of tea.

While my favorite Girl Scout cookie is Samoas, I’ve really gone gangbusters on clearing out all my coconut teas, so for the sipdown prompt “tea with a flavor note/ingredient from a favorite Girl Scout cookie,” I’m going with my second favorite, Tagalongs.

This tea reminds me a lot of a tea I really loved that TeaSource used to carry called “Chocolate Stout.” I’m guessing that tea was discontinued by whatever wholesaler produced it, as I haven’t been able to find it anywhere anymore.

Both this tea and Chocolate Stout have a strong sweet apple/cocoa flavor for the base, while Chocolate Stout edged a little more into chocolate liquor territory, and this one veers into nutty territory. I actually do taste peanut butter from the nutty flavor notes, but that may be because it is quite sweet and paired along with the chocolate. I’m really enjoying it!

Smells exactly like a peanut butter cup! But missing the chocolate flavor which makes me sad and honestly the peanut flavor is also very subtle

Advent Calendar Day 14

This smells EXACTLY like a Reese’s peanut butter cup, but the flavor isn’t living up to the aroma for me. It’s a very smooth, light flavor, with some nuttiness and also, unexpectedly, a fruity note…apples, maybe? Amanda sent a very generous sample, so I’m going to try this again with milk and maybe some sweetener to see if I can coax out some of that delicious chocolatey flavor I’m smelling!

I absolutely love this as a decadent treat. Steeped directly in oat milk on the stove…with a Lindt truffle melted into the cup. SO GOOD. It’s one of my go-tos when I’m craving something rich and decadent.

Hmmmm… interesting. This was much tastier when hot and has lost a lot while cooling over an entire Ghibli movie. It still smells good with peanut butter and chocolate. I can still taste it too, but there is a flatness to it, almost alkaline, now that it’s cold. I might try resteeping and drinking it all while hot.

Actually tastes like peanut butter and chocolate. Very cozy.

This tea was a creamy delight. From the peanut butter smell to the smooth taste. I very much enjoyed this tea.
I tasted the peanut butter, a little bit of chocolate. It was not a peanut taste, it was definitely a peanut butter taste and that is strange because I had always considered the flavors to be very similar but after tasting this tea, I feel like I can understand the complexities of the difference between peanuts and peanut butter.
I would say I taste less chocolate than in a traditional peanut butter cup, but I would not change that about the tea.
I am still learning about teas however I was surprised this was an herbal blend. It had a lighter taste than a black tea would have, I think it really brought out the peanut butter without weighing down the tea.

This is a tea I hope to enjoy for a long time.

This one gets nothing but bad reviews, but it was on sale, and I was intrigued, so I grabbed some anyway. I preemptively doubled the amount of leaf I usually use and steeped it for like 20 minutes to make sure I’d get some flavor out of it. The smell is totally peanut butter. It tastes similar to a smores tea I had a few years ago. The apple adds a bit of sourness to the end of the sip that doesn’t fit, but the rest of the sip is decent. It’s not really peanut butter, but something vaguely chocolatey. I added milk after drinking half the cup, and that was nice, but go easy with it since these flavors can be easily overwhelmed. So what do I think of this tea? It’s okay! I guess I’m kind of craving more. There are definitely better chocolate teas, but I am certainly interested in trying other peanut butter teas if there are more! I also partially filled the cup with water and got a nice second steep.