Hot Chocolate

If steeped for a short time, you get a nice chocolaty cup of tea, but the longer it steeps more pu erh weirdness comes out, giving you a dank, musty taste. I usually steep tea for the longest recommended time for the type of leaf because I prefer strong tea, but I brew this one for only 4 minutes at most.

I really like this – it’s very similar to Coffee pu’erh – take out coffee insert chocolate but the base and the texture are very similar.
Nice chocolate pu’erh. Really works for me.
Add a little chocolate cherry Baileys and it’s even better…..

Did not impress me, I’ll have to try it again soon. I did not really taste much of the chocolate flavour compared to other tea’s such as Love Tea from David’s. I’ll try a few things and rerate it. (Different times ect.)

I bought a skinny tin when it was on promotion. I think my expectations were too high for this tea – can any drink rival real hot chocolate?

I drink pu’erh all the time at Chinese restaurants, and this tea did not taste like pu’erh. However, the chocolate flavour was weak too. The overall experience improved when I mixed other things in (i.e. milk and sugar, hot chocolate mix, Chocolate Rocket or Chocolate Macaroon) but I never really liked drinking a cup of this Hot Chocolate.

I had such high hopes for this! This was a gift I got for Christmas and was so excited to try it. I love chocolate and I love tea, but this blend just didn’t work out. Maybe it’s because I’m not a huge fan of pu’erh, but this just tasted like watered down chocolate with a vague alcohol aftertaste. I ended up giving the rest of the tin to a friend who enjoyed it a bit more than me, but everyone in my family agreed that there was something off about this tea.

By far one of my favourite teas. I’ve always been a huge fan of hot chocolate, and this tea really hits the spot without all of the added calories of a normal hot chocolate. I’m a huge believer of drinking tea black to really get a feel for the flavours, and this tea is the perfect amount of chocolatey goodness. Not too sweet, but just sweet enough!

I don’t even care that this doesn’t taste EXACTLY like real hot chocolate. I can’t believe anyone would complain over something like that. If you want hot chocolate, drink it. But this tea is something else. I love the fudgy after-taste. It’s not too sweet, but still quite chocolatey. I adore it!

While chocolatey, this is not reminiscent of creamy hot chocolate – misses the mark on that note. To save yourself from disappointment, do not compare it to hot chocolate and you can appreciate the delicate sweetness and chocolate flavour of this tea. Even when steeped over a long period of time (which I accidentally do sometimes) it does not become bitter.

It’s a bit expensive and given that there are so many chocolate teas out there, this is a miss for me. It’s not a horrible tasting tea, but it’s not one I would go out and purchase again.

Took one sip and tossed it down the drain. Didn’t taste like hot chocolate and I hate pu’erh but I figured I would give it a chance because of its name.

*Update: Tried this as a tea latte as it was in the advent calendar last year. With agave as a sweetener and some milk, it is quite drinkable now.

Oh yum.

It’s been freezing here and I was in the mood for something hot – enter this tea. I made it with some milk and sugar and it was fantastic. I got lots of chocolate flavor. It was kind of thin because this is tea and not hot chocolate, but still very satisfying.