ChocoLatte Black Tea - Hazelnut Mocha

Friday Dec. 10, 2010
3rd Steep of the Day
Early Evening Need a ChocoLatte Snuggle Tea
Great on a Cold (not even winter yet) Night.
Dry tea smells Like a Hershey Candy Bar.
After a 6 Min. Steep in Boiling Water
This Black Tea give way to the dark roasted cacao flavor
Just enough to fool the Hershey Candy People.
GREAT DRINK Keep on Steepin

This isn’t as bad as I thought it would be, which might make you wonder why I tried it at all. I’m going through the teas that my in-laws have in their cupboard, and I love Kalahari’s other Chocolatte blends. They’re pretty good for you too- or at least I assume so with the combination of cacao and spices and tea. (Does drinking an infusion of cacao have similar benefits to eating it? I left the tea box in the other room.)
Anyway, it’s not disgustingly sweet at all, actually. Rather mild. It’s like any number of chocolate chais I’ve tried before, but with a less artificial overtone. I hate the chocolate flavoring used in a lot of choco teas- yeuch. This one is much more muted, which is why I can even stand it.

Yummy! This is probably the best chocolate tea I have tried thus far. It lacks that artificial taste that many have. It’s mildly complex in taste, with the hazelnut and cacao blending very well, and the spices in the blend complement those nicely. I recommend a longer steeping time to get a strong flavor; when I did it, there was basically no bitterness.

This is my personal favorite morning beverage, I take it with almond milk and honey or sugar- basically treating it like I treat my coffee. It’s got a really harmonious chord of flavors going on, totally satisfying. I recommend a long steep time to really draw out the full flavor.

I’m not normally into sweet teas, but this does have a nice flavor to it – reminds me of Theo chocolate in tea form. I don’t normally drink tea with milk either, but this would be nice with some.