Chocolate Toffee Black Tea from 52Teas

52teas-Chocolate-ToffeeTea Information:

Leaf Type:  Black

Where to Buy:  Zoomdweebies

Tea Description:

Here’s our premium black teas blended with cacao nibs, marigold petals and organic chocolate and toffee flavors. This is a rich, decadent treat.

Learn more about this blend here.

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Taster’s Review:

Oh yum!  Yum, yum, yum!

Well, I had no doubt whatsoever that I’d enjoy this blend.  Chocolate and Toffee in a tea?  Oh, yes, please!  And I’m happy to say that the chocoholic in me is even satisfied with the level of chocolate-y-ness in this blend.  Oh, sure, more chocolate WOULD be better but I’m quite happy with what I’m tasting.

I brewed this in my Breville One-Touch, measuring 2 bamboo scoops into the basket and adding 500ml of water to the jug.  Then I set the temperature for 205°F and the time for 2 1/2 minutes.  This produced a very delicious cup – well, actually, I fill my favorite mug twice with the 500ml of brewed tea – and bonus!  The Breville keeps the tea warm for me.  No tea cozy needed.

The black tea base is prominent and that just may be why I find this tea so enjoyable.  I like it when I taste the tea base of a blend (especially when it’s actually TEA and not rooibos or honeybush.)  The black tea here is a solid, full-flavored tea.  It tastes rich and there is a hint of malt to it and this complements the toffee notes.  This is a bold enough tea that this would make a really nice first cup of the day.  (A little treat for breakfast?)  There is some astringency to this, but I’m not finding it to be a strong astringency.  It falls somewhere between very mild and moderate.

The chocolate notes are really nice here.  As I said, I’d love to have more chocolate, but I find that the level of chocolate to be good here.  I think that’s because there is a really good proportion of flavors.  The black tea is the most prominent flavor, with the chocolate and toffee notes standing at about equal levels – maybe just a little more chocolate than toffee.

The toffee is sweet and buttery.  The combination of the chocolate and the toffee here is incredibly decadent.  This may just be one of Frank’s best “confectionery” type of teas yet.  This is really yum.  It reminds me a lot of a gourmet chocolate toffee candy like these from Valerie Confections, all that’s missing is that crunch.  And these might even be a little bit BETTER because there’s also tea.  And tea always makes things better.

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