Tea: Mayan Chocolate Chai
Type: Black Tea
Packaging: Loose Leaf
Company: 52Teas
Purchase: Here
Description: Our Celebrated masala chai blended with natural cacao nibs, almonds, and just a touch of cayenne pepper.
Ingredients: Assam tea, ginger, cinnamon, cardamom, pink peppercorns, cacao nibs, almonds, cayenne pepper, natural and/or artificial flavors
Steep Information:
Amount: 2 tsp
Water: boiling, 12oz
Tool: kati loose tea system (my Review here.)
Steep Time: a little over 2 minutes (http://steep.it/2 minutes)
Served: Hot
Tasting Notes:
Dry Leaf Smell: nutty, chocolate, black tea, mixed spice
Steeped Tea Smell: spice
Flavor: watery peppery burn
Body: Light
Aftertaste: burning
Liquor: translucent brown
I added 2 minutes
A stronger tea, but still burning!
Post-Steep Additives: + honey
= sweeter, but still burning
Too much spice for me, but I could see people who like spice steeping this in hot coco (I never think there is enough chocolate flavor).
Reviews on Steepster
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Rating: 1/4 leaves
Leaf system:
1=Bleh! not again if it were free
2=Acceptable, if it were free or there were limited other tea options
3=I might purchase this tea from time to time, or select it while out
4=A staple in our cupboard from now on, I will purchase and keep purchasing
I received this product for free. All my reviews are as unbiased as possible, whether I buy or receive free product. I accept no other compensation other than free product.
