This was a surprising one for me! I noticed that some Steepster users recommend this tea as having great chocolate flavor, so I was expecting it to become my new favorite chocolate tea. And like many of Lupicia’s flavored blacks, it’s smooth and sweet and delicious. But to me, at least, it has a very specific flavor of chocolate. Mostly it smells and tastes like cocoa powder. And while it’s very sweet, it also has a kind of nut-flavored quality? I’m not exactly sure how to describe it.
I’ve tasted Lupicia’s chocolate before, in their Chocolate Strawberry Pu’er. At the time, I thought the nutty taste was from the pu’er, not the chocolate. But as it turns out, that’s part of Lupicia’s chocolate flavor. It’s not bad at all; it still makes for a delightful cup of tea. Very rich and sweet, and it smells delicious. I plan to experiment with this one, try adding sugar and milk to see what it brings to the flavors.
But overall, I think I might prefer my chocolate teas to be more on the aromatic side, instead of having a lot of powdery chocolate flavor. I also seem to like a stronger black tea (to the point that it’s a little bitter). So far, Adagio’s Chocolate tea is my favorite among the chocolate teas I’ve tried. That being said, Adagio’s Chocolate Chip (also delicious!) seems to be more highly recommended, and the Chocolate is generally rated lower on their website. So I think my preferences in chocolate tea might be a little unusual!
