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So I ended making my only sample of this tea bag for someone else but tried it. I assumed I wouldn’t like it but ended quite liking it which was unfortunate since it still went to my friend. I got this tea bag from a family member who received it on a European cruise.

Dry bag: smells fruity like marionberries

taste: fruity with a hint of rose flavor, after all it does come from a rose. Slightly tart but easily fixed with some honey.
The color brews up this beautiful color that reminds me of hibiscus or beets. Would make a lovely lip stain!

Not much to say about this tea….
Dry Leaf: Smells very strong like Cinnamon oil.

Brewed: No peach flavor to be found, mellow cinnamon flavor, and a hint of licorice root. I also taste some ginger, the predominant flavor is ginger with some light cinnamon notes. I like the taste of medicinal teas a lot but this one hardly has any taste at all and was extremely disappointing. Would not recommend or repurchase.

This came in my Pukka sampler
I didn’t add anything to this cup of tea. I actually think any additives would overpower the flavor. Flavor wise I can taste the Licorice root but it’s very light, but I can also taste the Chamomile which is surprising since licorice root is usually always overpowering. I think I’m also tasting the oat straw quite a bit. The valerian root is there but very subtle. The only ingredient I can’t seem to taste is the lavender which is disappointing. It’s not a bad tea but I definitely prefer CS Sleepytime or Chamomile flavorwise over this tea. This tea is also about six dollars more than the CS teas because it’s organic.

This is my third attempt at trying to bring out the chocolate flavor in this tea. I was so desperate that I actually added regular milk to it and regular sugar! If I add something to tea it’s always soy milk, Stevia, honey, or half and half. So hopefully that shows you how much I wanted this tea to live up to it’s name. I’ve never been a big fan of chocolate or chocolate teas but lately have been getting more into it.

Dry leaf: The smell is so rich and luscious reminding me of a chocolate truffle. This is what made me buy this tea to begin with.

Brewed: There is no chocolate to be found. This tastes like a decent black tea with milk and sugar but is far from special. I would not buy it again. Not much else to say about this tea. It is definitely a nice tea but doesn’t have that oomph of chocolate to call it a flavored tea.

I’m starting to think that this tea would work better as chocolate potpourri than chocolate tea. I have about enough tea left for one more cup.

Really enjoyed this today, it was brewed at a lower strength so the minty flavor was very enjoyable. I was just about to make a cup of this tea but when I walked into the kitchen my grandmother already had just poured her water, she just added more water, and then once our cups were almost done my grandfather wanted some so he poured some lukewarm water in…. This is the only type of tea that he will drink. So overall the brewing process was a mess, but I definitely need to try and recreate the strength of this cup because I am not a fan of mint teas and this turned out to be the perfect strength for me.

Last tea bag in the box so it’s a Sipdown.
(tasting notes after Rant):
So I seem to really enjoy licorice flavored teas if they are blended with a bunch of other spices. Another one of my favorites is Stash’s Licorice Spice tea. Unfortunately licorice can be very overpowering and for some stupid reason it’s added to fruit teas etc. and you can only taste the licorice. They also do this with lemongrass and hibiscus.
Tasting Notes: the dry teabag smells very sweet, like licorice and fennel.
The flavor is the same as the smell of the dry tea bag when brewed. This tea is great when you sick and great when your not, it’s definitely not for everyone though.

I’ve said this in other posts but This tea came from the Pukka tea Sampler on Amazon, I was really bummed that most of the ones I wanted to try that were in the photo did not come but others came instead.
I was very nervous about this tea as I abhor lemon teas but figured I’d give this one a try since it has ginger in it. I was pleasantly surprised.
Flavor: The ginger is coming through slightly stronger than the lemon but does not overpower it, the manuka honey gives it the perfect amount of sweetness. so this tea needs no additives. All of the flavors are coming through nicely for me, this tea is far from exciting but I might consider buying it for the health benefits if it was on sale. Pukka teas tend to run about nine dollars a box. For someone who wants a strong flavor this may not be the tea for you. Overall it reminds me of Lemon ginger infused water.