95 Tasting Notes
I don’t know what sort of sorcery the tea wizards worked on these little things, but they are awesome. So sweet and chocolatey and yum. I use four to a cup, but that’s because I like it a little stronger than the 2-3 Adagio recommends.
Since they are a little pricey for me, I’m glad that I can get two or three good infusions out of them. Also, I’m pretty sure it’s impossible to oversteep these; they’ve never tuned bitter on me.
It’s a lot less rosy than I thought it would be. There’s very few rose petals in the mix, and what it has are small. The taste is less rose more than it is just soft and sweet. That certainly doesn’t make it a bad tea, and the fact that it doesn’t turn bitter if you oversteep it is definitely a plus.
It’s nice if I want a subtle, mellow rose tea. If I want something that really tastes rosy, I’ll go for Adagio’s Summer Rose instead.
I love Earl Grey, and I’m usually happy to try variants thereof (lavender Earls in particular I’m a sucker for). I’ve never come across a chocolate-flavored Earl though, so I purchased a couple of samples out of curiosity. Couldn’t hurt, right?
It’s certainly a tasty tea, even if it doesn’t seem much like Earl Grey to me, since I don’t get that much bergamot. More like a chocolate tea that’s a little citrusy. In fact, as far as chocolate teas go it’s one of the better ones I’ve had.
