Nature's Own Factory

Oh wow. That’s good. Better than the cocoa nib buckwheat tea? Maybe so.

Thanks, g. I needed this.

<3

I received a sample of this in the mail today, with gmathis inviting me to have an imaginary tea party with her! I emailed that we would have tea and shortbread cookies (y’all, try the Keebler Cranberry Almond Sandies if you like shortbread!) at 7:30 pm EST.

Ashman and I enjoyed this, and Ashman was particularly jonesing over the pot as it steeped. Not sure if he just wanted cookies that badly or loved the smell of the tea, but he insisted on giving me notes. He says, “very organic tasting, is it corn I taste? It’s mild, I like mild tea. This is good.” Then he pretended he didn’t want the last cookie until I told him I was full and had intentionally set out three for him and two for me and to have at it.

The coconut is smooth and creamy/oily. It doesn’t smack you in the face like some overpowering coconut I have had in teas.

Thank you, gmathis, for a fun evening tea party!

I can’t believe I forgot about this one. My little bag of buckwheat goodness is about to celebrate a birthday, so it’s time to finish and enjoy it. However, it’s held up well and still tastes like church kid cookies—I pulled up my old note and we had a lovely conversation about it then.

Nature’s Own Factory does not appear to have restocked its cocoa grist version, which is a shame. I wonder if a homemade version with plain buckwheat tea and cocoa nibs would be a fair substitute.

Although the package says this will take a second or third steep, the angle of decline is kind of sharp. However, I like this coconut-cookie blend so much, to prolong the love, I tossed in a decaf Ty-Phoo tea bag. Result: Vanilla Comoro’s hippie stepsister. Not bad!

Added extra time and milk. Sugar Cookie Sleigh Ride, you’ve got competition this season!

Oh, y’all…remember the buckwheat tea with cocoa grist many of us were raving about because it tasted like chocolate chip cookies? I found its BFF rounding out an Amazon order to get free shipping.

Rewind to the 70’s in the church fellowship hall at snack time between choir and Mission Friends. “Grandma” Bacon (kool-aid and cookies were her love language) would have our cups and napkins lined up, and on the napkins were crispy packaged coconut-sugar cookies. I can’t remember the brand for the life of me. This tea is those cookies and her smile. If I’d let it go an extra minute (4 instead of the recommended 3) and added milk, this tea would be those cookies and her hugs.

This was a gift from derk, thank you so much!

Some rain has finally pushed in this morning, causing me to brew my first cup of hot tea in months. I enjoy plain mugicha, so I’ve been looking forward to this!

I’m surprised how strongly I can smell the cocoa on the nose. It’s sweet, like chocolate chip cookies on a cooling rack. It really comes through in the taste, too! I was expecting that strong, roasty, coffee-esque flavor of the barley with maybe a chocolately background hint, but instead I’m getting gooey chocolate chips and sweet dough with crispy cooked edges. There is something a little peanutty about the flavor too, reminding me of soba tea.

It’s not what my brain was expecting, but it’s delicious! Tastes more like chocolate chip cookies than any tea I’ve ever had before specifically titled as such.

mmmm… of course I love this one.  Thanks so much, Kawaii433!  Other Steepsterers have not been wrong about this one!  I knew I loved buckwheat… it’s a fantastic flavor change from a usual nighttime tea. BUT THEN added with anything chocolate flavored!  That is amazing stuff.  The buckwheat itself is somehow a complex flavored thing — I swear each sip is different as it moves around my tastebuds.  And the chocolate just mixes perfectly with it.  However, I think it would be even better with cocoa shells than cocoa nibs.  I could always remedy that though, and add my own cocoa shells.
Steep #1 //  1 1/4 teaspoons for a full mug // 10 minutes after boiling // 2 minute steep
Steep #2 //   just boiled // many minute steep (10+?)

Kawaii433 introduced me to this ‘buckwheat tea drink’. I hope you’re well, tea friend.

Good buckwheat and cocoa aroma with no added flavoring. Thin but creamy and easy to drink, gulpable once cooled. Hits the spot when I want something sweet and desserty but light. I’m gonna say this tastes like a chocolate digestive biscuit.

Perhaps we in the United States will never see this Russian company’s offerings again. That would sadden me as this is fun little hot beverage.

Kawaii must’ve gone back in time to hijack an Aloha Airlines plane to use their cookie oven and then piloted the plane through a portal above Mt Shasta only to end up in my kitchen 4 hours and 30 minutes south down I-5 with a pan full of warm chocolate chip cookies that turned into a mug of tea as she disappeared before my eyes with arms full of smiling kitties.

Really, you shouldn’t have!!

2tsp:10oz, 212F, 5+ min

A little sample of this came my way from ashmanra (thank you kindly)! I’ve never tried buckwheat tea in any configuration, but after smelling this as it steeped and tasting it afterward, I don’t think there could be a better combination. Scented just like fresh chocolate chip cookies! The flavor is milder, but certainly carries the cookie vibe well.

Conditions being what they are, and this originating from a Russian company, I’m thinking the opportunity to purchase this may be limited in the future, but for this moment, I’m sitting here smelling the empty mug and smiling.

So I love buckwheat tea. Always buying all kinds. This company makes one with cocoa grist so I decided to try it. Let’s just start that the aroma is utterly intoxicating. The chocolate aroma is similar to someone is baking cookies. I can’t get enough of the aroma. The taste is equally as good and it isn’t sweet. It’s chocolately. I mean, real chocolate notes not an “Am I just fabricating the taste in my mind?” type of chocolate tea. The cocoa goes so well with buckwheat.

I tried to find other makers of a similar combination but the only one is this one and it is from Russia. I have bought 3 or 4 bags of it because I always want it around. The kicker is… I don’t even like desserts but this is so good, so comforting to me and it is good for me.