The Tea House on Los Rios

I’ve been consistently impressed with each cup of this I’ve had. The chocolate flavour comes through and genuinely tastes like chocolate (not thin chocolate flavour). The rooibos base is very smooth and doesn’t taste medicinal or overtake the cup. The chocolate and rooibos are well balanced and complementary.

We spent two wonderful weeks in California and although I indulged in iced coffee excess, I also made it to two tea houses.

This one I had pre-planned in my research ahead of time. The dry scent of this is very watermelon, and not cloying at all. Similar to a diluted watermelon drink made of fresh watermelon. The tea has dried watermelon and papaya and the taste is very light, yet very ‘watermelon burst’. The base is green oolong, light and airy with little flavour of its own.