The Earl of Chocolate

I get more chocolate here than EG, but it’s still a tasty blend with some sugar and milk. It’s much better cool. The chocolate is so authentic. There’s some element here that’s almost salty in a way I enjoy. It reminds me of the rocky road blend from a few years ago. The resteep tastes similar to the first.

I just finished sipping this tea a little bit ago. Yes, It’s 3am – my sleep schedule is way off right now: I’m up all night and sleeping all day. It’s actually – not “off” for me, because I’m generally a night owl, but it’s gotten a bit more extreme over the last couple of weeks.

Anyway – I love how this tea came together. It’s one that I’ve been wanting to create for a while now, because I love chocolate and orange together. Since bergamot is an exotic orange with a fancy moniker, I thought chocolate would be a good choice for a blending companion of one of my very favorite tea flavors (aka bergamot).

I overleafed this particular pot of tea, because I had just a little bit left in the pouch after I measured it out – and rather than keeping less than enough leaf for another pot, I figured I’d just add more tea to this pot. I found that with the overleafing, the chocolate flavor really intensified. It tasted like dark cocoa powder – like a really, rich chocolate fudge flavor of a brownie batter – no complaints.

2023 sipdown no. 52

The cacao itself is present with some mellowing from the vanilla. The bergamot peaks out toward the middle/end of the sip. If I really focus on each sip, I can get the ingredients clearly, but I drank most of this sample half hot/half cold as I tried to catch up on a few things and it came across more muddled than anything.

Thanks for sharing such a generous sample Kelmishka! :)

This is a good, mild Earl Grey. The bergamot is really subtle in this tea, which is an interesting change of pace from a typical Early Grey. Based on what they were trying to go for with this tea, the more subtle bergamot flavor is supposed to accentuate the boba/chocolate flavor of the rest of the tea. It does taste a little creamy. I’m not really tasting a forward note of any particular flavor; all subtle flavors seem to combine to create a mild black tea. Good for an upset stomach, I think.