Tea type
Black Tea
Ingredients
Not available
Flavors
Chocolate, Creamy, Violet, Floral, Perfume, Artificial, Astringent, Biting, Bitter, Candy, Cocoa, Malt, Powdered Sugar, Sweet, Dark Chocolate, Vanilla
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Bulk, Loose Leaf
Caffeine
High
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Edit tea info Last updated by Cameron B.
Average preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 3 min, 45 sec 3 g 11 oz / 316 ml

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  • “Homemade Advent Calendar from Arby: Day 2 I really enjoy violet as a flavor but I rarely remember to dig out the one or two violet teas in my stash, so I was pleased when this one emerged as my...” Read full tasting note
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  • “TTB I didn’t know this was supposed to be a chocolate blend, mostly I got cream, floral violet and an ok black base underneath. Glad I got to try, but it’s not for me.” Read full tasting note
  • “TeaTiff Traveling Tea Box | No. 1 Ever since Amanda introduced me to violet tea and candies a few years back, I’ve been on the lookout for anything violet-flavored to add to my cupboard, cart, or...” Read full tasting note
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  • “I really enjoy violet tea, but both that I have tried from Bird & Blend (this one and “Purple Rain”) have both been a miss for me. In both, the black tea in the base just came across really...” Read full tasting note
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From Bird & Blend Tea Co.

A chocolate box classic with a B&B twist. Sit back and relax with a nostalgic violet tea that will take you back to being at Grandma’s house.

Ingredients: Sri Lankan black tea, cocoa nibs, mallow flowers, flavouring.

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Homemade Advent Calendar from Arby: Day 2

I really enjoy violet as a flavor but I rarely remember to dig out the one or two violet teas in my stash, so I was pleased when this one emerged as my random selection today. And I was equally as pleased once I steeped it up! It was straight-up violet at first, but as it cooled, a bit of creaminess emerged to round it out. I only got a hint or two of chocolate, but I think I’m OK with that. All in all, I enjoyed this one!

Flavors: Chocolate, Creamy, Violet

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TTB
I didn’t know this was supposed to be a chocolate blend, mostly I got cream, floral violet and an ok black base underneath. Glad I got to try, but it’s not for me.

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TeaTiff Traveling Tea Box | No. 1

Ever since Amanda introduced me to violet tea and candies a few years back, I’ve been on the lookout for anything violet-flavored to add to my cupboard, cart, or wishlist. Violet Cream has been on my wishlist for a while now since I haven’t made a Bird & Blend order for quite some time. Only once have I been able to bring myself to spend enough there to qualify for free shipping. One day I’ll try it again! I’m glad to see a few Bird & Blend teas in the TTB this time around, so I’ll be able to try some new-to-me blends. I was a little surprised that the first aroma I noticed when I opened the bag of Violet Cream was chocolate followed closely, of course, by the violet. I hadn’t realized this was a chocolate tea and wouldn’t have expected those two flavors to go well together but they really do. It’s a seamless combination. Thanks to Skysamurai for including it!

Flavors: Chocolate, Floral, Perfume, Violet

Preparation
Boiling 5 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML

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1250 tasting notes

I really enjoy violet tea, but both that I have tried from Bird & Blend (this one and “Purple Rain”) have both been a miss for me. In both, the black tea in the base just came across really bitter, even with the most careful of measures during the steeping process.

This one isn’t quite as abrasive as “Purple Rain,” since the added chocolate flavor does add a bit of sweetness, but it also doesn’t really seamlessly mesh with the floral violet, either. I love chocolate paired with lavender and rose, but this just tastes a little weird to me? The fact the chocolate note is coming off really artificial probably doesn’t help. Having “cream” in the title, I’d expect more of a vanilla note in the flavor rather than chocolate, and I wonder if that would’ve improved it a bit more.

It’s not so bad that I won’t finish this off, but I wouldn’t order violet tea from Bird & Blend again.

Flavors: Artificial, Astringent, Biting, Bitter, Chocolate, Floral, Violet

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 3 min, 0 sec 2 g 12 OZ / 350 ML
Roswell Strange

Fully agree! It’s weird to me that B&B seems to be struggling so much with the violet blends since it’s suuccchhhh a more common flavour in their neck of the world than here in North America.

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TTB Review #18: Yummy! The violet flavor is quite strong but not overpowering. I could definitely see this being marketed as a dessert tea. I can also distinguish the chocolate and vanilla notes. Overall very enjoyable.

ashmanra

I really liked this one!

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I’m back! I have had the best week and really enjoyed my much needed holiday, but I did miss my tea while I was away. Still, sightseeing around London, seeing 10 shows in 6 days and meeting some very cool celebrities (including David Tennant and George Takei, who was an absolute sweetheart) didn’t leave me much time to drink tea! I have laughed, I have cried, I have gasped in amazement, and I have spent a lot of money that was not necessarily in the budget for the trip.

Soooo… about my no-buy. Here’s the thing. I have been buying tea from Bird & Blend since their infancy, when they were a new company with a small online presence, no physical stores you could go to, and the orders were hand-packed by the founders/owners of the company themselves and sent out with little hand-written notes and hand-written stickers on the packets. You get the idea. It’s been nearly a decade since I placed my first order. Well… the company is doing fantastically well. Going from strength to strength, creating many new blends, employing a large staff and opening several brick and mortar stores. It’s fantastic to see! But being from the North East, there are none near me, and I haven’t had the chance to visit a store in person yet. So when I saw there was one only a single tube stop away from my hotel, I had to visit! I dragged my friends along and I was like a kid in a candy store, chatting to the staff and accidentally becoming a sales advisor and enabling other customers to pick up some of my favourites. My friend initially picked up 1 box of tea bags, and ended up leaving with a strainer and 10 small packets of loose leaf tea instead! So, it’s safe to say, I did some damage… My cupboard is now up 24 teas, but I don’t mind because I’m just so happy to have restocked on some old favourites and to have picked up some wishlist teas to try, including this one. I’m definitely going to have to work hard on my sipdowns now, though!

This was the first tea I made myself this afternoon when I arrived back home, picked at random from the pile of new teas, and it was a good choice! The scent of the dry leaf reminded my instantly of Parma Violets, a favourite childhood sweet of mine, and I was happy to find that this carried through to the sip. The front is all sweet powdery violet, and the creamy chocolate comes through at the back of the sip. I drank this cup plain, and found it sweet enough, but I bet with a pinch of sugar it would be very reminiscent of a violet cream chocolate. Yum.

Now to shamefully update my cupboard…

Preparation
Boiling 3 min, 15 sec 1 tsp 10 OZ / 295 ML
ashmanra

Whaaaaaaaat?!? That sounds like an amazing trip!

Kelmishka

Sounds like a lovely holiday — so many shows, wow!

Nattie

It was a great trip, I didn’t want to come home! I am a bit of a theatre nerd haha so was planning the next trip on the train home :’)

Martin Bednář

Well, that sounds like an awesome trip! I couldn’t stop myself and get some teas as well. Actually, I bought at least a pouch or a box when coming from a trip. Even I have a loads of tea at home.

Jen vB

That sounds like a fabulous trip! Shows, David Tennent and George Takei, and tea!

vallhallow

That sounds like such an amazing trip!! Did they try to recruit afterwards as sales advisor? ;)

Nattie

Martin – it’s really hard to resist, isn’t it?! I think it doesn’t count when you’re on holiday haha

Nattie

It was amazing, and I miss it already!!
Haha valhallow – I am genuinely considering it as a valid career move! :’)

Martin Bednář

It counts Nattie, I am sitting next to boxes of tea (as my cupboard is actually small), and I have no space left!
But how I could pass Basil&Lime tea in Romania?

Nattie

Oh dear! My new purchases don’t fit in my tea cupboard (which is actually a decorative suitcase) either. I think I’m going to have to instate a 1-in-1-out policy. That basil and lime tea does sound intriguing, though!

Martin Bednář

It is very aromatic; it’s sitting net to me on table, as the box is a bit creased and can’t be closed properly and I don’t want to ruin other teas with it.

Nattie

I guess you better drink it before it contaminates the rest, then! ;)

tea-sipper

Awesome trip, I’m glad you were able to visit a B&B store! I have also been a huge B&B fan since the days of their hand-sewn-with-thread samples! I have asked them if they would ever have a shop based in the US, but no, I think that is wishful thinking. I’m glad they are doing well enough in the UK anyway!

Nattie

tea-sipper – I was talking to the sales associate in the shop and she did say they have big expansion plans, so fingers crossed for you! I’m hoping they’ll open one up in the North East (where I live, at the total opposite end of the country to London) too.

tea-sipper

oooo expansion plans! I doubt it will be to the US but I’m hoping a B&B shop opens up in your area!

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1282 tasting notes

Flavouring. Never was anything so nondescript in ingredients as this word. And flavoring can contain who knows what. And you know what? I find that really annoying. Because allergies. And furthermore, did they actually taste violets before naming this? Or are they just…. Oh. OH. Okay. I don’t know what violets taste like, raw or otherwise, but somehow the name fits. It is creamy and floral. I know I was being really negative to start but the flavoring thing always gets me. But then I smelled it and I was like Well… now I have to try it. And here we are sitting with this nice creamy cup with woodsy undertones. It coats the mouth nicely.

Nattie

It’s named after the chocolate, but I do find this to taste like violets pretty accurately (:

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Another B&B tea from the TTB! It tastes super strongly of violet. The black tea is all right. There’s not a lot of nuance here, mostly just floral flavor. It’s not my favorite sort of flavor profile, but it’s decent. I wish I tasted some cream. I didn’t get to finish the mug because my cat knocked it over on top of our whole d&d setup.

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1445 tasting notes

I found the bright base kind of lacklustre and meh (Sri Lankan/Ceylon black tea) but I did enjoy how much this one reminded me of a “chocolate” covered Turkish Delight candy bar (but a twist of violet instead of dusty rose). I think Big Turk is a Canadian candy bar but this tea does a good impression.

Thought it was satisfying with or without milk.

Flavors: Candy, Cocoa, Floral, Malt, Powdered Sugar, Sweet, Violet

Preparation
Boiling 3 min, 30 sec

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16532 tasting notes

Had a little teacup of this one yesterday afternoon. There was such a clear divide in the flavours to me as I sipped this. All chocolate in the top notes and front end of the sip and then really full force into the violet in the back end and finish. The chocolate is more of a chocolate liqueur note over actual milk chocolate, which is actually preferable for me. The best part is that sweet, sweet parma violet though. I fucking love violet teas and I think B&B really stepped up their floral tea game with this one.

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