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This is the worst tea I’ve had the misfortune to taste so far, since starting to drink loose leaf teas. The flavour was so very bitter. I tried one cup with milk and sugar – and another cup with condensed milk – before I had to return my tin at the store. I blame the coffee beans for the bitterness (although I might be wrong) so as a result of this experience, I won’t be buying any other teas containing coffee beans in the future.

Ugh! It’s a shame that a tea can smell so great and taste so awful. The apple flavour was really overwhelming in this tea. I tried mixing it with everything imaginable in order to improve the flavour, and at the advice of Michelle at One More Steep, I finally just mixed it with hot chocolate mix in order to finish off the rest of my skinny tin.

I bought a skinny tin when it was on promotion. I think my expectations were too high for this tea – can any drink rival real hot chocolate?

I drink pu’erh all the time at Chinese restaurants, and this tea did not taste like pu’erh. However, the chocolate flavour was weak too. The overall experience improved when I mixed other things in (i.e. milk and sugar, hot chocolate mix, Chocolate Rocket or Chocolate Macaroon) but I never really liked drinking a cup of this Hot Chocolate.

There’s not much to say about this tea. I didn’t think I could go wrong buying this blend – it’s chocolate, it’s oolong, and it’s “low fat” (insofar that the term can be applied to tea).

However, I wasn’t very impressed. It wasn’t good; it wasn’t bad. I just didn’t taste much of the chocolate or the oolong. Honestly, most of the time I ended up mixing this tea with other blends that had strong flavours I disliked.

This is my absolute favourite tea, since I have started drinking loose leaf teas!

I like to brew my tea until it is very strong, and I prefer to taste more of the tea base than any other added flavours; I very rarely add milk or sugar to my teas. Keeping that in mind, the hint of sea salt and caramel in this blend is very tasty and not unwelcome.

I bought 100g of this tea to start with, and have just placed an order for another 200g. I still don’t think that will be enough!

I am wary when trying teas containing fruit. In my experience, they taste delightful at a tea shop, and horrible at home. When I do drink fruity teas, I usually tend towards green teas and white teas.

However, I picked up this tea in a heart-shaped tin during Valentines Day, and was pleasantly surprised.

I can distinctly taste the strawberries and rose petals, but the flavours are not too sweet, and did not overwhelm the black tea base.

At $8.98/50g, this is more expensive than my usual teas. I picked up 30g in a heart-shaped tin instead, during Valentines Day, and I’m glad I didn’t buy more.

I like both chocolate and black tea, but sadly, cannot taste very much of either flavour in this blend. I looked at the ingredients list, and I think the two chilis (ancho and chipotle) overwhelm everything else to the point that this tea tastes spicy.

However, it’s not so bad when I mix one spoonful of Dark Chocolate Delight and one spoonful of Chocolate Rocket in a teapot.