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Day 8 of the Plum Deluxe Hanukkah sampler ending on a high note! This is probably more chocolate vanilla than chocolate marshmallow but that’s ok. It’s so tasty that I drank down an entire giant latte of it even though it literally made me sick (not the tea’s fault, I’m just sensitive to the base). Chocolate flavor extremely on point, not a whiff of alcohol to be had. The vanilla makes it extra wintry and cozy. A black tea base makes a lot of sense here because of its heft and slight maltiness. I don’t love the hint of astringency that it brings to the party though. So I went back and checked: there were indeed two options this year and I chose the caffeine sampler rather than the caffeine-free. Which explains why all 8 days were caffeinated blends! When there are only 8 days, I think I like a mixed sampler like they did last year better. Especially because FIVE were black teas, with 1 pu’erh and 2 greens. Next year I’ll just get the herbal if they do the two options again. Not a lot of places do Hanukkah samplers at all, so I appreciate that Plum Deluxe puts in the effort and they do have quite a few blends that I like.