drank Chocolate Chai by Zen Tea
2291 tasting notes

I received this as a sample in the order I did just before the new year.

New tea! Sadly, I have NO IDEA what is in it. Looks like cloves, pepper, orange peel, cinnamon, ginger or licorice, maybe cacao nibs? IDK. I’ll try it anyways. Just to see.

There was 1 tbsp in the packet, which is about perfect for a 16 oz mug.

Dry I definitely smelled the chocolate. As it steeped, it smelled spicy. Drinking it with some homemade coconut creamer, it’s actually really tasty. Although… I’m uncertain as to the presence of licorice root. And there could probably be more chocolate.

I’d definitely pick up a sample pack in the future (pending ingredient knowledge) to play with a bit more. Maybe steeping it in almond milk would be good.

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 3 min, 0 sec
OMGsrsly

Woop! Got the ingredients!

Fjellrev

Neat! I’m glad to hear that they’re rolling out a new tea (and hopefully even more).

OMGsrsly

It’s pretty good! No cloves. :)

Fjellrev

Interesting! I actually love cloves, just that David’s Sugar and Spice had a weird thing going on with them.

OMGsrsly

Sometimes in chai they’re the only thing you can taste, so this was a neat alternative.

Fjellrev

Yeah, totally. Cloves and cinnamon. And maybe ginger: the three main spices which make the majority of chais taste almost the same haha.

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OMGsrsly

Woop! Got the ingredients!

Fjellrev

Neat! I’m glad to hear that they’re rolling out a new tea (and hopefully even more).

OMGsrsly

It’s pretty good! No cloves. :)

Fjellrev

Interesting! I actually love cloves, just that David’s Sugar and Spice had a weird thing going on with them.

OMGsrsly

Sometimes in chai they’re the only thing you can taste, so this was a neat alternative.

Fjellrev

Yeah, totally. Cloves and cinnamon. And maybe ginger: the three main spices which make the majority of chais taste almost the same haha.

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