Valentine's Blend

A chocolate blend for sure, but I don’t taste the rose. And I love floral teas! Maybe I’ll try mixing this one with some of Harney & Son’s Rose Scented to see if I can give it a boost. I’m sure that would be lovely.

A bit weak for my personal tastes. Doesn’t resteep well, so you only get a single cup out of each sachet instead of the usual two or three. It has a nice, deep, fudge-y aroma to it, but the liquor is subdued. Not a lot of flavor coming through, tea or chocolate or otherwise, and the rosebuds barely add anything to it. Can’t say I’d buy any more of this in the future. Unfortunately poor execution of a good concept. I really wanted to like this. Probably going to be doing 2 sachets per cup for the rest of the tin to make it taste less… empty.

There is a nice aroma of flowers and chocolate. The flavour is more floral with mild chocolate and vanilla notes. It is nicely sweet, and a good dessert tea.

Had some while re-reading “Peony in Love” by Lisa See.

February in October!

Back from the fun run. I plan to give the PTA a piece of my mind because this year there was NO COFFEE at the finish line. Plus, I wasn’t about to eat the coffee cake, muffins, and other assorted carbs, or drink the juice.

So I must have caffeine and I must have it now. Tea and chocolate. Score!

I think Harney does a really nice chocolate tea, and that’s mostly what I smell in the tin. Amazingly, because the chocolate is so rich, I smell a tiny touch of rose as well.

The tea is a dark, clear copper color, and smells like a rich chocolate tea with a floral overtone. The rose is quite subtle, which is a good thing in this case. Too much rose on top of very rich chocolate could be a stomach churner.

Amazing flavor! Just the right amount of rose to lift up the chocolate and make it interesting.

I feel like I’ve been rating things high lately. Maybe it’s my mood.

Or maybe it’s just that the teas have been really, really good.

Not a fan, but it’s drinkable. I added my normal sugar amount (3tsp) and a bit if milk. I think it was the floral note that made me not like it. It’s almost like it had a bitter taste. I was hoping for more if a chocolate flavor with a hint of floral.

I love this tea! You open the container and wow, it smells like you just walked intro Sees! I was half tempted to save a sachet to use as potpourri! Ow can you stay stressed after a crazy day at work when you get a wiff of something this good?

As for the taste, I found it even more flavorful than Harney’s Chocolate tea. Very smooth and creamy wit an after thought of rose.

I used 2 sachets with 16 ounces of water, dividing it between a hot and an iced sample. Both were flavorful and satisfying. I added a dab of Splenda and cream but I don’t think either are essential (the flavor comes though without either but I was curious).

I normally don’t do the seasonal blends and tea that is supposed to be chocolate I especially don’t do. I went to pick up something from one of the tea festival vendors and she had this as her featured seasonal blend. I was offered a cup of something and it seemed polite to go with the feature. :)

As far as chocolate teas go, this isn’t bad. It’s still primarily scratch-n-sniff chocolate – mildly sweet cocoa with a papery taste. I don’t notice rose at all. The tea base is fine and I will finish the to-go cup of it, but I wouldn’t stock this for my cupboard. Maybe I should have taken my vendor up on her offer of a sweetened latte form. :) Curious as to whether or not the rose might have been noticeable in that form.

Mine is loose, and apparently older then god because I can’t remember who I got this from. The flavors a little tame, probably because of its age, but its still quite drinkable. Trying to get my stash worked down because its seriously built up on me and the summer/fall being so mild had me drinking more coffee then tea. Goal is to get it whittled enough by new years to cash in on some of the good sales after christmas without any guilt!

This is one of my absolute favorite blends and by far my favorite Harney & Sons tea. It goes perfectly with milk and a bit of sugar.

It smells far more chocolatey than it tastes, but it still tastes good. I bought a sample of this tea from Harney & Sons, and I’m not sure if I’ll buy more of it in the future. I didn’t get a ‘wow’ feeling from this tea.