Where to buy: David’s Tea
Description: AS GOOD AS IT GETS
It was three o’clock in the afternoon on a rainy Friday. David was hungry. He needed a nap, a shave, and a hot meal. What he had was a kettle, a pack of matches, and a bag of black tea. So he grabbed some ingredients and threw them in the water. Chocolate, cinnamon, coconut, vanilla – this drink was a real piece of work. He lifted his cup, took a drink and then another. It was hotter than an inferno and smoother than silk. It was good. Almost too good.
It was three o’clock in the afternoon on a rainy Friday. David was hungry. He needed a nap, a shave, and a hot meal. What he had was a kettle, a pack of matches, and a bag of black tea. So he grabbed some ingredients and threw them in the water. Chocolate, cinnamon, coconut, vanilla – this drink was a real piece of work. He lifted his cup, took a drink and then another. It was hotter than an inferno and smoother than silk. It was good. Almost too good.
Ingredients: Black
tea, chocolate, cinnamon,
coconut, vanilla. With natural vanilla flavouring
My Review:
We had pouch of this tea in our
pantry, and with it being a rainy day I decided that I finally needed to try
this tea.
This tea looks very rustic in the
bag and is dominated by huge chunks of chocolate and equally large slivers of
coconut. A lot of the tea’s from David’s Tea seem to look almost overpowered by
the tea leaves, but this tea almost didn’t seem to have enough. The scent in the bag is basically all
cinnamon.
The recommended brewing is 1.25 tsp.
of Stormy Night tea, water heated to 98 degrees Celsius (or 208 degrees
Fahrenheit), steeped for 4-6 minutes. I brewed my large cup for 6 minutes and
added a little honey and a splash of milk.
When brewed, this tea develops a
weird oily film on the top with little floating bits that I can only assume are
powdered cinnamon (at least I really, really hope it’s cinnamon and not some
weird “secret ingredient”). The tea smells of cinnamon and chocolate. The taste
is dominated largely by cinnamon, though the overall flavor of this tea was not
as strong as I thought it would be. There is a slight coconut and vanilla
undertone with some chocolate notes that adds a nice creaminess to this tea.
This tea was really not what I was
expecting. The flavor was not overpowering and strong like I thought it would be.
Being someone that likes chai’s and stronger teas, I’m really surprised at just
how much I like this tea. This is a nice cup of tea to sit down to on a rainy
day or a day that you just want to relax and have some time to yourself.
David's Tea currently has this tea on sale: 50% off of 250g
David's Tea currently has this tea on sale: 50% off of 250g
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