drank Mayan Chocolate Chai by 52teas
277 tasting notes

I am currently sipping on a cup of this – a reblend. This tea was requested as a reblend as part of a “You Choose the Reblend” incentive tier from the start-up Kickstarter campaign and I am taste testing it now. (It will be added on the website – in limited quantities – on Monday, November 23 after it’s been first offered to the person who ordered the reblend and to those that contributed at a certain level on our Kickstarter campaign.)

This is really good. I changed the recipe a bit because first of all, my black tea base is different. Second, I used cacao shells in the blend in addition to roasted cacao nibs and mini VEGAN chocolate chips. Third, I used crushed chili pepper flakes instead of cayenne pepper powder because it’s easier to distribute the pepper flakes throughout the chai than it is to ensure that the powder remains properly distributed.

This is really good. Spicy! Lots of chocolate flavor. It starts out more chocolate-y than spicy, with just a really warm yet gentle heat on the back of the throat. Then as i continue to sip, the heat develops, becoming spicier and warmer. By the time I finished the cup, my tongue was tingly with heat (but not so much that I felt like I needed to eat or drink something to cancel out the heat) and I could feel a burn on the throat, but not uncomfortably so.

I find this to have a perfect balance between spicy heat and sweet chocolate flavors.

Kittenna

Nuts, I guess I missed this one! Hopefully you’ll blend it again at some point :)

52Teas

We still have some in both sizes: http://52teas.com/reblend/ If you scroll down, you’ll find them right about mid-page. :)

Kittenna

It may interest you to know that a couple of the reblends aren’t showing up on the “available and in stock” page – Mayan Chocolate Chai and Boo-Berry Cotton Candy. :) That’s where I was, uh, making up my cart from…

52Teas

ah – I need remember to check that particular category off when I’m entering in the tea! So sorry! That category always slips my mind when I’m entering the tea into the website!

Kittenna

No worries! If you hadn’t seen too many sales of either of those teas, though, that could be why!

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Kittenna

Nuts, I guess I missed this one! Hopefully you’ll blend it again at some point :)

52Teas

We still have some in both sizes: http://52teas.com/reblend/ If you scroll down, you’ll find them right about mid-page. :)

Kittenna

It may interest you to know that a couple of the reblends aren’t showing up on the “available and in stock” page – Mayan Chocolate Chai and Boo-Berry Cotton Candy. :) That’s where I was, uh, making up my cart from…

52Teas

ah – I need remember to check that particular category off when I’m entering in the tea! So sorry! That category always slips my mind when I’m entering the tea into the website!

Kittenna

No worries! If you hadn’t seen too many sales of either of those teas, though, that could be why!

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