Checkmate

O.K. The smell of this one is wonderfully of chocolate. I was hoping the taste of white tea would win out over the black. It didn’t. I ended up adding some almond milk and cane sugar to it. It tasted alright, but not great to me.

this was a good tea. i enjoyed it, would make a great movie watching tea. I like the hint of chocolate flavour but wish Davids tea could have achieved the same flavour in an organic method

Checkmate in three moves…Steep, Drink and Enjoy!

I have never been a fan of the strategic game of chess simply because I do not have the time or patience to sit through a good game; however luckily enough this tea steeps in 4 minutes which is about as long as my patience seems to last!

Dry the leaves vary is size, shape and colour it really is a cornucopia of tea leaves in this mix, it does a great job of naturally contrasting itself making it appealing to look at the dry leaves (yes I am a freak). While steeping I didn’t notice and overly powerful aroma coming from my steeper, but alas I was cooking bacon at the same time.

The final brew is a darker colour, not as dark as just a straight black tea but enough to enhance Davids claim this tea is like a glass of cocoa. The claim stated by Davids is reinforced even more when you taste this tea, it really does have a cocoa-ish taste to it which is quite a feat for not having any cocoa in it. I do believe however this flavor comes from the coffee flavoring added to the tea combined with the coconut in the tea.

This tea is great for people who both like black tea and white tea being a cheeky mix of both it hits home well for all tea lovers.

The dried tea smells like chocolate covered raisins, does anyone else agree?

I really enjoy this tea. I often describe it as tasting like a soft, straight black tea with a sweet warming flavour. I don’t even know if I would be able to tell it was coconuty based on taste alone, but the smell helps give it that coconut flavour.

I often oversteep it and find it a bit bitter. Today I used a lower temperature and only let it steep for 3 mins and 30 seconds. PERFECT!

I don’t ever get that chocolate taste that David’s Tea mentions in it’s description of the tea but it is still very tasty nonetheless!!

wished for something more.

Don’t know how I feel about it but I don’t care enough so I’m going to let it go.

Trading the rest for Jungle Ju Ju.

Dry nose : there is something I can’t stand, but I can’t put my finger on it, a fake butterscotch extract? I often pass on that one because of that…

Once brew, that fake smell fortunately disappears. To me, it tastes “round”. I don’t get the chocolate thing, but butterscotch-y – yes! The mix of white and black tea brings something boldly “multidimensional”.

2nd steep (1 minute) : identically good! It would easily takes a third steep, but I got enough of butterscotch for this morning…

Great.
I keep 50 grams of this tea on hand all the time.
The mixture of white and black tea is amazing, but the delicious coconut just makes it all that much better.
I steeped it for 5 minutes, with a little bit of sugar, it was amazing. Period.
The roman chamomile, can’t necessarily taste… to me atleast, but adds to the beautiful ascetics of the tea, and from what I can tell, the smell.

Has a great sweet aroma of sweet black tea and coconut, with the distinct slight smell of a white tea.

Great to have on hand whenever, great in the morning, midday, whenever.

I’m surprised I like Checkmate at all. Typically I’m not a fan of coconut or anything with that sort of flavour, but this is great. It’s easy to scald the white leaves while you’re perfectly steeping the black, so erring on the side of lower temperature water for longer will probably help.

It’s a light brown when brewed. Good sweetened, unsweetened, with or without milk; both hot and iced. (A co-worker told me to try it iced with milk and a big of agave. Agh. <3)

My favourite use of this was around Christmas, I was making eggnog lattes with 2 tsp of Checkmate and a tsp of honey. Glorious.

Well, it’s certainly not like a cup of hot cocoa, as DavidsTea claims. :P That’s okay, though, because it’s light, sweet, and smooth (thanks to the coconut), but a fairly unique tea thanks to the blend of black and white. Tasty.

WOW… It’s delicious! and I need to buy more and more… !!

This tea really surprised me! I had no intention of bringing it home, but the smell of it was too intriguing to pass up.

First impressions – The blend smells wonderful. Once steeped, this tea has the most complexe, rich, warm, inviting smell of any tea I have tried yet. I REALLY love the smell of this tea. I think that is where the bulk of my enjoyment with a cup of this comes from: sticking my nose in the mug and inhaling…

Flavour – Very nice. Not chocolate, but I really didn’t expect it to be. However, it does have similar characteristics to chocolate, and is like a tea homage to the real thing. While the taste isn’t as complexe as the smell, it is still rather rich and creamy.

Also, I am astounded at how the four ingredients blend seamlessly together to produce such a smooth taste. If I had originally been asked to try this tea with no knowledge of what was in it, I really do not think I would have been able to identify any of its ingredient. Definitely intriguing.

Loveability – I tried this tea first as part of a tea tating party. (Yes, tea tasting is my idea of a party!) I have been craving a mug of it ever since. I finally got the time to enjoy one tonight, and it did not disappoint. I think I will definately have this as one of my top teas for the winter!

One of my favourite teas I’ve refilled my tin a few times. I dunno what to tell you, but this is a tea where you can’t go wrong. Regardless if you steep it for 4 min or 4 hours. It’s one of those kinda teas that just gets stronger and richer the longer you let it steep. I highly recommend it to anyone to try at least once. It’s honestly one of my favourites

Third tea I’ve tried from the Tiny Tea pack. This is the white tea offering but it is blended with black tea. The smell of this tea is really great but not strong or overpowering. The taste is also very nice, a rich nut flavor. Tried a second cup with a dash of milk because of the black tea content, it didn’t really need it and I preferred it plain.

#17. Quite a sweet tea but didn’t seem very complex to me. It was enjoyable to drink but not very memorable.

When I opened day 17 of the advent calendar, it said this was a white tea. Although I do see some lighter leaves, it looks like it is largely black leaves. A little confusing, but on to the tea! It smelled coconutty when I opened it and tastes like toasted coconut aaaaand that is it. I really didn’t get much more than that out of it. Coconut and tea. Decent, but kinda boring. Reminds me of Zhi Tea’s Ambrosia, which I like better.

I don’t usually like chocolate flavoured teas, but this is quite good, even though I accidentally oversteeped with water that’s under the recommended temperature. My bad

Initial impressions- Opening the tin the scent of coconut is immediately evident. I also see yellow-white chamomile flowers and pieces of coconut among the small black tea leaves and broader white tea leaves. Love love the smell of this tea.
How I brewed it- 1.5 teaspoons in 94 degree water for five minutes. Quarter teaspoon of agave nectar mixed in.
First sips- For something with black tea it is very mellow and light. I attribute this to the white tea in there. I get a mixture of coconut and chocolate sensations on the initial sip, with an aftertaste of mellow coconut. This is a very nice, mellow tea and I would definitely buy it again.
Addendum- made a second cup later on a whim with steamed milk and it is fantastic as a tea latte.

When I read the description initially I thought this tea wouldn’t be that interesting, but I am pleasantly surprised. There’s an interesting fusion here, that i’m still trying to pin down, but the notes of coconut remind of some Pina Colada concoction I’ve never tasted. I’m not sure I taste the chocolate but there’s definitely a sweet or caramel like effect that lingers with the coconut as after taste. I think I’ve found my new winter tea. I could definitely see myself drinking this on a cold snowy day, or by the fire lost in a good book. I’m really happy I decided to give this one a try.

A nice change – can taste the coconut

This tea is so-so. What drew me to this in the first place was the intrigue of tasting chocolate in a non-chocolate based tea. I steeped it according to the instructions and after tasting it a few times, it tastes nothing like chocolate. All I taste is coconut. Not that it is necessarily a bad thing, but eh. I’m not a fan of coconut tastes in general. I drank this unsweetened and no milk. It’s good, and it still tastes good after multiple steepings but I’m glad I got a 25g pouch of this because I don’t think I COULD finish a 50g, let’s say.