Decaf Chocolate Hazelnut

BAD. Like…Dirty Dish Water with a hint of Hazelnut…cheap, fake hazelnut flavoring, that is…

Meh. I can’t stand mild teas that come in tea bags unless they are those larger, triangular kinds. For some reason, I can taste the starch or glue or paper material. YUCK! The hint of chocolate and very very minimal hazelnut was all I could detect with the starch. I added sugar, which helped a tiny bit. I drank this one fast… really fast. Needless to say, I am not going to be purchasing this tea in the future. I am thankful for the sample though.

Hmmmm….the jury is still out on this one. I am on my second cup of three (and it is a bagged tea!) I do like it and it seems to lack the artificial taste in decafs that I really dislike. I am so thankful to Caitlin for sending me a few of these to try before buying the 100 pack at Amazon. The chocolate and hazelnut are light, but I don’t really mind much. I really do think this one will work. I have one more teabag to decide…… 100 bags is a big commitment. ;)

The chocolate and hazelnut flavors are sweet, but don’t taste as natural or complex as Harney & Sons Florence (my only other choc/hazelnut reference). Then again this is a decaf tea, which sometimes makes a tea bit “flat.” It’s also a bagged tea, so a comparison to Florence is unfair on many levels, I know.

Tastes a bit bitter even though I used the midpoint for brewing time. I took a couple sips and immediately added a splash of half and half to try to smooth it out.

Overall, it’s ok but not great. Probably forgettable, but I was craving this flavor combo and decaf is the way to go this late. I probably shouldn’t even be drinking chocolate!

I’ve had better teas.. but I actually liked this,, I’m not a big fan of tea bags.. but honestly I didn’t think I’d be drinking it down! It was alright, next time I’ll add almond milk.

I am having this tea to reward myself for finally finishing my homework!!! It smells awesome. Thank you brandy3392 for supplying all my tea for the day!

Not bad, though certainly not my favourite. Good for when I want black tea late at night, but needs far more sugar than I’m willing to use to bring out the flavour.

The flavour is a bit flat, but otherwise a decent tea.

I like this tea. It does smell a bit fake in bagged form, but I didn’t taste that in the cup. The hazelnut flavor was mellow, and the chocolatey flavor was a bit weak, but a teaspoon of sugar helped this tea immensely. Usually I use honey, but I thought it might be a bit odd in this tea. I can’t drink caffeinated tea in the evening, so this was a nice change from my usual herbal tea routine.

I don’t hate it.

Chocolate Hazelnut… fabulous flavor combination. Who doesn’t love some Nutella? But this isn’t nutella… it’s decaf black tea. Hmmm. A lot of chocolate teas suffer from a weak flavor or an identity crisis.

The good news is that tea does not skimp on the flavor. The sweet hazelnut-vanilla-chocolate flavors impart a surprisingly creamy impression to the underlying black tea all by themselves, but this cup just begs for a splash of some milk or alternative creamer. The initial impression is intriguing, but then the lingering flavor feels more than a little artificial, like I liberally poured some flavored coffee creamer into my cup of black tea. I can imagine people who love flavored coffees lapping this one up with enthusiasm, but to me this just tastes a bit… trashy. Like the tea equivalent of junk food.

I only drink black tea when it’s decaffeinated, and because some decaf teas have funny flavors, I’m often disappointed. This tea did not disappoint me, however! There is a slightly odd artificial scent to the bagged tea, but it tastes fine when you drink it. I drink it with sugar and almond milk for a rich, sweet confection that’s reminiscent in some ways of a hazelnut coffee drink.

Sure Stash teas seem to come out really weak (wouldn’t think it’d be a problem when I’ve got an electric kettle and the water is bubblin’), but even still this one is yum-tacular!
Choco-hazelnut + milk + 1xsugar => nirvana.
If I thought the teabag was capable of it, I’d like to be like Garfield and get into a big warm cup of this :)

It’s not awful, but it’s not the best either. I think it’s difficult to have a good chocolate tea on its own, and this one definitely benefits with milk or cream. Chocolate and hazelnut is a good combination, but I don’t know how well it works with tea.

Really love this! Smells exquisitely of chocolate and vanilla (can’t really tell the hazelnut apart from the other smells though) and tastes great. The hazelnut aspect seems to be missing (or there’s something wrong with my taste buds) but overall I really like this tea. Great for drinking at night before sleeping since it’s decaf!

Pretty good with a little hot chocolate mix, but still tastes like a chocolate lip balm. I’ll drink it again, though. The hazelnut is a nice touch.

Hmm, First “strange” tea flavoring I have tasted and I must say its not bad still its best when you crave something sweet or else it might be too sweet. Cant say I can sense the chocolate or the hazelnut so for me its more of a sweet vanilla-like tea.

Glad I waited a bit to add my note. I added fat-free half & half and a small touch of sugar and my initial reaction was Wow, chocolate tea! Now, about an hour later, I’m getting the aftertaste others have mentioned. It’s not awful, and if I had gone to brush my teeth right after I would probably still have fond memories. But I think I’ll look up Harney’s Florence when this box is gone.

Update: added to the office coffee/tea stash in case somebody else enjoys this more than I.

The smell is nice, but I don’t really taste anything chocolatey. It leaves my mouth a bit dry, if that makes sense. I guess the only reason to drink a decaf tea is if its after midnight. Really, are there any good chocolate teas? I haven’t found any yet…

I wanted this to be better than it was. It wasn’t bad, but there wasn’t as much “tea” taste to it as I expected (maybe that’s the decaf), and the chocolate and hazelnut tasted a little bit artificial. Not terrible, but not great. I like their mint chocolate oolong better for a chocolate tea.