Matevana & Rooibos Chai blend

Steep Information:
Amount: 4 heaping teaspoons
Water: 750 milliters filtered 212°
Tool: Breville One-Touch Tea Maker BTM800XL (Herbal, Strong, Auto start)
Steep Time: a little over 5 minutes
Served: Hot

Tasting Notes:
Dry Leaf Smell: Chocolate, nuts, spices, wood
Steeped Tea Smell: Chocolate, nuts, spice
Flavor: spice, hints of chocolate
Body: Medium
Aftertaste: cinnamon
Liquor: translucent orange-brown

Gift from SoccerMom!

This is a delicious combination, if you enjoy Teavana’s Mates I highly suggest this.

Post-Steep Additives: German rock sugar, sweeter and more / stronger flavors overall

images: http://amazonv.blogspot.com/2010/05/teavana-loose-leaf-rooibos-and-mate-tea.html

This came in my Fire Sale box from iHeartTeas.

It’s funny because I’ve only seen MateVana mixed with Rooibos Chai. I’m curious what the MateVana tastes like by itself, but this is a nice little blend. I brewed this using one of my T-Sacs because I figured the mate or rooibos wouldn’t expand too much. The chai is not too strong, and it does still have that coffee taste. Although I do find it kind of ironic that you’re blending a highly caffeinated tea with one that has no caffeine. But the flavors go well together. We’ll see how this holds up to resteeping.

This one is very very good! My father bought a huge tin of this at Teavana one day since he tried it there and loved it. A great blend

I love this blend. The Rooibos is mostly lost, but the slight spice from the chai along with the chocolate notes from the Matevana make for a delightful cup of tea.

This is best hot, sweetened or not it is fantastic. I am making a cold brew for lunch for tomorrow, we’ll see how that turns out.

Note: This can almost always be found as one of the samples at Teavana, so you could try it and see what I mean.

This is slightly chocolate-y and nutty tasting with a spicy background. I can taste the vanilla, chocolate and cinnamon all individually. This is a pretty good mate blend.

Logging this from yesterday.

I got Rooibos Chai to blend with the MateVana I couldn’t stand drinking on its own. I was considering trying the Rooibos Chai on its own, but it smells a lot like Haute Chocolate, so I was like, “:shrug: I’ll just dump it in with the rest of my MateVana.” After combining it, the combo did smell quite good, I gotta say. (On its own, the MateVana smelled good, but I just couldn’t drink it alone. It fell flat, or something. I don’t even know. But I didn’t like it.)

So I tried this combo for the first time yesterday. Usually, I like drinking my teas hot with no additives, but I was working at the cafe yesterday, which gets pretty warm, so I prefer drinking iced. So I brewed this up reeeeally strong in hot water for 10 mins, then added some vanilla syrup and soy milk and poured it over ice. I probably should’ve let it cool off a bit before doing that, because I think it would have been a stronger base for adding soy milk, but it turned out pretty all right!

I like the spice and the depth that the chai adds to the MateVana. I think it’s that depth that the MateVana is missing, imo.

It would probably taste better with milk rather than soy, but milk and I aren’t very good friends. But next time, I’ll let the tea cool before pouring it over ice, and see how that works out. Even though I made it strong, I want to see how it works when it keeps that strength.

I also want to try it hot, which I think I will do right now… so I apologize in advance for the double log. :P

I like! A good, well-balanced blend for this time of year. I wish I had brewed it a little stronger, and not had it follow up a spicy meal though.

I can never get the tea to taste the same way that it does in ths store, drats! I think I need to start putting more tea in (?) I played around with the sugar amount today and it didn’t seem to make a difference, so I think I’ll try making it more concentrated. Though, this already seemed like there were too many tea leaves and not enough tea! I drank two of these and I’m not really more awake (supposed to be the same amount of caffeine as coffee!)

Blending these teas is genius! The MateVana is this wonderfully smooth chocolatey-nutty tea, and the Rooibos Chai has a nice cinnamon flavor that is not overpowering. Together, they make one heck of a tea during the winter. I like to fill my cast iron pot with it and drink it while studying for hours; the caffeine in the mate and the cinnamon kick really keeps me up and going. Even after the tea cools it is still great!

I like a light cinnamon surprise in the tea, so for 16oz I make 2tsp of MateVana with 1tsp Rooibos chai and 1tsp of rock sugar. Both of the teas are very reasonably priced as well. Magnifique!

Today I’m drinking straight up tea, nothing added. Although a bit of sugar would be nice, it’s not needed.

Something is off with this cuppa this morning. Not sure. I drink this often and it still smells delightful with the chocolate and spicey blends wafting up from the cup. However, I think my vanilla lip gloss has messed with the taste and it’s a bit disappointing. Good to note. No more lip gloss before my first cuppa the day.

Great morning tea to get the day started. One of my faves for mornings!

Love this tea – I tend to drink it in the late afternoon or evening – the caffeine doesn’t seem to bother me. I hope I can find it here in the UK – I bought this in Ann Arbor, MI.

for loose leaf teas this is absolutely delicious and invigorating.

This was my very first loose leaf tea. It still has a very special place in my heart (or stomach). By far my favorite chai, it doesn’t have the potential to be bitter like ones that are black tea based. Great by itself or with a touch of honey.