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Rooibos Chocolate Chai from ZenTea

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75/100

Rooibos Chocolate Chai

Chai Rooibos Blend by ZenTea

Rooibos (red) tea with Ginger root, Green Cardamom, Chocolate chips, and Chocolate flavor. A chocolate spicy treat.

3 Tasting Notes

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Backlog… I figured after I just did a review on another red rooibos blend, I might as well just get this one over with. I’ve been doing a lot of drinking teas and not writing tasting notes on them because they were boring or disappointing. But anyways…

As I wrote in my review of Teavana’s rooibos chai, I generally don’t care for red rooibos (with one exception being Tazo’s full-leaf vanilla rooibos). This one is pretty much on the same level as the rooibos from Teavana, maybe a couple points lower. I can barely detect the spices in it, the rooibos is (as always) watery and flat, and I taste no chocolate whatsoever. I can see why you didn’t care for this one, Amanda. But I’ve got good news, I passed this one on to my brother who is far less picky with teas than I am, so it will not be wasted! Thanks Amanda.

Since I need to cut back on the caffeine late at night, I thought I’d give this another try. This time I used double the amount of “leaf” and steeped for ten minutes and I actually kinda like it. The spice was comforting, and I actually tasted some of the chocolate. I guess rooibos is just sort of an acquired taste. Now I’m on the hunt for some tasty rooibos/honeybush blends for late night sippin’!

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TeaEqualsBliss
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Thanks Amanda!

This one smells just like it SHOULD – Chocolate with Chai Spices and that natural sweetness of Rooibos…the rooibos is closer to the cherry cigar aroma side of rooiboses (or is it Rooibos-eye??? Just kidding)

First I can taste the spices and they are high up there with the stronger tasting spices then I can taste the chocolate on the end sip on to the aftertaste…a milky chocolate! Of course it could be a little stronger but this is NICE regardless!

Yeah…I’d say – this one is a winner – Pretty good!