Chocolate Marshmallow Spicy Chai

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A nice sweet chai that had more of the cardamon, cinnamon, and slight marshmallow flavors rather than a “Chocolate Marshmallow” profile. As the weather is beginning to change into the cool rainy season, I find myself longing for a good chai (although, it’s less frequent than wanting shou pu-erh). This was a great tea to have at work yesterday; to warm up the soul a little while we played board games and made crafts with the students indoors, as the cold rain never ceased falling from the dismal sky.

I’m currently taste testing this chai which was reblended to be part of the Spicy 3-tier collection. I took some liberties (LiberTEAS) with this blend because while I did quite enjoy the original, it wasn’t quite as spicy as I thought it would be based on the name of the tea. I expected more heat from the original than it delivered, so I added some chili flake to this to give it just a little bit more heat.

And since I am a chocoholic, I added more chocolate flavor in the way of cacao shells and white chocolate chips (as well as mini chocolate chips) – both of the chocolate chips are VEGAN!

This is my first taste test of this tea – and I didn’t add anise because I wanted to wait and see how the tea faired without it first. I quite like it without the anise, actually. I’m a big fan of anise – love the stuff! – but I am thinking maybe I’ll save the anise for another blend, perhaps a chocolate anise blend. I think that without the anise, I am getting more of the marshmallow notes here and I think that the sharp notes of anise might interfere with the fluffy marshmallow flavor.

As it is, this is quite lovely! Spicy, a good amount of heat without me having to run to the kitchen for something to tame the heat. A nice amount of chocolate-y flavor, a touch of marshmallow. Tasty, if I do say so myself.

Perhaps I’ll rename this Chocolate Marshmallow Spicier Chai (especially since that’s what i thought it was called anyway. haha!)

This blend is very similar to the regular spicy chai with the addition of some cocoa flavouring. I’m not getting as much marshmallow flavour as I’d like, though it’s a bit more detectable when the tea is taken with milk. It’s a nice chai but I was hoping for something a bit more distinctive.