Read My Lips

Tea type
Black Tea
Ingredients
Artificial Flavouring, Black Tea Leaves, Dark Chocolate, Peppermint, Pink Peppercorn, Sprinkles
Flavors
Artificial, Chocolate, Cocoa, Mint, Sweet, Peppermint, Sugar, Peppercorn, Cream, Herbs, Smooth, Vanilla, Dark Chocolate, Spices, Pepper, Brown Sugar, Milk, Bitter, Malt, Spicy, Alcohol, Creamy, Powdered Sugar, Cacao, Tannin, Tea, Candy
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Loose Leaf
Caffeine
Low
Certification
Not available
Edit tea info Last updated by bree
Average preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 4 min, 45 sec 7 g 21 oz / 615 ml

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From DAVIDsTEA

Kiss me, kiss me

Okay, this is probably the world’s best chocolate tea. Honestly. Better than dessert. More reliable than sex. It’s a totally decadent combination of China black tea, vanilla, peppermint, chocolate bits and spicy red peppercorns. Plus it contains little red candy lips for a kiss of sweetness. In other words, it’s a completely satisfying spring experience with no guilt or strings attached.

Ingredients: Chinese black tea, peppermint, dark chocolate (Sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin and vanilla), red lip sprinkles (sugar, rice flour, cottonseed or soybean oil, cornstarch, gum and soy lecithin, colouring), pink peppercorns, natural and artificial flavouring*.

Allergens: Soy and may contain dairy

About DAVIDsTEA View company

DavidsTea is a Canadian specialty tea and tea accessory retailer based in Montreal, Quebec. It is the largest Canadian-based specialty tea boutique in the country, with its first store having opened in 2008.

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chocolate and light. sssssslightest bit of mint.
it sweetens and it deepens.
matching the christmas eve sky.
here is a poem for you to enjoy.

by ee cummings

if in beginning twilight of winter will stand

(over a snowstopped silent world)one
spirit serenely truly himself; and

alone only as greatness is alone —

one(above nevermoving all nowhere)
goldenly whole,prodigously alive
most mercifully glorying keen star

whom she-and-he-life ifs of am perceive

(but believe scarcely may) certainly while
mute each inch of their murdered planet grows
more and enormously more less:until
her-and-his nonexistence vanishes

with also earth’s
—“dying” the ghost of you
whispers “is very pleasant” my ghost to

warning, fitness-centric post!

so first things first, i use myfitnesspal to try to keep reigns on my eating so that i don’t out grow my pants and so i can continue to progress at running. today i added a category for tea hah! it goes TEAS, breakfast, lunch, dinner. duh should have done that long ago.
i also add every tea i drink to the database, even if they are adagio fandom blends and i’m the only person who will drink them. i love seeing bilbo or sherlock names when i go to log food.

now, i have also registered for a relay race in October. it’s usually a relay of 12 people but this year we are doing and ‘ultra’ team which means we each run twice as much over the 30 hr race. about 33 miles each person is the estimate. since i prefer long distances i’d have it no other way.
we need a name for the team, so i’ve been brainstorming puns. the race is 6 people in a van, 1 person runs at a time, and if you can decorate the van for a theme it’s even better. the first round of punny names include:
Repo Van
Vando Calrissian
Encino Van
Vans Labyrinth
The Hobbit: Van Unexpected Journey
VAN Hell Zing
The Van Who Wasn’t There
A Van with No Name

ohfancythat

I use MFP too, I will have to search for the teas!!

Shmiracles

they are ALL on there! especially DavidsTeas. it’s kinda crazy. i like knowing that other people also log tea. makes me feel warm and fuzzy. also i add teas to the database all the time.

ohfancythat

Makes me happy to see them there too…. Though they are all zero everything so logging it isn’t helpful really

jacawa

The ones I have found so far are zero on MFP — except Bollywood Chai is 10 cals/cup!! It must be the candy coated fennel seeds – but how can that be more than the chocolate in RML or some of the other teas?!

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I’m all out of this as of last night. Of course it meant I had to immediately place a DAVIDs order for this and a couple of other favourites. (I’m not even gonna bother removing it from cupboard since it will be back in by mid next week)

This is such a good peppermint chocolate tea. This and butiki’s Peppermint Patty are head to head for me in the peppermint category. You have to have them both if for no other reason that one is herbal and one is black.

It smells heavenly of mint, both brewed and dry leaf, it is very forgiving with steeping screw ups, it is not astringent, has a nice mild base and takes sugar oh so well. It’s just delicious. A staple for me.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 3 min, 0 sec
keychange

Hmmm, it’s been a while since I’ve tried this. Is the chocolate too chocolatey? how do you feel it compares against the similar offerings from dellaterra (shamrocks, bats in the bellfrey, minty cow, and other names)

VariaTEA

Oh Nxtdoor, we really don’t seem to be too tea compatible. I hated this. Although, I agree that Peppermint Patty is delicious. So I guess there is some hope for us to be tea friends :P

Nxtdoor

keychange, I have not had any mint teas from Della Terra. oh, actually, I lie, I had one small sample of their Candy Cane that was sent to me by Dexter3657. A distant memory, too distant for me to comment on how it compares to this.

VariaTea, Dexter3657 and I are great tea friends. She sends me all the things she hates and I love more than 80% of them. SImilarly, I seem to dislike all those she loves. Best tea friends I tell ya!

VariaTEA

I suppose that does make sense. In that case, we too would make great tea friends given I seem to enjoy the teas you don’t like and you seem to like the ones that I am not a fan of. And if we ever meet in person, we could at least share a pot of Peppermint Patty :)

Tuscanteal

I can’t say I’m a fan of this one either. I preferred Santa’s Secret to this one when I was going through the advent calendar. This one was a bit more sharp and the tastes I found weren’t as balanced. Glad you like it though :)

Nxtdoor

Tuscanteal, I included Santa’s helper in my order so who knows, maybe it will be my favourite of the two also. I did hear good things about it.

VariaTEA

@Tuscanteal – I also preferred Santa’s Secret. I think that one is a more simple tea so it is a nice cup to just relax and enjoy. This one I also found unbalanced.

Tuscanteal

I think you’ll like Santa’s Secret too, but we’ll have to see if you’ll like it more :)

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Since it’s a chilly 15 degrees and rainy here today, I decided to whip out this tea this afternoon. I had exactly enough left for one glass, which is fine because I’ve got another 100g on the way to get me through the winter.
I knew that I loved this tea, and I know it’s my favourite but I hadn’t had it in a few months and kind of forgot what it tasted like.

IT TASTES LIKE AFTER EIGHTS MELTED THEMSELVES INTO A CUP, THAT’S WHAT IT TASTES LIKE!

Ahem. It’s very chocolatey but also noticeably cool and minty. I like that it’s cool and minty yet the mint doesn’t push everything else out of the way. Once I smelled this steeping, the reasons that I love it all came rushing back in a hurry. I foresee myself drinking a LOT of this and Pumpkin Chai this fall and winter.

Preparation
Boiling 5 min, 0 sec
canadianadia

After eights melted in a cup? That’s it, I’m adding this one to my shopping list

Daniel Scott

@canadianadia – Do! It’s definitely one of DT’s best. I like this one, and I don’t even like mint chocolate!

Daisy Chubb

Definitely a staple in my cupboard!

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Another tea I get to cross off my TEA Bucket List thanks to Daisy Chubb!!!!

This reminds me of DT’s Santa’s Helper and I really like that! I think that one is a little more mintier and candy-like but this one is darned dandy, too!

It’s chocolate and mint and sweet and satisfying…might have to make some minty DT purchases soon! :) Thanks again DaisyChubb!!!!

Tina S.

This is one of my all time favourite’s at David’s. I’m glad you got to try it! :D

Erin

This is one of my favourites too!

Daisy Chubb

woop! A winna!

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Bit of a backlog: My mom needed me to come in to her store today and price-sticker stuff for their grand opening on Saturday, so I did that. On the way there I picked up some steamed milk at SBUX to make this one into a latte when I got there.

I had nearly forgotten how good this one is. It basically remains the best chocolate tea I’ve ever had.

What’s really weird about that is that this is also a chocolate mint tea. And I hate chocolate mint, to the point that the smell of it can literally bring bile to my mouth if it’s strong enough.

But I like this one. Why?

I guess the mint is soft enough, perhaps? It’s like the mint is cushioned in a soft blanket of cashmere chocolate, while other chocolate mint things are like I’m being stabbed with peppermint and cocoa. Ugh.

Also, I picked up a bottle of caramel syrup from Second Cup on the way home (haha, gotta spread out my small bit of coffee-shop business) so I can mix it up with my vanilla syrup. I’m currently having a caramel matcha latte made with vanilla almond milk. HOLY BALLS, it’s amazing!

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 3 min, 0 sec
Ninavampi

Good luck with grand opening!

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I finally made it to the new store in manhattan (Bleeker) and I just love the staff there. So friendly. They were impressed that I came In with a list of teas. I am a dork, obviously. They were sampling this tea today and I’m pleasantly surprised. I didn’t expect to like it this much since mint blends tend to be overly minty and I’m not usually a fan of black tea but this is good. The tea base actually acts as a malty boost to the chocolate with a minty brightness keeping it interesting. I was almost tempted to get some. Instead, I left with about ten .5 ounce bags of different teas to try.

I’ll be back to try others. Yaaaay. I’m so excited that DT opened here.

Uniquity

I still go in there with lists. Thanfully, the staff at “my” store love me for it!

Dinosara

Man I still need to make it to the Bleecker store… glad to hear that the staff was great!

CHAroma

I’m definitely going to stop by the Bleecker store to get my first ever DAVIDsTEA samples! They don’t seem to sell sample sizes on their website, but luckily I had a trip planned to NYC for this weekend. Yay for trying new teas! I’m so excited!!

Mercuryhime

Oooh! Have fun! The Bleecker store is definitely my favorite of the NYC stores. I think they do run out more often cause they get more business. Or it seems that way anyhow.

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Sipdown (121)!

So this came in one of those adorable as hell Easter Egg tins from DT; my sister hid three of them (I don’t know if they’re sold individually or as a set) in my house for the holiday – I’ve passed one of the three along to Tre to give to a friend since it’s one I’ve tried and don’t really need/want around right now (Forever Nuts) and the other is Chocolate Macaroon which I don’t really love but I’m holding on to because there are a few creative ways I think I could prepare it.

I don’t have good memories of this one – but it’s also been over a year since I last had it so I thought I owed this tea another chance. I’m drinking the sample as a cold brew because back when I first had it I hadn’t discovered the joys of cold brewing, and since then mint/chocolate cold brews have become something I consistently enjoy. This is NOT working for me though – something about the smell alone is turning me off. Like, remember that ridiculously acted/overly dramatic scene in Breaking Dawn where Bella is craving eggs and then they go to make the eggs and she just instantly goes into morning sickness mode? The smell of this is making me nauseous in almost the same way as I imagine morning sickness would.

But; I’m trying it anyway…

…And, nope! This one is so very much still not my cup of tea. The chocolate has such a wonky taste to it – and it forces itself on you in a really questionable way; it’s borderline chemical tasting but definitely artificial. Cheap chocolate; that’s what it is. I’m sure the stupid sprinkles don’t help much either. The peppercorn? Nope – I’ll echo my thoughts from a year ago; what is it doesn’t in the blend!? It adds nothing of value, and it clashes with the already not so delicious taste of the chocolate. The mint is sort of the only redeeming thing – but even then it kind of tastes… Old?

This one is such a big flop – and it’s matching with all the negative memories I’ve got from a year ago, except worse. But even still; I rated this 72!? What was I smoking!? I’m dropping this rating down to where it deserves to be and the rest of this foul, nauseating brew is getting dumped as it should be. Who actually likes this crap?

Big Brother Update (not that any of you care – it’s more a tally for myself):

Goddesses/Divine Beings: Sarah, Naeha

Love: Brittnee, Johnny, Sindy

Kinda Like: Zach, Jordan, Kevin (even after tonight’s roller coaster episode),

No Opinion/Neutral: Ashleigh, Risha, Pilar (START PLAYING THE FREAKING GAME!)

Scum of the Earth: B*bby (Bobby), Craigslist/Egg/Grogg (Graig), Br*n* (Bruno), Wallow (Willow; but she’s sort of on the road to redemption), Flopfrey (Godfrey)

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this is another tea I got from softrevolution.
If everything continues like it smells it’s going to be fantastic. This has to be the yummiest smelling mint chocolate tea I have smelt. The peppermint is fantastic and the chocolate smells like real chocolate, not artificial like many others.
Upon being steeped it looses most of the chocolate smell… oh no :( it tastes nicely pepperminty however the chocolate barely comes threw at the end. as it cools a bit more the chocolate comes through a little more. However I didn’t want my tea to cool today it’s a chilly morning.
Overall I wish there was some more chocolate flavour to it. but still very enjoyable.

oops I forgot about my strawberry zabaglione that is steeping

Preparation
Boiling
wiicked

how much tea comes with the southern boy teas?

tattooed_tea

I’m not certain as I haven’t ordered any but I think it’s two tea bags that each make an 8 quart jug.

Autistic Goblin

try adding a bit of milk I find that helps

wiicked

thanks so much tattoed
wait are they in tea bags?

tattooed_tea

Wiicked they are to make for easy steeping. They are regular 52Teas quality though, loose leaf, not your typical bagged tea.

wiicked

ok cool
thanks so much

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Yum-yum, December 1st. Had this before, loved it then so there was no doubt I’d love it this time too!!

Cattibrie

I am so loving this advent calendar. Even though I have tried or own most of the teas it is still great fun. And it takes the morning decision out of my hands which is nice since I have so many teas now.

MaddHatter

No kidding! I always wake up a little earlier so i can enjoy my tea at home!

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Tea #7 from Traveling Tea Box C

Oh my goodness – someone dipped Monty Python’s wafer-thin-mint into a cup of tea! Take cover!!!

Okay, since no one seems about to explode, this is a surprisingly enjoyable cup. It really does taste like a thin mint, complete with the minty-fresh aftertaste to finish it off. The little red lips didn’t seem to do anything (they’re still mixed in with the steeped leaves) but those little dollhouse-sized kisses are long gone. This is a really nice change after the last firey chocolate tea, and it really seems like I’ve just finished off dessert.

Preparation
Boiling 5 min, 0 sec

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