Final one of the Malt Shop collection.
This was the tea I was least excited about originally; it’s not that it sounded bad but I don’t love green tea and I’m pretty impartial towards chocolate teas in general. Plus, chocolate and green tea? I haven’t had wild success with that pairing in the past. Though it is worth note that as of this tasting note, this is the ONLY green tea in our collection with chocolate in it. So, if nothing else I feel like this fills a hole in that category a bit.
However, this one surprised me the most and actually wound up being my favourite of the collection. That said, it wasn’t without it’s flaws: both the hot and iced cups I tried had that melted down white chocolate goo/oiliness that no one likes experiencing in the mouthfeel and this does also have stevia in it which I did find I could taste somewhat, especially in the hot format.
What I absolutely adored about this one though was that the flavour reminded me SO HEAVILY of White Chocolate Frost which is one of my all time favourite Winter/Holiday teas; and one I’ve wished DT would bring back every year since the one it came out. This is as close a tea as I’ve ever experience! It’s super minty and refreshing, but has lots of creaminess/silkiness from the white chocolate. I couldn’t taste the green tea base at all in either the hot or iced cups so it also felt like it was a herbal, just like White Chocolate Frost. The small differences in flavour boiled down to a lack of peppercorns in this blend and some slight milk chocolate notes from the cocoa nibs/powder. Also lets be real, the peppercorns in WCF never had a super strong impact on that tisane in the first place anyway.
Both hot and iced versions of this were good, but iced ultimately comes out as my preferred of the two – less stevia taste overall. I can’t wait to try this one as a latte!
Friendly reminder that I do not numerically rate DAVIDsTEA blends as I’m currently employed there and it would be an obvious conflict of interest. Any blends you see with numerical ratings were rated prior to my employment there. These reviews are a reflection of my personal thoughts regarding the teas, and not the company’s.
