Hazelnut Chocolate

Steep:
212°F
4 min

Tasting Notes:
Dry Leaf Smell: hazelnut, hint of chocolate
Steeped Tea Smell: chocolate hazelnut truffle
Flavor: sweet, coco, earthy
Aftertaste: stevia
Liquor: translucent dark brown

Comments: would be great if not for the stevia aftertaste (i dislike that specific flavor)

Post-Steep Additives: milk

Comments: stevia less noticeable with milk

Resteep:
very weak, earthy

Rating: 2/4 leaves

Leaf system:
1=Bleh! not again if it were free
2=Acceptable, if it were free or there were limited other tea options
3=I might purchase this tea from time to time, or select it while out
4=A staple in our cupboard from now on, I will purchase and keep purchasing

Steepster Link https://steepster.com/teas/davidstea/94181-hazelnut-chocolate

YouTube Review https://youtu.be/U1O3pWIhQkQ

TikTok Review https://www.tiktok.com/@circuitswan/video/7148638847595859242

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Blog Post https://amazonv.blogspot.com/2022/09/davidstea-teabag-puerh-type-hazelnut.html

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Disclaimer:
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A friend dropped this off as a holiday gift in December. I absolutely love it! Earlier this year I mentioned wanted to expand my horizons and trying more pu’erh teas. Chocolate tea has not been a good experience for me but this one I could happily drink all winter.
It definitely leads with the hazelnut, which I enjoy. Like a cozy blanket on a snowy day, and probably healthier for me than the jar of Nutella I snacked on last night while watching the Olympics

1/18/22
I loved this tea! A chocolate tea? Yes! This was much more of a hazelnut heavy flavor profile, and I added sugar, so this turned out well, much better than anticipated. Glad I chose this tea today. (The smell of the tea was not my favorite, like burned coffee grounds, but the liquid didn’t taste like it at all.)

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So I don’t expect to like this one, given the chocolate element. It does smell pleasant in the tin.

I didn’t realize this has stevia in it, and it’s just too sweet for me. The chocolate isn’t great either, it tastes quite artificial, and the hazelnut reminds me of coffee creamer.

As I’m not feeling great, I won’t be finishing the mug. :(

This is a fairly good-tasting puerh with strong notes of hazelnut. The hazelnut overwhelms the chocolate; the chocolate is somewhat weak. The Stevia in this tea isn’t as strong as other DavidsTeas but still there, and it gives the tea an unpleasant after taste. It’s ok but not something I would recommend.

(DavidsTea 98)

Thanks to Roswell Strange for sending me some of this tea to sample way long ago! I like it and its Nutella vibes, and would like to try it as a latte if I ever remember to, but it’s good straight up as well. And not too sweet, unlike some teas.

I’m yawning as I write this; I really don’t remember much about drinking this earlier today, I should probably write a better note in the future.

It’s like a warm, chocolate nutty hug. I was originally iffy on this one as when it comes to hazelnut chocolate most of them are too sweet. It’s one of the few more savory teas i enjoy

A coworker made a pot of this tea today and asked if I wanted a cup. Truthfully I wasn’t really in the mood for a chocolate tea, but I was in the mood for a nutty tea so I took one any. Splitting the difference of those two moods, it was a fine cup. The hazelnut flavour is just so, so good.

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 and feelings regarding the teas, and not the company’s.