Product Description
Chocolate Flavored Black Tea. Loose Leaf Net Wt. 2.2oz.
This tea blends the flavor of chocolate and tea in a way that is quite simply, divine. Enjoy hot or as a cool chocolate-y treat in the summer.
Black Tea, Sunflower & Calendula Petals, Natural flavors. Chocolate's scientific name, Theobroma Cacao, literally means "food of the gods". And so it was for the ancient Maya who worshipped the cacao bean and regarded it as a priceless treasure. Hernando Cortez brought the beans back to Spain in the 1500's where chocolate was subsequently enjoyed as a hot drink by royalty and commoners alike. By the 1700's chocolate houses were as prominent as coffee shops in many parts of the European continent and the U.K. In 1756 chocolate crossed back over to the new world with the opening of North America's first chocolate factory in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. We aren't sure when chocolate was first added to tea or who was responsible for doing it. But we are sure of one thing - thank the gods he or she did it. With each tasting we are consistently impressed by the way the natural chocolate flavoring blends with our Ceylon tea. Heavenly with a dash of milk and a little sugar.
We only use teas from the top three tea growing regions of Sri Lanka - Nuwara Eliya Dimbula and Uva. Dimbula and the western sates of Nuwara Eliya have a major quality peak during Jan/Feb, whereas Uva and the eastern estates of Nuwara Eliya have their peak in July/Aug. This dual peak period allows us to buy the best for our flavored tea several times a year. These high-grown districts produce teas that have classic 'Ceylon' tea character, noted by floral bouquet and flavor notes, touches of astringency and bright coppery color. Perfect as the base of our flavored teas. [We tested teas from various other origins around the world as base for our flavored teas but none made the grade.] Flavoring oils, not artificial crystals, give the tea drinker high quality tea that tastes great.
This tea blends the flavor of chocolate and tea in a way that is quite simply, divine. Enjoy hot or as a cool chocolate-y treat in the summer.
Black Tea, Sunflower & Calendula Petals, Natural flavors. Chocolate's scientific name, Theobroma Cacao, literally means "food of the gods". And so it was for the ancient Maya who worshipped the cacao bean and regarded it as a priceless treasure. Hernando Cortez brought the beans back to Spain in the 1500's where chocolate was subsequently enjoyed as a hot drink by royalty and commoners alike. By the 1700's chocolate houses were as prominent as coffee shops in many parts of the European continent and the U.K. In 1756 chocolate crossed back over to the new world with the opening of North America's first chocolate factory in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. We aren't sure when chocolate was first added to tea or who was responsible for doing it. But we are sure of one thing - thank the gods he or she did it. With each tasting we are consistently impressed by the way the natural chocolate flavoring blends with our Ceylon tea. Heavenly with a dash of milk and a little sugar.
We only use teas from the top three tea growing regions of Sri Lanka - Nuwara Eliya Dimbula and Uva. Dimbula and the western sates of Nuwara Eliya have a major quality peak during Jan/Feb, whereas Uva and the eastern estates of Nuwara Eliya have their peak in July/Aug. This dual peak period allows us to buy the best for our flavored tea several times a year. These high-grown districts produce teas that have classic 'Ceylon' tea character, noted by floral bouquet and flavor notes, touches of astringency and bright coppery color. Perfect as the base of our flavored teas. [We tested teas from various other origins around the world as base for our flavored teas but none made the grade.] Flavoring oils, not artificial crystals, give the tea drinker high quality tea that tastes great.