What is White Chocolate Tea?

White Chocolate tea from Rosie Lea Tea is a green tea blend with a chocolate and creamy flavour. Although chocolate goes really well with tea, it’s mostly blended with black, rather than green tea. This tea contains chun mei green tea, cocoa nibs, really beautiful large cocoa husks, jasmine blossoms, desiccated coconut and natural flavourings. A lot of creamy and cocoa ingredients to create a flavour reminiscent of white chocolate.

If you are an avid tea drinker, you’ve probably tried chun mei (or chunmee) green tea already, if not pure, then undoubtedly in some flavoured tea blend. Cocoa husks and cocoa nibs give a wonderful cocoa scent to this blend and look very pretty, too.

What’s the flavour like?

Since White Chocolate is a green tea blend, the best temperature for steeping will be at around 75-80 degrees Celsius. Use 1 teaspoon per cup of water and steep for 2-3 minutes.

What’s really interesting about this tea is that it’s blended with Chinese chun mei green tea, which is often used in tea blends. But in many blends, it tends to be overpowering, strong and even bitter. White Chocolate tea is the complete opposite. In fact, without an ingredient list, it would be difficult to say you are drinking chun mei. More experienced tea drinkers may notice a light smokiness lingering in the background and specific depth, which is very common in a chun mei tea. Cocoa husks give the most intense note that blends well into a mellow green tea base.

Which condiments are the best for White Chocolate tea?

You won’t be needing any condiments with this tea, but the flavour profile makes it great for tea drinkers that enjoy adding sweeteners. What’s super great about this tea blend is that it’s one of the rare teas you can actually drink with a splash of milk. Most green teas are either too light, or to grassy and vegetal for milk. When choosing the right green tea for milk, colour matters too. Because it brews into a tea with an intense orange-yellow colour, chun mei really is a wonderful choice for this blend. With a splash of coffee creamer, cocoa notes really shine through, and White Chocolate tea actually looks like a cup of hot white chocolate.

Chun Mei tea is strong enough to be used for making a pink tea, a super unique type of milk tea.

White Chocolate is a very delicate and light tea, but strong and deep enough to enjoy it with milk. Who would enjoy it? Tea drinkers that like gentle, mellow and deep green teas more than fresh, fruity and vegetal greens. This blend would be a great option for afternoon tea times as well, and amazing as a morning cuppa.

Read more – Green Tea – The Ultimate Guide

Tea Recap

Water or milk? Water or milk.

Day or night? Day.

Hot or iced? Hot.

Sweetened or Pure? Pure or sweetened.

Caffeine? Yes

What’s the price? Starting from 3.00 GBP.

Where to buy? Get White Chocolate Tea from Rosie Lea Tea website.

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What is Pear and Pistachio green tea?

Pear and pistachio are two common ingredients, not so commonly found together in a tea blend. Unlike apples, pears are often quite a delicate fruit, and the flavour may easily be lost among other ingredients.

This Pear and Pistachio tea blend from Biscuit & Brew Tea House (formerly Arthur Dove) contains Chun mei green tea, white tea, rosehips, apple pieces, pear pieces, orange peel, calendula petals, whole pistachios, flavourings and stevia as a sweetener. A lot of ingredients that create a visually pretty blend with a sweet scent and light pear and orange notes.

Sounds like a fresh cake, doesn’t it? If you love baking, you already know pears and pistachios fit together perfectly, but how do they taste in a tea blend?

How to brew this tea?

Pear and Pistachio is a green tea blend, so pay attention to the water temperature. Many green teas, including Chinese Chun Mei tea, may become bitter if over-brewed or if the water is too hot. Steep one teaspoon of tea leaves per cup of water at 75 degrees Celsius for 2-3 minutes. This tea contains lots of different ingredients, so try to scoop out all of them when making tea.

Pear and Pistachio brews into a refreshing, sweet dessert cuppa with light pear notes. If a light moist pear cake dusted with icing sugar had a liquid pair, it would be this tea. It doesn’t need any sweetener, as stevia gives enough natural sweetness without adding calories and blends really well with other ingredients. None of them are taking over the blend, but create a perfectly balanced flavour instead. Pear and Pistachio tea is light, sweet and reminiscent of a light autumn pear cake. Chun Mei tea has a stronger, slightly smoky flavour, and may become bitter if over-brewed, but in this blend, it offers depth, with no bitterness at all.

Because of its base tea and ingredients, this blend is perfect for cold brewing in the fridge and making iced teas. It leaves a long and sweet aftertaste, with all the flavour notes present. This tea would be great for tea drinkers that enjoy sweet teas with lighter and fresher notes. It tastes great both hot and cold, so it’s the blend you can drink in different ways, depending on your mood. Since this is a green tea blend, it contains caffeine.

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