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 Choffee Mint tea?

Choffee Mint tea is a beautiful blend crafted with Sri Lankan black tea, whole coffee beans, cocoa husks, cocoa nibs, roasted dandelion root, peppermint and flavouring. It smells delicious – deep and chocolaty, with minty note and hints of coffee. Think of dark mint chocolate but without sugary sweetness, and that’s exactly what this tea smells like.

Mint and black tea are a less common pair than mint and green tea, but they complement each other really well. The ingredients in Choffee Mint tea make it a brilliant afternoon (or after lunch) tea. Mint may help aid digestion and promote relaxation (Source: ScienceDirect) and both tea and coffee contain caffeine and may help boost energy. This makes it a perfect blend for afternoons when all you want to do is take a nap but you can’t affor it. What’s great about this tea is that it’s blended exceptionally well – all ingredients have their purpose and contribute to the flavour without being overpowering. Roasted dandelion root is often used as a coffee alternative because of its toasty and deep flavour. And then, there are also cocoa husks and cocoa nibs that give a delicate chocolate note, without extreme sweetness. Choffee Mint doesn’t contain added sugar and is suitable for vegetarians.

How to brew Choffee Mint tea?

This tea is available as loose tea in pyramid tea bags, refill pouches and caddies. Steep one teaspoon of one pyramid tea bag in a cup of water (150-200 ml) for 3-5 minutes with boiling water. Choffee Mint has an incredibly deep flavour, with only a slight astringency, dominant dark chocolate note and minty aftertaste. Coffee adds depth, but even if you are not a coffee drinker, this tea will win you over. What’s surprising is that all the ingredients in this Choffee Mint tea have a natural light bitterness, but brewed tea is not bitter at all. It tastes great with no condiments, but you can drink it with some milk and brown sugar, too. Depending on how long you steep it for, you can re-use the same tea leaves one more time. Choffee Mint is both an office blend and a dessert blend for an afternoon tea. It offers refreshment, an energy boost, a very delicious flavour, and it’s easy to brew.

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