I have been trying to submit this note since yesterday, but Steepster keeps showing continual “saving” without progression. I got into the habit of copying and pasting notes until I was sure they went through after Steepster would randomly “eat” tasting notes a couple years back, but haven’t seen anything since. Is this normal? Or Holiday traffic?
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First of all, this sample is quite old. I found it hiding in a drawer.
Dry scent is super strong chocolate and orange. This made me a bit hesitant, as I like chocolate, and I like orange, but the melding of the two has never pleased me for some reason. Shame. The next strongest scents are then pepper, clove, cinnamon, cardamom. I may also be picking up on some ginger. The orange peel chunks are as big as my thumbnail!
I had this with milk, and the 5 minute suggested steeping time causes it to not be as strong as I would like (I experienced this also with Zen’s Masala chai [which was excellent by the way], so tacking on an extra minute, minute and a half fixed it right up). Zen suggests making this like a normal black tea as “boiling Chocolate Chai in a pot with milk results in an undesirable taste”. I normally find Zen’s steeping instructions bang on, so I heeded Kenneth’s warning.
Clove is the dominant flavour, followed by cinnamon. The chocolate note is there, although not very strong. I get the chocolate note stronger in the upper back of my mouth as an aftertaste after a few sips. There’s a citrus freshness that cuts through the creamyness, but the orange doesn’t present as strong as I thought it would given the dry scent.
I wouldn’t keep this in my cupboard, but it may be because the sample is pretty old and I have been spoiled by trying the Masala Chai earlier this week; http://steepster.com/Starfish/posts/278781 It was just so darn good!
Flavors: Cardamom, Chocolate, Cinnamon, Clove, Ginger, Orange, Orange Zest, Pepper
Woop! Got the ingredients!
Neat! I’m glad to hear that they’re rolling out a new tea (and hopefully even more).
It’s pretty good! No cloves. :)
Interesting! I actually love cloves, just that David’s Sugar and Spice had a weird thing going on with them.
Sometimes in chai they’re the only thing you can taste, so this was a neat alternative.
Yeah, totally. Cloves and cinnamon. And maybe ginger: the three main spices which make the majority of chais taste almost the same haha.