Numi Organic Chocolate Puerh Black Tea Blend Tea Review

Numi Chocolate Puerh - deliciousness in a cup

If you just smelt this, there’s no way you would have guessed it was a tea. It smells like a chocolate torte cake. The aromas are smoky, inviting and rich. This tea is a great way to kick off the day for me, since I cannot have caffeine late at night or I can’t sleep!

The ingredients are: Organic Puerh, organic cocoa powder, organic vanilla, organic Theo Chocolate Cocoa nibs, organic rooibos, organic orange peel, organic nutmeg and organic cinnamon. Wait what? Theo Chocolate? Theo Chocolate is the only organic fair trade bean to bar chocolate in the United States. Yum yum. Let’s try this tea.

Oh my gosh. Love it. Velvety and smooth, this tea goes down so well. The chocolate notes are bold and complement the puerh so well. The nutmeg and cinnamon are subtle and add the perfect amount of complexity of the already fantastic brew. I’m a huge fan of nutmeg, I always add it to my pumpkin soup. Phew there is definitely caffeine in this tea, I can feel it’s kick already after a few sips!

If you love puerh, want a caffeine kick and you love chocolate, this is the tea for you.

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Oregon Chai The Original Instant Chai Tea Latte Mix Review

too bad it leaves a film on your tongue =P

Tea review number two from the CRFA show on Monday.

Just add water, is the claim that the Oregon Chai Mix makes.  It’s that simple.

The ingredients are: Sugar, dried whole milk, dried nonfat milk, dried honey, tapioca maltodextrin, natural flavours, dried black tea and salt.  Yes it contains milk, so this instant tea is not for the vegan.  The directions on the packet state: Add Oregon Chai Mix to 8oz hot water.  For a cold chai, add ice.  For a creamier experience, add a splash of milk or your favourite dairy substitute.  For me this would be almond, rice or hemp milk.

It’s important to note that 8oz is equivalent to about 237ml, roughly about a regular sized cup of water.  I don’t like my drinks too sweet so I used maybe 330ml or so of water.  My review is based on a “watered down” version of the chai, the way I like it.

When I first added hot water, I found the powder wasn’t dissolving too well.  I stirred the chai with a chopstick and a spoon and let it sit for a while before it “seemed” like everything was mixed in well (when I poured out the tea later, I found a lot of sediment was at the bottom of the cup).  Upon initial wafting of the steam, the chai smelled like milk more than tea.  The essence of the tea was not very strong even when I drank it, and the milkiness of the tea definately came out more than the tea taste itself.  This shouldn’t have been surprising though as tea is the second last ingredient next to salt!  Also, the chai left a film on my tongue and coated it like paint on a wall.  Yuk.  I think it may have been the maltodextrin or the dried milk that was causing the problem.  Not a fan, sorry.  Making your own chai from scratch although more time consuming would be more rewarding and worth the effort.

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