Hi There! This is Maggie, yep you don’t always get Geeves’ clean writing. Tonight it is Maggie Story Time. So I found this tea over the winter break, when I so generously volunteered to be the Designated Driver for my sister and her boyfriends Wine Tasting Trip. Though at first glace this may not seem like an amazing use of time, I did end up really enjoying it for many reasons. The second most being the Old Town Tea and Spice, in Old Town Temecula. (for those of you wondering, the first reason is that all of us being youngins, we didn’t want to eat the overpriced winery food. And Katie and Mike definitely did not want to go an entire day drinking with no food. Which led to us lugging around an Entire Wheel of Cheese to all these fancy wineries. It was worth a giggle and a half to watch the manager try to tactfully tell us that it was tacky to BYOCheese)
Old Town Tea and Spice was a cute little shop nestled in the Old Town district, but fifteen minutes away from the wineries. They got me there with the promise of a large tea selection, and kept me with their affordable prices, and buy 10oz get one free. This particular tea drew my eye with the fun name, and once I saw that one of the main notes was chocolate I just had to give it a try.
Here’s the Store for all you Funky Little Tea Drinkers:
Old Town Spice and Tea Merchants
Maggie’s Thoughts:
- 8.5/10
- This one gets a high number from me for the lovely and smooth chocolate taste, without it being too sweet. It was a good dose of CHoCOlaTE (cue Spongebob screaming meme “dID YoU SaY ChOColATE!!”), without the feeling like I needed a dentist appointment immediately afterwards.
- The tea base was strong and could definitely hold up to milk if you wanted a creamier flavor, though honestly it doesn’t need it. But, I am one of those weird heathens who likes 87-92% dark chocolate, so if you want to sweeten I promise I will not judge.
- The price was also pretty good. At $4 an oz you get a decent amount of tea, and this is one to re-steep.
- My one little gripe would be that in the notes it did claim to have a hazelnut hint to it. And I didn’t really feel like I got that. I went in expecting Nutella and Came out with dark chocolate. I ain’t even mad, BUT I understand that some would be a Tad Miffed, a Bit Peeved, A Smidge Irate, if they were looking for a sweeter note.
- Overall, would buy again, and I would recommend it for fixing that chocolate urge that we all get at one in the morning, the one that leaves you wondering “to be (a gremlin) or not to be (a gremlin). Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of The Chocolate Cravings or to take arms against a sea of hungers and by indulging end them. To eat—to chocolate”… yeah no that’s all the Hamlet I have in me for today. That’s all folks!
Geeves’ Thoughts:
- 7/10
- I drank this and immediately needed to sleep. Maybe it’s because it’s late. Maybe because there’s a lot of caffeine and no sweetness. IDK.
- I’m a little disappointed, because I wanted this to be a dessert tea and it really wasn’t. It was cacao chunks and black tea, neither of which I am a huge fan of. I ate it with a bittersweet chocolate cake, which I think helped me because I was already in a not-sweet chocolate mindset, but I’d probably be unsatisfied if I drank it as my dessert.
- Maggie and I have very different tea tastes, so I’m not surprised that she liked this! It’s not my jam, so I probably wouldn’t buy it, but at $4 per oz online I wouldn’t tell you not to. And if Maggie gives me another cup at some point in time, it’s not like I’d say no…
- Also, even thought Maggie did write the majority of this post, I did my best to edit for y’all, you’re welcome 😉 (Yes, this is REALLY an edited post.)
TLDR:
- Rating: 7.75/10
- Tasting Notes: black tea with a bittersweet chocolate note.
- Pricing: Fair, $4/oz
- Recommendation: A ConrTEAversial blend, depending on your pallet.
Purchase here if it catches your fancy!
We hope you have enjoyed, and that you all can now go forth and steep your leaves!
Much Love,
Maggie And Geeves’
Here's the Tea 