Chocolate Marshmallow Spicier Chai from 52 Teas is my tea choice of the day and also my choice for today’s Vegan MoFo! Today is Holiday Bake Day! What are you planning on baking over the winter holidays? Do you make cake or cookies? Something Savory? Well, I have a confession to make…I don’t bake! I’ve tried but I always fail! But when I first tasted Chocolate Marshmallow Spicier Chai from 52 Teas I knew I had to use it for today’s Vegan MoFo!
Chocolate Marshmallow Spicier Chai from 52 Teas is VEGAN as are all of their teas! It has a very strong chai base with all of the spices you would want in a chai. It features Marshmallow Root which you can smell upon opening the bag. It also has VEGAN White Chocolate Chips and VEGAN Chocolate Chips and they are WONDERFUL!
If I were to bake…I would bake something based on the aroma and taste of this tea…spices, chocolate, YUM! Chocolate Marshmallow Spicier Chai from 52 Teas is REALLY something to treasure but also share with others! It also seems perfect for fall and winter not to mention Vegan MoFo!
Here’s the scoop!
Leaf Type: Black Tea
Where to Buy: 52Teas
Description
organic ingredients: black teas, secret blend of spices, marshmallow root, cacao nibs, cacao shells, mini vegan chocolate chips, vegan white chocolate chips and natural flavors.
Learn even more about this tea and tea company here! Act quick though, this tea is on sale!
The Cake Is A Lie! from Geeky Teas
Tea Information:
Leaf Type: Black, Green, Roiboos, Etc.
Where to Buy: Geeky Teas
Tea Description:
Black tea, natural vanilla flavour, candy sprinkles, natural creme flavour and natural caramel flavour.
Learn more about this tea here.
Taster’s Review:
I will admit it right off the bat. I have tried to play Portal and I was absolutely awful at it. To the point where my kiddos were like “It’s ok Mommy, you are good at other things.” I used to think I was good at video games, guess that just isn’t the case anymore. In that moment, I knew I was old. (ha!)
Geeky Teas is one of my favorite tea shops. They produce fun unique handed blended teas that scream with personality and of course I love the idea that they are based on fandoms. The Cake Is A Lie blend is a mix of black tea, vanilla flavorings, candy sprinkles, creme flavor, and caramel flavor. Just take a whiff of the dry leaf mix and you can smell each and ever one of those ingredients. The dry leaf smells simply divine. One of those teas that you feel like you are gaining weight just by smelling the tea.
Brewed up with freshly prepped boiling water, I allowed this tea to steep for about 4 minutes. I waited a few moments to let the tea cool and took my first sip. Oh my Goodness! This tea isn’t just good. It’s brilliant! This tea is the king of dessert teas! The black tea is the silent base that is giving the flavors to be the star. The creme and the caramel are the flavors you really get along with a chocolate note here and there. The flavors all combined really doesn’t taste like a chocolate cake. I have tried so many different teas that say they taste like cake, this one really does!
This may be the best tea I have tried yet from Geeky Teas. I see a large pouch of this blend in my future!
Vicky’s Sponge Cake from Bluebird Tea
Tea Information:
Leaf Type: Black
Where to Buy: Bluebird Tea
Tea Description:
Think vanilla sponge cake with a dollop of raspberry jam!
There is nothing better than a cuppa and cake (except perhaps a cake flavored cuppa!) and did you know it was our good old queenie Victoria who invented the Vicky Sponge? Guess the name gives it away a bit! She loved taking afternoon tea with her home girls but decided they needed some extra nourishment to last until dinner. Cake it is then! We like your thinking QV!
Ingredients: Ceylon black tea, Coconut, Strawberry granules, Freeze dried raspberries, Raspberry leaves.
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Learn more about this tea here.
Taster’s Review:
I have been eyeing this tea for a while now. So when a few people expressed interest in a shared order, I didn’t hesitate. I used to belong to Bluebird Tea’s monthly plan, but with the shipping fees to the States being a bit high and my strong dislike of red rooibos, I thought it would be better to cancel. That was a couple years ago. Fast forward to a couple days ago when this box of Bluebird Tea arrived at the house. I squealed I was so excited.
I thought I would wait and share this one with my dad. He loves tea and mostly drinks bagged tea just for the sheer convenience of it. He also doesn’t take care of himself so I was hoping this might help him avoid the dessert table during our Mother’s Day festivities. It didn’t detour him from the table, but I did!
When I opened the tea packet and peeked inside, I couldn’t believe the huge freeze dried raspberries that were in this tea! They looked delicious just on their own. The mix is very attractive looking. I scooped a few tablespoons into a tea bag and poured fresh water into the tea kettle. Brought the water to a boil and threw in the tea. Steeped for 4 minutes and poured into two mugs.
This smelled just like raspberry jam. Tasted like it too. Every once in a while you would pick up the cake like flavor. But I was ok with that. I wished the cake flavor came out more, but this raspberry jam like taste was simply fantastic. I could barely pick up the black tea base. The Ceylon tea base was so very smooth.
My dad really enjoyed it and said that out of all the tea we had drank that day, this one he could drink every day -all day. So very good. I was able to get another infusion out of it, but the infusion was quite a bit weaker.
After doing a bit of research on Steepster, it looks like cold brewing is the way to go with this tea to get the cake like flavors to really pop. Tonight before I go to bed I am going to have to try this. It also looks like if you steep this longer, the cake flavors come out more.
Regardless, this tea is outstanding if you enjoy raspberry teas. And if those cake flavors do pop with cold brewing or maybe shaking up the bag more- then that is just an added bonus!