There’s nothing better than sitting down with a good cup of tea and a large slice of chocolate cake (it’s not even 10am and I’m already salavating), but what happens if you combine the two..?

Flavoured teas are not new (think Earl Grey) and chocolate flavoured tea certainly isn’t either - but what constitutes a good chocolate tea? Whilst Adagio claim to have the best chocolate flavoured tea, most large tea companies will offer some form of chocolate flavoured combination. I’ve not tasted Adagio’s blend, of the chocolate teas I know, the best tend to have a light tea base (such as a Sri Lankan Uva) so as not to detract from the delicate flavour of the chocolate. A North Indian Assam base is already very malty and thick, so the chocolate flavouring has to be added to the tea in higher quantities in order to be tasted in the cup.

Of course I’m assuming the chocolate tea is a black tea, but there’s nothing stopping a good white or green tea being used as the base to give it a fresher, more delicate edge to it. Personally, when blending a chocolate tea, I would increase the flavour and appeal of the blend by adding cocoa nibs and shells as you can’t beat the real thing! Other than Yogi tea I don’t know of any other brand that actively promotes the use of cocoa shells in their natural state in their teas.