I think I have been drinking flavored tea for over a week, today was no exception. While at work, running from one meeting to the next, I had a serious craving for a cup of tea, yet no time to fool around with the contraptions required to steep loose tea. Hence I found myself, earnestly searching for a tea bag to satisfy my thirst. Luckily, I was carrying around a couple of Chocolate Mint Truffle tea bags. The joy of loose tea with the convenience of a tea bag. I’m sure you can imagine my excitement.
Composition: Rooibos leaves, mint, cacao nibs, natural chocolate flavors. Cacao nibs are cleaned, roasted, winnowed and lightly crushed cacao beans. (Their taste is nicely bittersweet, and they have the crunchy, toasty flavor derived from nuts.)
Dry Visual: A mix of color – red, green, and brown – encased in a 100% biodegradable silken sachet. Thanks Mighty Leaf Tea for the picture.
Dry Aroma: A delicious chocolate and mint mix – liquid peppermint patty.
Flavor: Chocolate Mint Truffle is a very unique tea. Initially when steeped and tasted, I found the rooibos to be the dominate flavor. Followed by mint in the middle and finished by a hint of chocolate. My first few sips indicated Chocolate Mint Truffle to be naturally sweet – sweetener was not necessary. Because of the name, I was somewhat surprised by the mild chocolate flavor. This prompted me to add sweetener – nothing exciting like Sugar Crystals or Sugar-In-The-Raw, just plain white sugar. WOW! Chocolate Mint truffle was transformed into an amazing dessert tea. The chocolate flavor was simply amazing and incredibly robust – almost like drinking a cup of hot chocolate with a hint of mint. Chocolate Mint Truffle is delicious!
Liquor: A rich amber hue.
Brewing Time: It is recommended that Organic Southern Belle is steeped for 5 – 7 minutes at a temperature of 205 degrees. I steeped for 5 minutes.
Manufacturer: Mighty Leaf Tea
Caffeine: No
If you have had the joy of drinking a cup of Chocolate Mint Truffle, stop by and share your experience. Until then… Happy Tea Drinking!
Just reviewed this one recently myself. Very tasty. I prefer it without sweetener, but that is generally how I like my tea.
As for drinking a lot of flavored teas recently, I suspect that the winter may be responsible for it. I am not sure if it is a comfort thing, but for some reason I am just really craving “flavors”!
Hey Lainie,
I too prefer to drink my tea without sweetener, EXCEPT when I drink flavored teas. It seems like if the tea is supposed to have a sweet taste, the sugar often enhances that taste. Like the Chocolate Mint Truffle Tea or the Nutcracker Tea I drank obscene amounts of recently.
Perhaps you are right – the sweet craving is due to the winter blues!
Well, if there is a tea I should be trying more of whilst being “good” to myself it’s going to be this one, I am really interested to know exactly what would make the blend become a chocolate tea. It’s got me excited just thinking about it! Great pick!
Hey Josh!
Yes, if you are concientious about what you eat and drink and want to “treat” yourself I would definitely recommend this tea. Great question about the blending – I will see what I can find out for you. I plan to learn more about blending in the upcoming months. What do yoiu know about blending?
Thanks for stopping by and commenting!
@teaescapade I admit, I am 100% new to the whole idea of any tea outside a teabag, that is why I am trying out teas on my podcast “One Tea a Week”, scuse the plug
I think I will definetly try some blending soon, but right now it’s all about getting myself as acquianted as I can with tea, and blogs like this will certainly help me no end 
Josh,
I’ll have to check out your “One Tea a Week” podcast. I recently have been playing around with the podcast functionality on my computer. I’m not comfortable with the technology yet, but when I am… watch out tea world!
Glad to see someone else’s opinion on this one. I reviewed it a while ago and I remember the tea fondly but re-reading my review, I guess I wasn’t too crazy about the rooibos.
Sugar definitely makes this one so yummy! Anyone that wants to try it should just go all out.
Mandy Bee,
I agree, adding sugar definitely makes the difference. I was amazed at the transformation. I think I like rooibos – the key is what it is blended with.