Chocola-tea!

It is freezing outside and while the snow and frost looks pretty the cold can make it super hard to keep to any health kicks you started post Christmas. All I want is cake, hot chocolate and buckets of pasta but I think I’ve found one way to curb the cravings and keep on track...Chocolate Tea! Here are my top four picks and each one can be enjoyed with or without milk.

A Quick Cuppa!

If it’s a quick cuppa you’re after I have found two options.

Tesco’s Finest Chocolate Tea

An easy to find and inexpensive option, this tea comes in tea bags so it’s easy to grab a cuppa whenever you fancy it. The tea bags have an almost sickly sweet vanilla aroma with a hint of tea and cocoa. I found the taste of vanilla was stronger than the hints of chocolate but the overall taste is of a black tea and it doesn’t taste too sweet which was a relief. It makes a great afternoon treat!

50 tea bags for £1.49 Tesco.com

Teapigs Chocolate Flake Tea

This was probably my favourite and one I tried by chance in a tea room so sadly I don’t have any pictures for you but you can find more information here. Combining the quality of loose leaf with the ease of a pyramid this tea is a blend of Assam, cocoa beans and real chocolate, the taste of chocolate is subtle but perfect for tea lovers. I recently discovered they also do a Chocolate and Mint tea combining their peppermint leaves with chocolate and it’s next on my to try list!

15 pyramids for £3.99 Teapigs.co.uk

A Proper Brew!

If you’re a bit of a tea purist and you’re after a loose leaf option I have tried two which should hit the spot.

Whittard’s Dark Chocolate Flavoured Black Tea

Whittard’s have several options for chocolate lovers, I chose to try the Dark Chocolate black tea but they also have a White Chocolate white tea and Chocolate Chai if you feel like mixing it up a bit. The aroma of cocoa bean and a hint of something sweet like vanilla hits you as soon as you open the bag. After a brew of about 4 minutes I had a cup of smooth black tea with delicious notes of cocoa and dark chocolate. It’s a really attractive loose tea and would make a great accompaniment to afternoon tea or an after dinner treat.

£6.50 for 100g Whittard.co.uk

Canton Chocolate Tea

I love Canton Tea so I guess that makes me a bit biased but their knowledge and passion for tea is infectious and they have a great range of teaware and varieties for the adventurous tea lover so I had to try their Chocolate Tea. I loved that the first smell you get is of the tea even if it is quickly joined by a smooth vanilla and velvety cocoa aroma. The tea is just as described, a malty tea with the flavour of the organic vanilla pod and pure Peruvian cocoa nibs. This is one for the purist tea drinkers as it is less sweet or hot chocolate and more of a tea.

£8.00 for 50g Cantonteaco.com

Chocolate tea for you? I’d love to hear your thoughts if you're thinking about trying them out or are a fan already.