Chocolate Vanilla Herbal Tea

I've had chocolate caramel rooibos tea before. I really tried hard to like it, but I was never impressed because it always had that rooibos flavor to it. So I approached this next tea preparing to be disappointed. When I cracked open the tin, I smelled chocolate. This is a good first sign.
The listed ingredients are rooibos, cocoa, cinnamon, and vanilla. Thankfully this is a pleasant vanilla unlike some chocolate teas I ordered earlier this year. Actually it looks like it has cacao nibs in it. This is a good sign. Cacao nibs usually impart a good chocolate flavor to tea. I brewed some and discovered... that I really like this tea!
Now I'm trying to decide if I want to buy more of this tea (I can find it on Amazon), or if I should buy some cacao nibs and mix them with some vanilla rooibos I'm less than excited about and add some cinnamon stick chunks. The place where I got the really bad chocolate teas also sells cacao nibs by themselves for tea, so I could just straight up brew them. Anyway, we got a win! Now since it's the holiday season, some projects I'm working on. A bobbin lace star, cream on one side, blue on the other.
Almost half of a tatted snowflake. Just imagine this as a full circle.

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  1. Poppy CrockerNovember 27, 2022 at 2:03 PM

    I'm glad this one was better than expected!

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    1. Lace makerNovember 27, 2022 at 2:41 PM

      Me too. I still haven't tried the turmeric based herbal yet. I don't really like turmeric based teas.

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