Chocolate Rose Tea From MarieBelle

The weather is (finally) getting a little cooler here, so I’ve been drinking a lot more delicious tea! I had previously mentioned wanting to talk more about tea on the little dish, but that idea got a little sidetracked after a whole lot of business about cake! So, consider this post a renewal of my resolution to feature more tea…

MarieBelle is a chocolatier in New York. I haven’t visited their Cacao Bar & Tea Salon, but it looks so cute and the menu reads like a list of all my favorite things. (Aztec Iced Chocolate? Why, thank you!) Since visiting their store would be expensive, take a long time, and require some vacation hours I can’t spare, I bought the exotic-sounding Dark Obsession Chocolate Rose Tea online.

It’s a black Ceylon tea (which means that it’s from Sri Lanka) scattered with tiny pink rose petals. It’s slightly sweet and really does have a rich, chocolatey quality to it. The whole experience (with the adorable tin, the cute pink roses, the wonderful chocolate smell) was really nice and I liked it a lot! My only concern is that this might not be a naturally-flavored tea. The online description mentions a “chocolate extract” and there weren’t any ingredients listed on the tin. It could be a natural chocolate extract; I’m not sure how they would do that. Does anyone else know? It’s not a deal-breaker for me, but I strongly prefer teas that are all-natural and celebrate the tasty flavors grown from the Earth.

Tags: chocolate, MarieBelle, tea