At long last! I’ve had this tea on my shopping list for quite some time now and finally made my first Verdant order. I grew up drinking a lot of genmaicha but never had any flavored ones until recently. I think Verdant’s list of flavors for this tea is pretty spot on. I’m kind of surprised at the strength of the malty taste (at least that’s what I think it is) in this one. Also, the chocolate is more of a 75% real dark chocolate than the typical milk chocolate you think of in candy bars. That being said, the tea reminds me of a Kit Kat or Crunch candy except with a strong malt flavor and less sweet. The more malty/roasty/savory taste in this one was pretty strong, so I added a little german rock sugar to add some sweetness and mellow it out.
Now I feel like I’m rambling, but I just wanted to say that it had a surprisingly clean texture/flavor for a flavored tea. I think it tasted more elegant than the flavored genmaichas that I’ve had from 52teas (especially Browncoat Genmaicha). I think I still prefer a good unflavored genmaicha, but this is a nice option to have on colder days!
