Cat Scratch

Chocolate black tea with a kick of root ginger. Tastes a little like those chocolate covered ginger pieces you sometimes see at Christmas, so this would make a good crossover Halloween/Christmas tea for me. Very smooth, and the chocolate/ginger flavours are well balanced with neither dominating. There is a nice vanilla creaminess also. I enjoyed this, and will probably make it as a latte next time.

Steep:
2 tsp
212°F
3 min
kati loose tea system 12oz

Tasting Notes:
Dry Leaf Smell: coco
Steeped Tea Smell: bakey black
Flavor: bakey black
Aftertaste: astringent
Liquor: opaque dark brown

Post-Steep Additives:
sugar
chocolate black tea

Comments:
cinnamon, vanilla and caramel didn’t come out

also frustrating the packaging lacks steep instructions

Resteep:
sugar+milk
chocolate comes out more

Rating: 2/4 leaves

Leaf system:
1=Bleh! not again if it were free
2=Acceptable, if it were free or there were limited other tea options
3=I might purchase this tea from time to time, or select it while out
4=A staple in our cupboard from now on, I will purchase and keep purchasing

YouTube Review https://youtu.be/VWpwMBPGw3E

TikTok Review https://www.tiktok.com/@circuitswan/video/7161059685628529963?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1

Twitter https://twitter.com/CircuitSwan/status/1587451435129901059

Blog Post https://amazonv.blogspot.com/2022/11/adagio-teas-loose-leaf-black-tea-cat.html

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Sample from VariaTEA! I have this idea that somehow i’ll finish all the samples i have from variatea this month…but i don’t really expect to see that happen. Working from home lots is helping, but i still think there are too many of them. lol

I have mostly misses with Adagio, largely because of their black tea bases. This one is no exception to that. it’s not a BAD tea, but i find that whatever base tea it is that they usually use, makes all their teas taste too similar and not at all what i want. This was largely a cup of cinnamon black to me, with maybe a hint of something else (now that i’m looking at ingredients, it’s probably the caramel). Again, not a bad tea and if you like adagio teas this might really work for you. but for me? I prefer other flavoured tea companies.

This one is surprisingly tasty. It has a lot of caramel but not just a plain caramel, it’s like a caramel with a bit of chocolate. It is slightly astringent though. Not bad as far as Adagio teas are concerned. Thank you Cameron B for sharing this one!

Sipdown! (3)

Technically these Wicked Teas are from a sampler, but I’m still counting them as full sipdowns. And there’s nothing you can do to stop me, nyah!

This is one of the better ones in the sampler. It’s sort of a melange of caramel, vanilla, chocolate, and cinnamon that somehow comes out tasting a bit like hazelnut.

It’s a vague dessert-y black tea, nothing special. But to be fair, I’ve yet to be impressed by anything from Adagio.