Azteca Fire

Name: Azteca Fire


Brand: Teavana


Primary Type: Herbal


Dry Scent: There is milky chocolateyness in this, hints of fruit, and definitely the bite of chilies. It smells like good mexican hot chocolate, very warming, even just from the scent.


Steeping Time: 5-6 min


Steeped Flavour: This tea sits there looking all innocent and sweet in your cup, but don't believe it. This tea has definite bite. It is sweet, certainly, especially as it cools down a little bit from the heat of steeping, but there is a light skim of chili oil floating on the top of the cup of tea that will bite you in the back of the throat after the flavours of chocolate and strawberries have flowed over your tongue. A couple of important things to keep in mind with this tea, though, to keep it at its best. After steeping, even if you don't add anything to it, you should stir this, as the chocolate tends to settle out a bit. Also, you might want to add a little more tea than you normally would, since it can seem a bit "thin" otherwise.


Food/Drink Pairings: This is excellent with a bit of Bailey's or other cream liqueur. It is definitely a dessert tea, and is also very good for dunking cookies into, or biscotti. Whatever you do or don't add to the tea though, if you need to get warm on a cold winter's evening, this is a good, safe bet.


Rating out of Six Tails:
5/6


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