valentines
by adagio teas
(55 reviews)
Have you been looking for true love in a teacup? Then you're sure to fall 'head over heels' for our Valentine's tea. It deliciously combines the luxurious flavor of fresh-dipped chocolate-covered strawberries with the taste of premium Ceylon black tea. Selecting this for your Valentine? He or she is sure to welcome this sinfully-rich, yet calorie-free gift. Steep at 212°F for 3 minutes
Recent reviews
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Elise Easterling
The chocolate and rose are the dominant flavors here, but taste great with milk. I couldn't really taste strawberries
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Jen S
Disclaimer: I removed the rose petals. The dry tea leaves smell like chocolate with a light sweet fruit/berry. No strawberry pieces. I did a light brew to keep it from being bitter or astringent. Pleasant chocolate and sweet flavor.
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Elise Easterling
One of my top chocolate teas! You can taste the chocolate, rose, and strawberry nicely. Great with milk and not bitter at all.
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Elise Easterling
This is good. I was thinking it would be like the Harney and Sons Valentines blend, so the strawberry addition was great! Pairs will with milk and a little sweetener.
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Julie W
Lovely mix of chocolate, strawberry and black tea flavors. The aroma is wonderful and tastes great hot or cold brewed. The flavors blend together so nicely!
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Emily beck
I love the chocolate notes that bring together the strawberry and rose flavors. Don’t let this steep too long but it’s a lovely tea with a little cream
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Janet Ross
This strong, black tea smells of chocolate and strawberries but the flavors aren’t prominent to the tongue. It’s still a very pleasant sip!
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Megan Horst-Burger
This tea is pretty good. The strawberry is light flavor and the chocolate is more apparent. It tastes best hot
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Lauren S.
This isn't the tea you want if you want something strawberry-forward. The berry is a background note to the chocolate and rose, but it's still a good tea nonetheless.
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Jessica Normal
This is a strong black tea with chocolate and floral flavors that come out nicely as the tea cools down. I didn't catch any strawberry flavor, I think if the strawberry were more present it would take this tea from 'good' to 'amazing'. Still, it's an enjoyable brew and a nice way to start Valentine's Day :)
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Sharon Dawson
The dried tea smelled delicious like chocolate and strawberry. Unfortunately the strawberry taste disappeared after I steeped the tea. Chocolate piece was still prominent and yummy, but sad the strawberry flavor wasn't there.
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Tanya G.
A delicious dessert tea! There was more chocolate flavor as the tea cooled. I didn't taste any strawberries or rose.
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Jeanine B.
This decadent tea is sure to satisfy your sweet tooth. The chocolate flavor is quite strong and the strawberry flavor is not far behind. This romantic blend is perfect for Valentine’s Day or any day of the year that you’re craving a chocolate covered strawberry!
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Gabriella Miyoshi
I... WOW I really loved this blend. I was worried about the combination of the chocolate covered strawberry and rose but the floral note compliments it perfectly making a delicate and perfectly romantic cuppa!
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user_76299
Definity needs honey or some sort of sweetners in my opinion and smells like chocolate stawberries and it a pretty good tea
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Cindi Drinks Tea
What a delicious indulgence! It is very chocolatey, while the strawberry is more in the background for a subtle berry tang. The rose petals are more for decoration than flavor. Could only be made better with more chocolate chips! and a bit of stevia to sweeten it up. (195/3 min.)
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Tammy Nottingham
This is such an indulgent tea to me! The chocolate, strawberry and rose blend perfectly for a sweet dessert tea. Adding a touch of cream and sugar brings out the best in this treat!
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shesallthat
This was a big no for me but others may like it. The combo of strawberry and chocolate overwhelmed the black tea. And while I love fresh strawberries dipped in chocolate - this was just too much.
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Caroline Nitirahardjo
One of my favourite dessert teas. I'll have this if I'm feeling like having dessert but want to stay on track calorie-wise. It has a great balance of sweetness from the strawberries and a chocolate flavour.
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Rachel Emmel
My tea had a light strawberry scent to it. My sample was littered with pretty rose petals, but it sorely lacked in chocolate ingredients and fruit. With no actual chocolate product or strawberries to carry the flavor my tea was rather bland, not even sugar could amp up the strawberry. So in the end I had a vaguely flavored, malty black tea. Not the worst, but not what I was looking for. I chucked in some of my own cocoa nibs for the second steep, but that only helped a bit.
Steeped 2x, 200F 3m, and 3.5m
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Kimberly Hnatko
I don't particularly like chocolate flavor in my tea, but I won't take away stars for personal preference. I think a bit of cream and sugar makes this quite enjoyable. It's sweet and smooth. My cup was pretty bitter, but I take responsibility for that, I got distracted and didn't pull the tea when I should have.
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Sleepy Greyhound
2/14/23 - This year's batch of Ceylon tea is much better. It has a touch of astringency and a hint of bitterness, but it's tasty and well-balanced. the chocolate flavor comes through nicely.
2/15/21 - Even brewed at a lower temperature, the Ceylon tea gets bitter. Nice chocolate aroma and taste though. Strawberry tastes artificial to me. Just not my cup I guess.
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Sus
I steeped this tea at a lower temperature than recommended of 195 degrees for 3 minutes, and really enjoyed it. While the majority of the flavor was black tea and rose, I still got some of the tartness of the strawberry and a bit of that chocolate flavor. Definitely a bit astringent, but I expect that from the flavored black teas I have.
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Alaina Michael
A delicious tea with lovely notes of chocolate without overpowering the tea!
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Crystal Rooibos
Smells like dark choclate. Is flavored without completely masking the black tea flavor. Would recommend trying out.
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Rebekah Strickland
This blend has the opportunity to be 5-star, but needs to up the strawberry and chocolate flavors. I get mostly tea flavor with an undercurrent of something vaguely fruity. The desired flavor would not be recognizable without the description.
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Dorothy Summey
The true flavor of the tea came out when I added some cream and sugar. Now I taste chocolate covered strawberries. That’s amore! ❤️
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Emily Cargile
This tea sounds really wonderful when you look at the ingredients - who couldn't love chocolate dipped strawberries? I have discovered unfortunately that rose petals in my tea are NOT my thing. They give the tea a really gross taste to me. Thankfully they are reasonably mild in this tea, but I can still taste them. I also can't really taste the strawberry flavor. I guess it's a very mellow flavor, easily overpowered by the chocolate. I am certainly enjoying my bag, but I'm not sure I will buy this again. I will probably just blend my own chocolate and strawberry teas together so I don't have to deal with the rose petals.
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Beth Hays
It was a weak cup of tea as far as other flavors other than the black tea. But the tea was smooth and I would be willing to try again.
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Red Wolfe
I really like this. I always mix some chocolate strawberry at home, but the rose just adds a lovely extra pop to the taste.
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Kaytlin Fedonick
This is my favorite black tea. It never disappoints. The chocolate and strawberry with a slight hint of rose is heaven. I can’t say enough about it!
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Kat I
Nice even taste, the floral isn't too overwhelming as I have found in other blends. Sweet, but not overbearing. Great with a bit of cream and honey.
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Annie Katharine
This tea is definitely sweet! I like it occasionally but it's not a go-to.
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Stephanie Wade
Even if you're not a big fan of dessert teas, this is a great tea that keeps the sweetness in check with bright acidity from the berries. Very beautifully balanced.
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Max Sugerman
I got this as a free sample. I was not expecting much of it, but its actually really good. Not too sweet
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Alyson Sheppard
Great full bodied, flavorful tea! The flavor is reminicent of chocolate, strawberries, and roses - and is aptly named. I still can't figure out if I like this one or the Libra tea better (they are very similar).
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Misty Bourne
I love this tea. I would give it a full five stars if it had just a bit more strawberry and chocolate flavor in it. It's fabulous. And it is perfect to drink when eating chocolate! 😍
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Lydia Getgen
This tea was surprisingly delicate in aroma and flavor, but made for a romantic cup of tea to share with a loved one. Tastes lightly of chocolate strawberries.
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Ryan Jason
Maybe a bit on the bitter side, but you can still taste the chocolate and strawberry flavors. Maybe the strawberry could be a little stronger, but as a black tea it's pretty good. Just don't brew it for too long!
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Madeline Boese
I really like the Rose in this tea. Depending on your scoop it can get a bit tart, but if you balance out the bits and pieces there isn’t any problem.
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Samantha Ball
I love this tea, the black tea flavor is just enough to cut the chocolate strawberry sweetness.
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Madison Rupprecht
I love this tea! it is definitely one of my favorite black teas I have tried fro Adagio. It smells SO good in the bag and still has great flavor once brewed!
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Megan de Araujo
I love this tea! I drank it daily when I first got it (I couldn’t stop!) and still alternate it into my regular rotation. It is not too sweet, with just enough chocolate to mix well and not lose the berry flavor. Perfect!!
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Casey Covel
Wow! Where to begin? Valentines is the closest tea I've ever tasted to actual chocolate. The flavor brings to mind a sugar-free, dark chocolate-dipped strawberry with just a hint of rose petals. February is, of course, an ideal month to enjoy it (and it's so good I'm tempted to limit it to JUST that month as a special treat). However, it also makes an excellent morning and afternoon tea year-round, due to its high caffeine concentration. Perfect for anyone with a sweet tooth! I enjoy it with brown sugar.
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Jess Stark
Was a little too sweet smelling for my tastes. I found the smells too over powering to really enjoy this tea.