Every time I am in the store I check for cool teas that I haven’t tried. Quite honestly, I can’t continuously afford to order the really GOOD teas off-line or run to Teavana on a regular basis, and I am pretty sure most of you can’t either. So, my goal here is to find the best of the available teas (and coffees) and let you know. And..throw in some really special stuff as I can. I am not cool enough yet for the companies to seek me out for reviews and send me free tea and coffee.

O.k…so here I am, at my local organic produce store..which sells other cool stuff…and I see this tea. Mexican Sweet Chili Intriguing. I am game..so home it goes.

I was lucky to get a cup of this! It has a stronger licorice flavor than I was expecting. But beneath that there are definite cocoa notes and a final smokey warmth that spreads over your tongue and down your throat…chili!

I sort of expected a chai and it sort of was…not. All ingredients are organic and are:

• licorice root
• orange peel
• ginger
• fennel
• clove
• anise
• cinnamon
• cardamom
• cayenne
• black pepper
• organic cocoa shells

You would think this is a winter time tea, but it didn’t seem that way to me. it seemed like a tea to enjoy after a meal of enchiladas and tamales. Give it a try, unless you don’t like licorice…because that is the primary flavor.

Hey, if you try it…let me know what you think. I especially liked it with cream and sugar.

Image:Marye Audet

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