Terra Source Chocolates

The wonderfully sweet Josie from Terra Source Chocolates sent me a Tea Infusions Assortment of Chocolate, just in time to be reviewed for the upcoming holiday of chocolate, hearts, pink and amore. Terra source is all natural, all vegan, eco-friendly and more! It’s obvious to see why I was attracted to Terra Source Chocolates.

The ingredients are pretty stellar, with Fair Trade chocolate, coconut milk, coconut oil, sugar, brown rice syrup, fruit juice, dried lavender, citrus zest, and assorted teas.

Not to mention, beautiful! Josie is a self-taught chocolatier and these handcrafted chocolates looked impeccable, just like they came off an assembly line!

I set up my own assembly line to keep track of all the chocolates and take proper notes.  Josie sent me samples of the Masala Chai Tea, Lavender Tea, Orange Ginger, Caramel Rooibos Tea, and Pomegranate White Tea Chocolates, and for the ultimate taste test I split each chocolate in half to be tried by both me and my non-vegan husband.

Pomegranate White Tea

My thoughts: The pomegranate white tea truffle was very delicious! The flavors were actually a lot more subtle than I expected.

Ross’ thoughts: It was very creamy inside, and tasted more like pomegranate and not so much like white tea. (I have to agree, but it makes sense – pomegranates have a much stronger flavor profile than white tea does, and it’s easy to see how the white tea gets overshadowed by both the dark chocolate and pomegranate, which complement each other nicely).

Caramel Rooibos Tea

My thoughts: Sweet, creamy and delicious! It didn’t have as strong of a caramel flavor or texture that I was anticipating, but it was still quite tasty. I really enjoyed the rooibos tea flavor, too!

Ross’ thoughts: It has a very smooth, soft flavor.

Orange Ginger

My thoughts: The ginger was very strong! I’ve never had ginger and chocolate together, and while it was an interesting combination, it was also a rather attractive combination that pulled you in! Because of the strength of the ginger, the orange wasn’t quite as noticeable.

Ross’ thoughts: The ginger was over-powering, and almost had a floral taste.

Lavender Tea

My thoughts: Good! I loved the lavender notes. This was such a unique (and new to me) chocolate pairing. I’m feeling a lavender obsession coming on!

Ross’ thoughts: “I don’t like it.” (boys. It was too “flowery” for him).

Masala Chai Tea

My thoughts: I love soy chai tea lattes, so this was like a yummy, gooey, chocolaty chai tea latte! So good! I’m totally inspired to make a chai tea/ hot chocolate cross over, right this instant!

Ross thoughts: He’s not a big fan of chai tea and the spices in chai tea to begin with, so his palate is just skewed.

Overall?

I thought the chocolates had a very impressive caliber, especially for vegan chocolates which can sometimes be grainy. These were all smooth and delicious! I also adored the originality of the tea infusions to the chocolates. Such a sweet novelty! Ross also thought they were good, but he wasn’t quite sure what to make on all the tea flavors. The quality was great though, and they were tasty! My non-vegan husband says that you would not know these chocolates were vegan unless you were told. For anything vegan, that’s always a high compliment.

Thanks so much for the opportunity to try your chocolates, Josie! Ross and I had fun playing chocolate connoisseurs for a night.

Want to try some exceptional chocolates or share some with the vegan, eco-friendly or natural product lover in your life? Head over to Terra Source Chocolates, poke around and order an assortment of chocolates! They have some other assortments that sound divine: Balsamic Strawberry, Coconut Dream, Brandied Pear? Yes please!

Thanks again Josie and Terra Source Chocolates! Happy early Valentine’s Day to you!