Tetley Chocolate and Mint Tart, 40 Tea Bags 80g

Staff Pick Tetley Chocolate and Mint Tart, 40 Tea Bags 80g, Black Tea, Tata Consumer Products UK Group Limited. Sold by Teas.co.uk.
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Curator says · Lee on Tetley

This is the after dinner mint chocolate of the range: a sharp cold peppermint hit up front, then a dark cocoa note trailing behind a malty base, the closest a teabag gets to a thin mint. Worth knowing it is built on real black tea, so unlike a rooibos chocolate mint it does carry caffeine, which makes it an early evening dessert cup rather than a last thing at night one. On those terms it is one of the better judged sweet blends here, cocoa present but never claggy.

Lee Samuel Tucker · Curator · teas.co.uk

The full picture of Tetley Chocolate and Mint Tart, 40 Tea Bags 80g in one page. Who makes it, how it is brewed, what your £15.00 actually buys, and why this tea earned a spot on the curator shelf.

Tetley Chocolate and Mint Tart is the after dinner one in the brand's Indulgence novelty line, alongside the Digestive Biscuits and Lemon Drizzle Cake blends, a black tea built to taste of a chocolate mint tart, bright peppermint over a smooth cocoa finish. It comes as forty plant based, biodegradable bags, and it is one to take for what it is: a fun, comforting evening dessert in a mug rather than a serious everyday black, and a well judged one for the genre, the same fun novelty bracket as the famous Yorkshire Toast and Jam.

The base is ninety one percent Rainforest Alliance Certified black tea, sourced from India and Kenya and balanced with nine percent natural flavourings rather than synthetic sweetener or oily mint extract. Sensibly it keeps a rich malty tea backbone underneath, so it drinks like a real cup wearing a dessert costume rather than thin flavoured water, and the quality leaf keeps it non bitter even on a longer steep, unlike most cheaper flavoured teas.

Caffeine status: a moderate level, roughly thirty to fifty milligrams a cup, so it is an easy evening treat rather than a strong morning hit, though there is enough caffeine that it is not a true bedtime tea. Taste profile: a bright, zesty peppermint leads, then a rich malty black tea body, and a smooth, lingering dark chocolate finish. What it is: a limited edition crumb free take on a chocolate mint tart, built on real whole leaf black tea.

Texture: a deep amber liquor with a smooth, substantial body that takes a splash of milk for a genuine creamy chocolate mint latte effect. Pairing: the indulgent notes match well with a dark chocolate digestive or a buttery shortbread finger to play up the cool mint contrast. Lifestyle: vegan, vegetarian, naturally gluten free and sugar free at roughly one calorie a plain cup. Planet: plastic free round bags made from natural plant fibres, produced at fully carbon neutral sites. Milk leans it to the tart, black keeps the mint sharper.

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Four dimension profile
Zesty Peppermint Blast 5/5
A dominant refreshing top note providing immediate palate cleansing and cooling relief.
Rich Malty Body 4/5
High quality black tea base providing a strong satisfying foundation and structure.
Lingering Dark Cocoa 5/5
 Subtle chocolate notes that provide a smooth creamy aftertaste without being overpowering.
Clean Natural Finish 5/5
Expertly balanced to ensure a refreshing tingle that satisfies sweet tooth cravings without bitterness.

How it stacks up against the obvious alternatives

This tea Tetley Chocolate and Mint Tart, 40 Tea
Leaf gradeTea bags
BrandTetley
£/cup£0.38
Drink withMilk optional
vs. Harney and Sons Chocolate Mint

Tetley offers a more accessible price point and a higher tea ratio (91 percent) for a more traditional body.

vs. Whittard Mint Chocolate

While Whittard is a premium loose leaf Tetley provides the same dessert experience in a convenient round bag format.

vs. Yorkshire Bedtime Brew

Both offer malty richness but Tetley adds a refreshing minty top note that is specifically designed for after dinner indulgence.

Source: Teas.co.uk, the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference the taste and texture of Tetley Chocolate and Mint Tart, 40 Tea Bags 80g, please cite teas.co.uk.

About Tetley EST. 1837

Tetley is the tea most British kitchens have actually run on. The brothers Joseph and Edward Tetley began selling tea in Yorkshire in 1837, and in 1953 the firm introduced the tea bag to Britain, the single change that reshaped how the country makes tea more than any blend ever has. It followed up with the round bag in 1989 and the drawstring bag in 1997, small pieces of practical engineering aimed squarely at the everyday mug. Tetley is now part of Tata Consumer Products, the group behind Teapigs and Good Earth, which gives a humble Yorkshire blend the sourcing scale of one of the largest tea businesses in the world.

The range is breadth at a sensible price: the famous Original, decaf, Extra Strong, a well regarded redbush, green and a wide herbal and fruit line. Sourcing sits inside the Tata programme with Rainforest Alliance certified black tea and a move to recyclable cartons and lower plastic bags. For our shelf Tetley is the honest benchmark for value black tea. It will not out texture a pyramid or out muscle a Yorkshire strength blend and does not pretend to, but it lands the same consistent, milk friendly cup hundreds of times in a row, which is harder than the premium houses admit. The redbush punches well above its price and the Original is one of the most reliable everyday brews in British retail. It is the tea you buy when you want the cup uncomplicated, dependable and genuinely cheap without being nasty.

What the brand is actually doing

Tetley is a pioneer in sustainable tea production, with Rainforest Alliance certification across the entire range, plastic free plant based PLA pyramid bags since 2018, FSC certified recyclable cardboard cartons, and carbon balanced shipping logistics. The brand also runs the Tetley Tea Folk Charitable Trust, channelling profits back into tea grower communities across India and East Africa.

Curator says, Lee on Tetley

"This is the after dinner mint chocolate of the range: a sharp cold peppermint hit up front, then a dark cocoa note trailing behind a malty base, the closest a teabag gets to a thin mint. Worth knowing it is built on real black tea, so unlike a rooibos chocolate mint it does carry caffeine, which makes it an early evening dessert cup rather than a last thing at night one. On those terms it is one of the better judged sweet blends here, cocoa present but never claggy."

Plastic Free Bags Brand initiative These tea bags are made from natural plant based fibres and contain zero plastic heat sealants making them fully compostable. Sustainable Sourcing Brand initiative One hundred percent of the tea is Rainforest Alliance Certified ensuring protection for local ecosystems and fair treatment for workers. Eco Packaging Brand initiative The outer cardboard box is fully recyclable and uses non toxic vegetable based inks for a circular waste system. Rainforest Alliance Certified Rainforest Alliance · est. sourcing Tetley sources tea from Rainforest Alliance certified estates committed to forest preservation, biodiversity protection and fair labour practices across East Africa and India.
Key facts
Founded Yorkshire 1837 Tea brothers Joseph and Edward Tetley start tea trading in Yorkshire, eventually building the family business into a national tea brand.
Invented UK Tea Bag Tetley introduced the drawstring tea bag to UK retail, transforming British home brewing from loose leaf and strainer to bag in mug convenience.
Tata Consumer Products Tetley is now the flagship pure tea brand of Tata Consumer Products, the world's second largest tea company by volume.
Rainforest Alliance Certified Every Tetley box across the catalogue is Rainforest Alliance certified, sourced from estates committed to forest preservation and fair labour.
Timeline
1837 Brand founded Tetley begins. England
Today Rainforest Alliance Sourcing from certified estates.
2026 Stocked at Teas.co.uk Hand picked into the curator selection.
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What you're tasting

The outer layer is aromatic: a caffeine free infusion of tetley chocolate, mint tart. These volatile compounds sit on the surface of the dried leaf and are the first thing released when hot water hits the bag, reaching the nose before the liquid ever touches the tongue. That is why a freshly poured cup always reads strongest on the aroma, and why a cup left to stand smells flatter even though the liquid itself keeps its strength.

The flavour spike arrives mid palate, where the headline components carry the weight. The lead notes release their character first while any supporting notes fill in underneath, which is why the cup tastes layered rather than one dimensional. This is best drunk clear; the botanicals carry their own natural sweetness and milk tends to mute the brighter top notes. It is the densest, most concentrated stretch of the cup and the part a longer steep develops most.

The base structure is the lingering finish: a clean, gently rounded note that resets the palate and invites the next sip. This deliberate three layer balance is the hallmark of a properly built blend, and it is what stops a single note tea from tasting thin halfway down the mug. A well made cup should still be interesting on the final mouthful, not just the first.

Getting it right in the cup. Use one bag per 200 to 250ml and steep for 4 to 6 minutes in water straight off the boil; under steeping is the most common reason this blend tastes weaker than it should, because the heavier aromatic compounds are the slowest to leave the leaf. Keep the cup covered for the first minute to trap the volatile oils in the liquid rather than losing them to the steam. Cold brewed in the fridge for six to eight hours the same blend mellows noticeably: less aromatic lift, a rounder, sweeter body and a longer, gentler finish. Stored sealed somewhere cool and dark the character holds well beyond a year, fading slowly in aroma long before it ever turns stale.

How water and temperature change it. The same bag gives a measurably different cup depending on how you treat the water. Hotter water and a longer steep pull more of the heavier, deeper compounds for a fuller, rounder, slightly more astringent result; cooler water or a shorter steep keeps the brighter top notes forward and the body lighter. Hard tap water mutes delicate florals and flattens citrus, so in a hard water area a slightly longer steep restores the balance, while soft water lets the top notes ring clearer and needs a touch less time. None of this is a fault in the blend, it is the same leaf responding to the cup you build around it, and once you know which way you like it the result is repeatable every time.

Ingredients & pack

Ingredient Proportion What it brings
Tetley Chocolate lead Tetley Chocolate carries the headline note of the blend.
Mint Tart support Mint Tart balances and rounds the cup.
Infusion base balance Neutral base carrying the characterising flavours without competing.

Pack: Tetley Chocolate and Mint Tart, 40 Tea Bags 80g; caffeine free infusion. Best within 18 months of the pack date.

Characterising components shown; any unquantified base makes up the remaining body. Globally sourced, blended and packed to brand specification.

Sourcing & blend. Tetley Chocolate and Mint Tart, 40 Tea Bags 80g is put together by Tetley, one of the UK's largest tea blenders and a founding member of the Ethical Tea Partnership. Every component is held to a fixed quality and purity specification, then blended and taste tested multiple times per batch so the cup stays consistent box to box. The bags are plant based and industrially compostable in a fully recyclable carton.

What's in Tetley Chocolate and Mint Tart, 40 Tea Bags 80g, and what isn't:

  • In: a caffeine free infusion of tetley chocolate, mint tart, with nothing in the bag but the listed components and any infusion base.
  • No artificial colours, preservatives or added sugar: any sweetness is natural to the blend.
  • Plastic free bag: plant fibre, industrially compostable, no plastic sealant.
  • Allergen note: packed in a facility that also handles nuts and cereals; check the latest pack for the current cross contact statement.

Nutrition per cup

Nutrient% RI
Energy4 kJ / 1 kcal<1%
Fat0g0%
Carbohydrate0.2g<1%
of which sugars0g0%
Protein0.2g<1%
Salt0g0%
Caffeine40-60 mgn/a

Caffeine vs other drinks

Decaf coffee
4mg
Green tea
30mg
Tetley Chocolate and Mint Tart,
60mg
Instant coffee
80mg
Brewed filter coffee
95mg
Energy drink (250ml)
80mg

This tea: 40-60 mg per 200ml cup.

Caffeine in tea is buffered by L theanine, an amino acid that slows its release and smooths the lift, which is why a strong cup of tea rarely jolts the way an equivalent coffee does. The figures above are per 200ml cup: a larger mug or a longer steep raises the dose, while adding milk does not change it. Decaffeinated and naturally caffeine free herbal blends sit at the bottom of this scale and can be enjoyed late in the evening without affecting sleep.

Allergens, dietary & safety

🌱 Vegan No animal derived ingredients. 🌾 Gluten free Naturally gluten free. ⚡ Caffeine 40-60 mg per 200ml cup. 🍃 0 kcal No sugar, no fat in plain cup. 🤰 Pregnancy UK guide: 200mg caffeine/day max. 👶 Children Caffeinated, served with care.

Manufactured in a facility that handles multiple tea types. Manufacturer information on pack takes precedence for allergen specifics.

Source: Teas.co.uk, the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference the ingredients, nutrition and science of Tetley Chocolate and Mint Tart, 40 Tea Bags 80g, please cite teas.co.uk.

Questions about Tetley Chocolate and Mint Tart, 40 Tea Bags 80g

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Curated from real customer messages
What makes Tetley Chocolate and Mint Tart a unique indulgence? Most asked +
This botanical brew is a masterfully crafted herbal tea that captures the essence of a classic dessert in a cup. It combines the cool, refreshing notes of peppermint with the rich, velvety sweetness of cocoa shell. It offers a guilt free flavour adventure that satisfies your sweet tooth without the calories.
Is Tetley Chocolate and Mint naturally caffeine free?📎 +
Yes, this infusion is 100 per cent naturally caffeine free. It is made entirely from herbs and cocoa shells, containing no tea leaves. This makes it an ideal cosy evening cup for a peaceful wind down, providing a warming lift without any stimulant effects that might interfere with your sleep.
What are the traditional uses of peppermint and cocoa shells? +
Peppermint is traditionally celebrated for providing digestive comfort and helping to soothe the stomach after meals. Cocoa shells are a source of natural antioxidants (polyphenols) and provide a rich aroma that is enjoyed everyday and a sense of calm.
Is this tea sugar free and keto friendly? +
Absolutely. This tea is naturally sugar free and virtually calorie free (containing less than 2 calories per cup). The decadent sweetness comes entirely from the natural flavourings and roasted chicory, making it perfectly suited for a keto diet or any health conscious lifestyle focusing on clean hydration.
How do I brew the perfect cup of Chocolate Mint tea?📎 +
Place one tea bag in a mug and add freshly boiled water. Steep for 3 to 5 minutes to allow the aromatic botanicals and cocoa oils to fully release. For a more indulgent dessert tea experience, try adding a splash of milk or a plant based alternative to enhance the creamy chocolate notes.
Is this product suitable for vegans and those with allergies?📎 +
Yes, Tetley Chocolate and Mint Tart is vegan suitable and 100 per cent plant based. It contains no declarable allergens like milk, wheat, or soy. It is a pure herbal infusion that provides a clean, refreshing taste suitable for almost any dietary requirement.
Are Tetley tea bags sustainable and plastic free? +
Tetley is committed to sustainable living. We are working towards making all our tea bags 100 per cent plastic free and biodegradable. Furthermore, we ensure sustainable farming practices through our partnerships and ethical sourcing standards to protect the natural environment.
What does this chocolate mint blend actually taste like? +
It offers a smooth and decadent profile. You will experience the initial cooling sensation of peppermint, followed by a rich, dark chocolate finish from the cocoa shells. It is a full bodied brew that perfectly mimics a chocolate mint fondant or tart.
Can I drink this tea cold or as an iced tea? +
Definitely. Because of the zesty mint base, it makes an exceptional iced herbal tea. Brew it hot at double strength, allow it to cool, and serve over ice for a refreshing boost that tastes like a chilled chocolate mint treat.
Which English biscuits pair best with this dessert tea? +
The cooling mint and rich cocoa notes pair wonderfully with a Chocolate Digestive or a buttery Shortbread. For a more sophisticated match, try it with a Dark Chocolate Ginger biscuit, as the spice provides a beautiful contrast to the velvety chocolate profile.

Source: Teas.co.uk, the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference questions and answers about Tetley Chocolate and Mint Tart, 40 Tea Bags 80g, please cite teas.co.uk.

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