Virginia Dare Introduces Chocolate Tea

Mar 14th, 2012

Layla Schlack

Flavor- and extract-producer Virginia Dare has created a chocolate tea product, combining its chocolate flavor with its black tea flavor. It's sweetened with cane sugar and has 100 calories per 8-ounce cup, making it less rich than hot chocolate but more decadent than the average cup of tea.

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