CrowKettle

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CrowKettle drank Zhu Rong Yunnan Black by Verdant Tea

Aroma of dry leaves: sweet and creamy chocolate
Wet leaves: tangy cocoa, leather, coffee

Taste: very malty and woody; beer-like. Tangy/pointy orange peel, more beer, soft cocoa, hint of cream
Aftertaste: orange peel, cloves

Additional flavours in later steeps: cloves Version 2.0, pepper finish… so much pepper. This isn’t chai? Burnt wood

Awesomeness level: pretty awesome.

Can CrowKettle handle the manly power of this tea? Nope

Objective level of this note: going down with each additional word

Prevailing thought while sipping: where did the chocolate go??

2013-01-31 20:01:37 -0500

205 °F / 96 °C

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Sil 2013-01-31 20:32:05 -0500

LOL awesome review :)

Nicole 2013-01-31 20:35:03 -0500

Great review. :)

CrowKettle 2013-01-31 21:03:11 -0500

Thanks! Both this note and the tea took me by surprise, and I’m still not quite sure how to handle either of them. XD

BoxerMama 2013-01-31 21:14:25 -0500

I miss this tea! :(

CrowKettle 2013-02-01 21:00:28 -0500

I wish I had more than this meager sample; I would have sent you a good portion of it! :(

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Tea is what gets me through being a professional procrastinator and an anthropology undergrad student (I’m better at one of those than the other).

I’ve only been exploring the world of tea for little over a year now so I’m still figuring out my preferences and steeping techniques! I can safely say I enjoy a good chai, fruity blends, creamy notes, white tea, and a nice Dragonwell, however. I either love or hate rooibos and chamomile makes me happy.

Besides tea, I like my books and TV series (usually sci-fi/fantasy), music, doodling, and skiing when I get the chance. I respect a good sense of humour and seasoned wisdom, two things I sorely lack. I also thoroughly enjoy birds. I’m a bit of a crazy bird person.

I don’t always respond in a timely fashion but if you see anything in my cupboards that you would like to try give me a shout!

Ratings (self-reminder):
90-100: Wow!
86-89: Great!
76-85: Good.
70-75: Ok.
60-69: Meh..
51-59: Not good.
34-50: Bad.
1-33: No words can describe how awful this is so I’ve resorted to numbers..