Thanks to KiwiDelight for sending me some of this! I decided to have it gong fu style with boiling water. The dry leaf has a nice, promising cocoa smell. The first infusion was 15 seconds. It brewed up a lovely amber color. The flavor was thick bittersweet chocolate. The second infusion was 30 seconds. It came out darker than the previous steep. Again, lots of lovely cocoa notes. My dad showed up at that point and I stopped taking detailed notes, but I think I got about 7 total steeps out of this one. Later steeps were more malt than cocoa, but still quite lovely. Sipdown!
Incidentally, I thought this was a black tea. Turns out it’s a ripe pu’er. I haven’t had the best experiences with pu teas, but this one is making me think I’ve just been drinking the wrong ones. Hmm.
Flavors: Cocoa, Dark Bittersweet, Malt
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Yep there are some good shou’s out there and this is a good one :)
I don’t recollect sending you some O-O
Glad you enjoyed it all the same! It’s amazing Western style also.
Kiwi, I think it was part of our Secret Pumpkin swap six months ago!
No wonder I couldn’t remember xD
Yep there are some good shou’s out there and this is a good one :)
I don’t recollect sending you some O-O
Glad you enjoyed it all the same! It’s amazing Western style also.
Kiwi, I think it was part of our Secret Pumpkin swap six months ago!
No wonder I couldn’t remember xD