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Auggy

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Auggy drank Chocolate Puerh by Numi Organic Tea

Looking over other reviews, I wonder if I need to use more leaf because overall this felt/tasted rather thin. It did have a nice chocolate taste as well as a dry sweet hay taste that I seem to associate with pu-erh so that was nice. It was definitely better than The Tea Spot’s Bolder Breakfast (another chocolate pu-erh blend) – the chocolate wasn’t so dry tasting – but it wasn’t as good of a chocolate tea as Lupicia’s The Au Chocolat – which still wins as the best chocolate tea I’ve had. But this one was mild, smooth and had a nice depth of flavor (Bolder Breakfast can seem a bit flat) so while the chocolate wasn’t a rich as I might have expected (though there was a nice, almost just-finished-a-milk-chocolate-candy-bar aftertaste going on), the overall experience was enjoyable.

2010-04-19 11:28:36 -0400

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Cofftea 2010-04-19 11:36:48 -0400

If you haven’t already, you might want to try 2.5g/6oz water and/or milk. That’s the amount in the bagged version (and the only way I’ve had this).

Auggy 2010-04-19 12:17:31 -0400

Yeah, I actually used a little more leaf than that – just under 5g for 12oz.

Cofftea 2010-04-19 12:19:47 -0400

2.5×2 equals exactly 5, not just under… so maybe use a little more? Have you tried the bagged version to compare?

Auggy 2010-04-19 12:22:40 -0400

Bah, typo. That’s what I get for typing in the darl. It was 5.7g. Just under 6.
And nope, just the loose.

Auggy 2010-04-19 12:22:57 -0400

*dark
(I give up).

SoccerMom 2010-04-19 13:19:31 -0400

heehee

Auggy 2010-04-19 13:33:36 -0400

For the record, I still haven’t turned on my living room light. I was never able to do well in the touch typing unit that covered punctuation and the number row.

AmazonV 2010-04-19 13:41:47 -0400

i am a IT person and i still look at my keys, i wouldn’t do any better and likely would do worse!

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I’ve decided to brave the slowness that is Steepster because I miss seeing all the good teas folks on here discover! Sometimes my notices for PMs and such have been questionable. Email me at your own risk at aug3zimm at gmail dot com.

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11 – 25 – Drinkable. But don’t punish me by making me have it again.
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