Laoshan Black Chocolate Genmaicha

This is on the top of my wish list, everyone seems to love it

Ah, so delicious.

Ugh, I just need to try this so bad. The overpowering nutty sounds a bit dissapointing though.

If you like genmaicha you’ll probably like it.

Oh, and I’ve read that some people season banko clay and some don’t, and maybe it’s not really necessary, but I don’t care and I did it anyway. :)

Looking good Sars!!! And hell ya, you season if you want girl!

And this tea is full if yums…

That pot is gorgeous! I love the texturing. And hooray, I’m excited for Lady Gaga! :P You’ll have to try it today and tell me how it is.

I was surprised when I saw that you only did 30 seconds. I wonder if I should try it that way and see how it is! I think I did 2 or 3 minutes last time…

Foxy: I figured it couldn’t hurt, ya know? Plus now I have pot seasoning training for when my yixings arrive. :p

Cam: thanks!!!! I will try Lady Gaga next! I did a 30 second, a 45 second, and a 1.25 minute with this one. All were good!

I think it’s good that you seasoned and with Zhu Rong – one of my favorites! And yeah the LBCG sigh – so so good

I find if you steep this western style lower water temp, longer steep – the chocolate really comes forward. Something like 3tsp/16oz 90C for 5 minutes…. tastes like chocolate puffed wheat cake (at least the version I had did – I haven’t gotten my new supply yet – Canada Post has decided that I don’t need it)

I always do this western

I figured that MzHoneyBelle would approve of seasoning a pot with ZR. So there ya go. :)

Dex: chocolate puffed wheat cake?!?!?! What is THAT?

I’ll try this one low and slow next time. 190 for 5 min sounds good!!!!

I also would like to hear about this chocolate puffed wheat cake! :o

I’m making some lemon elderflower thingie in preparation to have before I try my GO in my newly GO-seasoned pot

Lemon elderflower!!!!???!!! Do tell!!!!

You guy don’t know about puffed wheat cake…. !!??!!!
http://www.mennonitegirlscancook.ca/2009/10/ooey-gooey-choclatey-puff-wheat-squares.html
I thought it was one of those childhood things that everyone does.

Never heard of it. Looks wonderful though!!!!! I’m saving the recipe :)

Looks sort of like a crispy rice marshmallow treat, but chocolatey! :D

Yes Cameron, it’s sort of like that – you use puffed wheat rather than rice crisy – and corn syrup rather than marshmallows, but it’s the same idea (you can add cocoa powder to crispy rice marshmallow treats – it’s really good..)

Dexter, I like them with peanut butter. My grandma calls them “hooker pookers”, lol!

Whoa!!!! LOL

LOL See I like peanut butter with cornflakes in a similar application. Oooy gooy crunchy cornflakes with peanut butter…mmmmmmm

Sars – my local grocery has a really decent tea section (including Harney) and I saw this brightly colored box by someone named Dr Stuart. It is teabags and I chose the Elderflower and Lemon and it is surprisingly good. Especially for nighttime. Not lifechanging, but I liked it fine. I REALLY like Tea Embassy’s Lemon Lavendar tisane a lot, though I know there are those who do not love the lavendar – I do in that tea. I can send you a couple bags of the Elder-Lemon if you want to try it.

Sure, thanks MzP! I love elderberries/elderflower!

I am totally making those puffed wheat thingies Dex!

I think I will try barley malt syrup in them.

Boiling the corn syrup with the sugar etc makes like a “candy” it’s the glue that gives it the sticky and hold it together. As long as you syrup as the same properties, I think it will be awesome. I still a little in shock that you guys haven’t had this.

Where did it originate, Dex?

Shrug – Mom made it for us as kids, and so did all the other Mom’s in the area – all the kids had it in their lunches at school. I think it’s one of those things that because you grew up with it you assume everyone is doing it.
It’s like honey dill sauce – in my world if you order chicken fingers in a restaurant they will ask – do you want plum or honey dill sauce? Apparently honey dill is a Manitoba thing, one of our little secrets that the rest of the world is missing out on. Is puffed wheat the same thing? Am I the only one who grew up with it?

Plum sauce? Honey dill sauce?

I should have been Canadian.

Plum sauce is the stuff you get with egg rolls and dive Chinese restaurants (in my world we use it on chicken fingers/nuggets too).
http://www.vhsauces.ca/product-detail/Plum-Dipping-Sauce-18.aspx?lang=en
Honey Dill is more of a home made thing – I can only think of one brand of it that you can buy, but most people don’t. It’s quick and easy to make and most people/restaurants just make their own.
http://www.celebrationgeneration.com/blog/2011/11/14/honey-dill-dipping-sauce-recipe/comment-page-1/

That sounds awesome! And I do like plum sauce too. I’m suddenly sad that the only options we get here are barbecue, honey mustard, and sweet & sour. I want plum sauce and honey dill! No fair! :P

I think you guys should start a revolution – honey dill for all!!!
(I can’t even imagine putting barbecue or sweet & sour on chicken fingers – it just seems wrong to me…)

Thanks for the great ideas, Dex! I gotta try that sauce!

Nah, I’ll just go live in Montreal. It’s not a very long drive. :P

LOL there’s no honey dill in Montreal….Poutine you will get in Montreal, but no honey dill…

Ooh that’s the fries with cheese and gravy and stuff all over it, right?

That would be correct – med thick cut fries, fresh cheese curd, light brown gravy = traditional poutine.

That sounds fantastic… I’ll come over to Manitoba once I’m done stuffing my face. ;)

LOL if you came Golobki, Pierogi, and Kielbasa would also be high on the list of must haves…
Mmmmmm food….

(I really want to go to NYC to do the real Jewish deli experience. We just don’t have that here – sure you can get a corned beef sandwich but I don’t think it’s the same…)

italian delis are where it’s at though

apt, my boyfriend is Italian and there’s an import store near us that has a deli. So good! And they have desserts too. Really good cannoli. :D

I miss my Nana and her amazing pierogis. So. Good!!!!

Yay, glad you like it!! Oh noooo…. I get the blame again!!! It’s ok, I love to enable people to drink pure awesomeness :-)
(I have a shitload if you ever need more, lol)

Honestly it’s not even listed as low stock on their website, so I’m not too worried. I am worried about the Minnesota Blend! D:

Never had that one…I’m afraid to look at it, too much tea!!!!!

They just added it as a limited time thing… Apparently it was originally made for Lady Gaga, which is weird. Laoshan green with wild rice and jasmine rice, juniper berry, vanilla bean, and saffron. Yummmmm.

I just got both… and Cameron: I BLAME YOU!!! LOL. I did put this on my wishlist a little while ago because of TTF, BUT I didn’t know it was back in stock until I saw your note. I also got some of that Lady Gaga blend. Since it is a limited edition, I figured it would be nice to try!

I want to buy some so badly, but I’m kind of on hiatus… I’m worried it’ll be gone by the time I can buy it. But the Laoshan Black Chocolate Genmaicha is so good. ;)

I blame TheTeaFairy too – that Fairy is a total enabler

Pfffft! Looks who’s takin’!!!!

What? * innocent face *

Yeah actually I seem to remember a note saying Laoshan Black Chocolate Genmaicha is available Go GO GO

so for once we can be virtuous Fairy – we didn’t do it this time – we just responded to the stimuli

I’m looking at this list of comments and I see quite a few members of the Tea Enablers Club. Just sayin’ :p

Come over to the the discussion for the moonrise tea thingie

Everybody should come

Oh, now I remember, I posted only the discussion about LB being back in stock, cameron did LBCG , it’s all cameron’s faulf!!!!