99 Tasting Notes
I almost don’t want to admit how long it took me to figure out the plastic piece across the top of the package. But I figured it’d out. I did it. All by myself, and before drinking my tea!
The dry leaves smell so strongly of cocoa! I had my mom smell them because I thought it so novel, but she couldn’t smell anything. :/ I did a short Western-style first steep, and on top of the chocolate smell is… grapes? Yes, that there be a grape smell.
Oh, it tastes just as good as it smells. How can this be? Just when I think all of my socks have been blown off… A bit vegetative/vegetal/planty taste peeking through. I totally skipped the sweetener on this one because it smelled so great I didn’t want to risk ruining it.
I wish it would cool down faster. So I can drink it faster.
Second steep called for sweetener, as it’s turned more vegetal than the first steep. Like a totally different tea. Hmmm. I wonder what I did to displease these great tea leaves?
I let the third steep cool to room temperature and the candy flavor came back. Yay! :D
Flavors: Cocoa, Grapes
Preparation
Brewed a little weak; fixed with some sweetener. :P Very yummy, spicy, fruity deliciousness.
Preparation
Hi Casey, I noticed you reviewed the Gaiwan Tea House in Couer D’Alene. Could you tell me anything about their tea menu? I visited their site, but couldn’t find any info.
Here’s a link to their photo on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GaiwanTeaHouse/menu/?p_ref=pa
As far as types of teas, they had quite the variety. They had small spice jars (from Ikea?) which samples of the tea leaves so you could browse by smell. That was super-cool. :)
