Well I’ve got quite a few notes to catch up on since last Friday, so let me start with this one. rhinkle and I drank this one at work last Friday.
This was a blend Steph made and sent in the swap we just had, YS Laoshan Black with cacao shells and vanilla beans.
First of all, just let me say this has an incredible chocolate aroma, both dry and steeped, and it is so well supported by the vanilla. We can taste the flavors waking up in the first steep, but they really came together in the second one, a purely delicious blend of chocolate, malt and sweetness that melded together and persisted through the few steeps we had time for.
We still have a bit left, fortunately, so we are saving our next steep for home, where we can truly savor it! Thank you again, Steph!
Flavors: Chocolate, Malt, Sweet, Vanilla
