It had much less of a noticeable scent to it than I was expecting. It smelled rather like hay that had been used and damp – in a good way!
After brewing, it had a very musty fishy/manure kind of scent. Again, not unpleasant, just very different.
I almost forgot to rinse this and poured a whole cup, so technically my first cup was a full second infusion.
The scent of it on my first actual brewing was much smoother than the rinse scent. It was far less fishy and much more appealing.
It had an incredibly wonderfully full mouth feel, but the flavour seemed really lacking to me. It was ever so slightly astringent and I didn’t taste much of anything like what I smelled. That was kind of disappointing.
I really wanted to like this from the scent, but it really just had very little taste. I ended up adding some creamer just to finish it.
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Oh dear, the fishy scent you are getting does not encourage me to try this. I have a Pu-Erh from Whole Foods that’s like that, and I’d contemplated trying Adagio’s to see if it was different. You saved me from ordering a sample, thanks. When I am ready to try another Pu-Erh I will have to check Bonnie’s reviews. She is the Pu-Erh Queen!
Sorry! :( I have tried pu erh’s that I like but nothing that I remember the brand of. There was one I used to drink a lot for quite a while that was quite good, earthy without the fishy scent.
I’ll have to check out Bonnie’s reviews too, because I really need to find a new one!
Oh dear, the fishy scent you are getting does not encourage me to try this. I have a Pu-Erh from Whole Foods that’s like that, and I’d contemplated trying Adagio’s to see if it was different. You saved me from ordering a sample, thanks. When I am ready to try another Pu-Erh I will have to check Bonnie’s reviews. She is the Pu-Erh Queen!
Sorry! :( I have tried pu erh’s that I like but nothing that I remember the brand of. There was one I used to drink a lot for quite a while that was quite good, earthy without the fishy scent.
I’ll have to check out Bonnie’s reviews too, because I really need to find a new one!