I think this sample came from the Traveling Teabox – which it turns out is not lost after all, despite being in postal limbo for something like a month. *whew *
This tea reminds me quite a bit of Numi’s Chocolate Pu-erh and like that tea, in my opinion, this would be a good pu-erh for beginners. It has a rich, dark cocoa flavour that the pu-erh base compliments really nicely. And it’s a fairly mild pu-erh as far as these things go – it mostly just adds a pleasant earthy flavour that’s fairly tame compared to some plain pu-erhs I’ve tried. It has a nice undertone of cinnamon that spices up the chocolate, but apart from that I’m not really getting much ‘chai’ from this tea.