13 Tasting Notes
My absolute favorite tea. You can brew it for 20 seconds or five minutes, and it yields different and interesting flavors and qualities. It’s good sweetened and with milk, or without either. Very Chocolaty, and very Malty, very addictive. It can be mellow and refreshing, or rich and creamy like hot chocolate. Definitely try this.
Preparation
This is a fairly interesting tea, definitely the most interesting green tea I have had to date, though not my favorite. It has a looming scent and flavor not dissimilar from what, for the sake of tact, I will call Spruce. Alright, tact aside, cat pee. But it’s not terrible, it’s mostly a scent, just don’t overbrew it and it brings out interesting notes. There is definitely a creaminess, and a garden fresh green flavor, and a cinnamon note, and floral like jasmine. Al of these things combine to bring interesting flavors that I have never found present together in other teas. Overall I recommend it, though I recommend trying a small portion before you invest in 100 grams or anything.
Preparation
Cocoa Amore is great. I could not justify buying it for myself, so I asked for an ounce of it as a present. My main complaint about most teas of this kind is that people describe them as tasting like cherries, by which they usually mean the combination of chocolate and almond flavors are evocative of “the idea of cherries” or “cherry cordials” which do not actually taste like cherries. There is a fruitiness certainly, but cherry is a very specific taste, and I have not picked it up in this at all. I would maybe buy it again, but it is so ridiculously expensive that it is really hard to justify such an exorbitant expense. I brew it probably with more tea, and for a longer time than you’re supposed to, I sometimes add a little milk but not always, though I do always add a touch of sweetener as it brings out the maltiness. The results are always pretty satisfactory, and I would recommend it if you feel like paying for it.
