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I added milk to the tea just to see what it would do (I’m sure I’ve commited some horrible blasphemy by doing so, but whatever). The brew immediately took on an appearance a lot closer to hot chocolate than to tea. But as for the taste it didn’t really do anything for the tea at all, good or bad. Oh well.
Love the new updates BTW. _
Preparation
This is the first pu-erh tea I’ve tasted, though this has so may extra ingredients added I’m sure any purists out there will cringe. Steeped for just over 4 minutes in boiling water.
Dry the smell of this tea is of nutmeg like whoa! When I added the water the nutmeg scent was still there faintly, but I could also smell cocoa. Neither of which were quite able to disguise a rotting, fermented sort of scent, which is what I’m told straight pu-erh tea generally smells like. It wasn’t too obnoxious and it doesn’t seem to translate to the flavour of the tea.
The brew is slightly cloudy and it’s about the colour of black coffee. I’m rather hoping the similarity ends there and this doesn’t make me violently sick like coffee does.
It tastes slightly bitter but it’s a rich, smoothly-pleasent sort of bitter. The tea tastes ‘dark’ if that makes any sense. At this point I don’t know enough to tell if what I’m tasting is the pu-ehr or the chocolate, spices, etc that were added to it.
This is not a tea for all occaisions but I’m still leaning towards liking it.
Eep. I hope you don’t get sick, too. The grounding taste of most pu-erhs I’ve had is only something I can describe as earthy.
This is one I’ve had on the list to check out for a while now – I haven’t had many flavored pu-erhs. It still sounds interesting; I’ll need to get around to it soon.
I would say that a flavoured pu-ehr is probably not the best place to start. I find that pu-ehr in itself has a sort of flavour that doesn’t need additives. I am kind of intrigued by this though.
It’s the chocolate that’s making it black. A plain pu-ehr is very red, like a chestnut.
I agree with Takgoti that the flavour can best be described as earthy. The first time I tried pu-ehr I got associations to a pine forest in autumn, just after it has rained so everything has this heavy sort of damp smell.
I told a colleague at work, where everyone in my department seems to drink tea, that I was going to try pu-ehr and she said that when she tried some years ago, it had made her gag.
I dismissed her comment as an exaggeration. After all, I love Yunnan tea and what is pu-ehr after all, but aged Yunnan tea. Well, I did try some and, yeah, it made me gag, too.
It didn’t taste bad, per se, but it was as if my Western tongue interpreted that earthy taste as, literally, dirt, as something I shouldn’t be putting into my mouth. I had no context for associating that taste with something you’d eat. It’s kinda how I imagine someone from rural China might react if they smelled pizza for the first time. To us, it smells (and tastes good), to them it might smell completely revolting.
It is OK. I steeped for 4 minutes and added raw sugar and a little milk. I was expecting more of a chai, even though it doesn’t say that.
I “room-temperature brewed” this tea this morning in my huge water bottle to take to work/school today. I had call. This was quick and easy to do, and I’m not much of a morning person. I love the lemon scent and light flavor. Its interesting how lemon grass makes water turn dark brown after a while. Why? I nearly finished the whole 32oz water bottle save for maybe 4oz. It isn’t appealing anymore but it still tastes the same.
Preparation
In addition to Numi’s Moroccan Mint, this has become one of my favorite Numi teas that I’ve tried! The smell is delicious. Citrusy but not acidic. The Mate and green tea was balanced well with the lemon. This tea blend put me in high spirits. Also, I infused the sample twice. I would definitely purchase this tea.
This initially smelled like powdered limeaid. I added a bit of organic honey and loved it.
This is actually my favorite Numi tea. I like the slight pucker it brings to my lips and the strong lime fragrance.
Did you mean to give it a thumbs down? ::iz confuzed:: Also – where did you find it? I’ve been getting Numi at the grocery here, but they don’t have much of a selection at all. :(
Definitely less intricate of a blend than the Stash one I drank last night, but very smooth. The spices are much weaker, so while it’s pleasant enough, I prefer my chai quite a bit stronger. Still, a nice, basic blend that you can steep for a while without going too wrong, and mixes well with milk and sugar (of course).
Finishing up my last of my loose leaf supply of Dry Desert Lime. This one I suspect isn’t much worse off bagged because of how fine and dusty the herbs are to start with. I don’t know anywhere around here I can get Numi loose as I originally got this from the source.
My original verdict still stands, it’s zingy and lovely. I’ve come to prefer it unsweetened. I agree with many of the other reviewers that there is a medicinal note but that’s one of the reasons I adore it. I have a headache and my tummy’s a little iffy but this is just what I needed.
Cheers!
Preparation
Zing! This tangy infusion is a great way to wake up without caffeine. It’s very tart, reminiscent of hibiscus in a distant sense. I love it on mornings (oops afternoons) like this when I’m feeling blah.
The tartness level is definitely not for the faint of heart but can be tempered with honey.
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I’ll have to try something like this. I’ve a fan of hot chocolate (I end up getting it a lot at coffee shops because I don’t like coffee) and would like to try the tea version of hot chocolate.
Well the taste itself isn’t very hot chocolate-like, more like raw cocoa powder mixed with nutmeg mixed with a touch of vanilla mixed with something…earthy/wood-like.
The chocolate tea that I REALLY love is Adagio’s Chocolate Chip black, tea which I totally recommend if you haven’t tried it. :)
I think the blaspheming was committed when they mixed chocolate and pu-erh XD
Have you had Lupicia’s chocolat marron, and tried it with milk? I’m curious to the hot-cocoa-ishness comparison of these two.
Nope, Lupicia doesn’t sell north of the border unfortunately, though I always like to try new teas so if you’re interested I could trade you for something in my stash. :)
This is actually my first pu-erh tea so I have nothing to compare it against. Taken by itself though I think it’s pretty decent, if a little strange.
Chocolate Chip Bark = added to shopping list
Now all I need is that money thing I’ve been hearing about…
Ditto on Adagio’s Chocolate Chip. This is the ONE pu erh you’d get me to try. Milk is a very good idea. I’d go chocolate.