Oh my god. Oh. My. God.
Cameron B had such good things to say about this tea a few months ago that based on the strength of that recommendation, I requested 5 free samples from Teasenz. This baby was one of those. And oh boy, Cameron was spot-on.
You should have been there when I opened up the package and inhaled the first wafts of this stuff. “Oh my god. It smells like chocolate. Oh my god! It smells like cocoa powder!” I tried shoving the bag in my husband’s face so he could get a good whiff (and thus hopefully convert to Tea-ism) but he wasn’t game.
I can’t get over how good the dry leaf of this tea smells. I took about 2 tsp, brewed it Western-style in my lovely tiny Brown Betty pot, and poured it all out into a large mug.
Considering I only steeped the first steep for 3.5 minutes, the liquor was astonishingly dark and rich-looking. A lovely dark amber colour, like beer bottles. And the smell was good too! Slightly tart, but dark and sweet like prunes or honey.
The taste isn’t quite as good, but it’s still satisfying. Malty, rich, slightly sweet, no astringency, but it doesn’t quite slap me silly with flavour the way I hoped it would.
Now I’m off to have a second steep!
By the way, I woke up this morning with a bit of a sore throat, and I’m worried this may be the first sign of a cold. I better enjoy awesome tea like this now; I’ll save the crappy-tasting tea for when I can’t actually taste it.
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Feel better.
I hope you didn’t get the crud that I have. This tea sounds delicious.
My throat’s feeling pretty okay now, but I’m watching it. At least if I get sick, I’ll have no problem finding something to soothe my throat.
I’ll have to try my poor unopened sample of this soon!
Feel better.
I hope you didn’t get the crud that I have. This tea sounds delicious.
My throat’s feeling pretty okay now, but I’m watching it. At least if I get sick, I’ll have no problem finding something to soothe my throat.
I’ll have to try my poor unopened sample of this soon!