Another wonderful, precious gift, this one from Dexter3657. Had these yesterday during husband’s band practice. The drummer, someone I consider a dear friend, didn’t have much to do (it’s not really practice and hasn’t been for months; they’re mixing the recording for an upcoming album) so we spent most of the afternoon sitting in the living room chatting while I drank cup after cup of this. This is one where the hype is warranted (or maybe I just love pearls?); 3 pearls yielded a seemingly endless stream of deliciously rich, chocolatey smooth delight I enjoyed over the course of hours. It’s sweet like an indulgence, but not cloying; it’s evened out by a textured-almost-like-plush sort of dimension that somehow makes it both eminently more easy-drinking and more interesting/compelling. Put me in a good, up-for-endless-socializing mood and may have been what powered me through a closet razing (10 garbage bags’ worth of old clothes and shoes to donate, some I had when I was still in high school, and there’s still two tiny hallway closets left to do!) that took me late into the night. I feel honored to have had the chance to try these precious, currently out of stock little wonderballs. Thanks so much Dexter3657!
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This tea sounds amazing! I wonder if Mandala going to restock it, please!
I tried to clean my closet today too. Never ending story…
have you had pearls before? (teavivre’s, i think, right?) i loved thepuritea’s so much, drat. i think you’d love these. i could be remembering wrong but i think i saw Garret saying somewhere—maybe in a log comment thread?—he’s working on sourcing some sometime in the kinda-near future. i love watching them open up, and also how portable they are while still not being teabags.
i think they went away dexter..unless i’m confusing them with another company but: http://steepster.com/companies/thepuritea
I took a quick look and couldn’t find a website for them. Oh well. Hope Garret works some magic and can restock these. They are just amazing. more than happy to share so that you could try them. :))
yeah, thepuritea had something called red dragon pearls IIRC, and they were delicious, but boychik and i discovered them just as they were going out of business (they had a huge blowout sale and it got mentioned on the boards), alas.
it was awesome you gave me so many considering it’s so up in the air whether they’ll come back…you are one generous tea buddy.
So because of this review, I went to see if I could find any Black Pearl tea – and did, on AliExpress. The picture looks almost identical to this one, so I grabbed some. If it’s as amazing as this, I’m happy to share! Ask me in a month though, after it gets here. :P
So far… nothing. The producer is not going to make them this year. The labor prices have increased 500% in the last handful of years and he can’t afford it. The stuff that I’m finding out there now is just old stock and I don’t want to buy it. Will keep pressing him. But there is killer black tea material that we have that aren’t in pearls that is incredible. The new “pure bud”. Or try the “morning sun”. And my perennial favorite the “black gold”.
morning sun i need to try again…pure bud i haven’t tried yet, and i like pearls better than black gold..though they’re all on the high side of delicious hehe
that makes a lot of sense to me, Garret, re: labor costs. thanks for keeping us informed! and i appreciate that you don’t just buy old stock. kudos.
man, i LOVE morning sun. it’s one of my favorite fancypants breakfast teas. so good. Terri was right on the money about how it reminds one of masa harina and roasted green chile. how often can you say that about a tea?! yum.
This tea sounds amazing! I wonder if Mandala going to restock it, please!
I tried to clean my closet today too. Never ending story…
have you had pearls before? (teavivre’s, i think, right?) i loved thepuritea’s so much, drat. i think you’d love these. i could be remembering wrong but i think i saw Garret saying somewhere—maybe in a log comment thread?—he’s working on sourcing some sometime in the kinda-near future. i love watching them open up, and also how portable they are while still not being teabags.
Garrett is trying to source these again, but so far no luck. He cotinues to try though!
Yes, I have Teavivre and sample of Puritea. Love them both
Puritea?
i think they went away dexter..unless i’m confusing them with another company but: http://steepster.com/companies/thepuritea
I took a quick look and couldn’t find a website for them. Oh well. Hope Garret works some magic and can restock these. They are just amazing. more than happy to share so that you could try them. :))
yeah, thepuritea had something called red dragon pearls IIRC, and they were delicious, but boychik and i discovered them just as they were going out of business (they had a huge blowout sale and it got mentioned on the boards), alas.
it was awesome you gave me so many considering it’s so up in the air whether they’ll come back…you are one generous tea buddy.
So because of this review, I went to see if I could find any Black Pearl tea – and did, on AliExpress. The picture looks almost identical to this one, so I grabbed some. If it’s as amazing as this, I’m happy to share! Ask me in a month though, after it gets here. :P
So far… nothing. The producer is not going to make them this year. The labor prices have increased 500% in the last handful of years and he can’t afford it. The stuff that I’m finding out there now is just old stock and I don’t want to buy it. Will keep pressing him. But there is killer black tea material that we have that aren’t in pearls that is incredible. The new “pure bud”. Or try the “morning sun”. And my perennial favorite the “black gold”.
Wow, good to know, and thanks for chiming in Garret.
morning sun i need to try again…pure bud i haven’t tried yet, and i like pearls better than black gold..though they’re all on the high side of delicious hehe
(Pure buds and Yezi Yi Fu Chun and both in the “Sil” box for next time)
haha thanks dex!
:)) will always share if I can.
that makes a lot of sense to me, Garret, re: labor costs. thanks for keeping us informed! and i appreciate that you don’t just buy old stock. kudos.
man, i LOVE morning sun. it’s one of my favorite fancypants breakfast teas. so good. Terri was right on the money about how it reminds one of masa harina and roasted green chile. how often can you say that about a tea?! yum.
and MissB, i’ll be curious to see how your aliexpress pearls are!