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drank Art of Darkness by Whispering Pines Tea Company
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Since my recent cocoa nib awakening, I have been obsessed and, in turn, delighted with the sweet, creamy, chocolate flavors I have found that they impart.

This tea falls right in line with all of this. A puerh that is also sweet and chocolate-y? Well, yes, I would like to drink that all morning. And I have! This tea really does combine the best of both ripe (smooth, creamy, dark, earthy) and cocoa nibs (creamy, sweet, chocolate).

I am going to have to play around with my own cocoa nibs and other “plain” puerh and see what I can create. Thanks for the inspiration and great tea, Brenden!

Flavors: Chocolate, Creamy, Earth, Sweet

Preparation
Boiling 0 min, 15 sec 5 g 3 OZ / 100 ML
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Haveteawilltravel
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This is a staple in my home. I’m not big on any kind of flavored blends, but this one is perfect in my book :D

mtchyg
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Yeah, I’m going to have to order a lot more of this. I took a break from this for about 3 or 4 hours and just started it back up. Still really good and chocolate-y about 6 or 7 gong fu steeps into it.

Haveteawilltravel
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Yeah, it’s a solid tea!

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Haveteawilltravel
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This is a staple in my home. I’m not big on any kind of flavored blends, but this one is perfect in my book :D

mtchyg
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Yeah, I’m going to have to order a lot more of this. I took a break from this for about 3 or 4 hours and just started it back up. Still really good and chocolate-y about 6 or 7 gong fu steeps into it.

Haveteawilltravel
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Yeah, it’s a solid tea!

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Michigander, Husband, father of three, lover of tea, books, nature, gardening, and passion. Stay at home dad currently. Previously a preschool teacher.

I have now completed some tea swaps and I am so totally up for swapping! What a cool way to connect with fellow tea lovers and try some new teas. My tea cupboard on here is woefully out of date though.

Black tea has been my go to tea for some time. Oolongs are good too but mainly roasty oolongs. I’m finding that there are some green and white teas (mostly Moonlight Whites) that impress me lately which they never used to do. I am getting into and developing a taste for Pu-erh. I have tried raw and my Ulcerative Colitis just can’t handle the roughness of it. So I stick to ripe Puerh. I am recently drinking more herbal tea or Rooibos especially STRONG ginger blends. I’m not too picky.

Some of my favorite places from which to purchase tea are Whispering Pines Tea Co, Verdant, A Quarter to Tea, Beautiful Taiwan Tea Co, Bitterleaf Tea, and Yunnan Sourcing.

Rating system:
90-100: Some of the best I’ve ever had. I’d be a fool not to keep it stocked as often as possible
80-89: A damn good tea. Not to be missed
70-79: A good tea but lacks the wow factor. More than likely a simple tea that could be an every day option
60-69: Eh. This is okay. Not swill by any means but fairly underwhelming.
50-59: Not really doing it for me. I’ll finish it but please don’t bring me any more.
Below 50: Life is too short to waste on things such as this

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