Revisiting and raising my rates. It is 100. Bitter sweet chocolate like 90%. Super smooth, doesn’t have usual earthy smell, more like farina. Agree with ifjuly , it’s like strong espresso with dark chocolate on a side. Exceptional
I used 5 oz gaiwan+2tsp rinse/30/45/ etc
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This is good stuff!
So different. I didn’t sample a lot of puerh but this one is very distinctive
omigoodness, this sounds delicious…wow! i love espresso & dark chocolate…i think the observation on farina is very nice… so more of a grain/wheat smell than earthy? i think i would really like this..
No earthiness, no mustiness, no mushroom or leather. Very unusual. I wouldn’t say grainy, very often I pick up like rye bread notes. Like hot cereal of wheat to me;). I picked 1oz only but when I run out of it will get more.
I need to pull this one out, it’s been awhile :)
fascinating! i’ve only had 1 pu’erh and it’s Chocolate pu’erh by Numi (lol..have yet to try my first cake!) & while it’s not my favorite kind of black tea, i do enjoy it, esp with the cocoa note. So you get a rye bread note from this one? wow…i love rye/caroway…and fennel, aniseed…lol i’m going off the charts here ;) so hot cereal/cream-of-wheat type smell? i normally think ‘grain’ when i think farina, but upon ur explanation, i must perfect my senses! :)
pyarkaaloo, we must convert you to pu’erh…….
yes, we must!
hahaha ;) i definitely would not mind that happening…something tells me Mandala’s Special Dark will do just the trick!
Sorry my writing is confusing. What I meant sometimes when I drink Chinese black teas I find rye bread notes but this Special dark is farina to me. We have to turn you to Special Dark side;)
This is good stuff!
So different. I didn’t sample a lot of puerh but this one is very distinctive
omigoodness, this sounds delicious…wow! i love espresso & dark chocolate…i think the observation on farina is very nice… so more of a grain/wheat smell than earthy? i think i would really like this..
No earthiness, no mustiness, no mushroom or leather. Very unusual. I wouldn’t say grainy, very often I pick up like rye bread notes. Like hot cereal of wheat to me;). I picked 1oz only but when I run out of it will get more.
I need to pull this one out, it’s been awhile :)
fascinating! i’ve only had 1 pu’erh and it’s Chocolate pu’erh by Numi (lol..have yet to try my first cake!) & while it’s not my favorite kind of black tea, i do enjoy it, esp with the cocoa note. So you get a rye bread note from this one? wow…i love rye/caroway…and fennel, aniseed…lol i’m going off the charts here ;) so hot cereal/cream-of-wheat type smell? i normally think ‘grain’ when i think farina, but upon ur explanation, i must perfect my senses! :)
pyarkaaloo, we must convert you to pu’erh…….
yes, we must!
hahaha ;) i definitely would not mind that happening…something tells me Mandala’s Special Dark will do just the trick!
Sorry my writing is confusing. What I meant sometimes when I drink Chinese black teas I find rye bread notes but this Special dark is farina to me. We have to turn you to Special Dark side;)