After my disastrous cup of Aloha Pu’erh, I decided to try something I was certain to like. Chinese blacks! Golden tips! How could you go wrong?
And I was right – this was AMAZING!
I’ve been steeping my Chinese blacks Western style lately, which has yielded pretty good results, but often a cup that’s slightly lighter than I would like. So I decided to go with lots of leaf and a short steep for this. I used two good teaspoons for an 8oz cup, first steep for 1min and the second steep for 1:45.
So delicious. Bold and full mouth flavour, with bread, malt, caramel and sweet potato, with the faintest hint of smoke. I can see myself drinking this often, and I will have to pick up more than just a sample when I’ve got through all my untrieds.
I enjoyed the first steep a bit more than the second. It was sweeter and more malty. Still, I enjoyed my second cup a whole lot, too.
Sadly, I suck, and dumped out most of the rest of my open sample packet onto the carpet when I was trying to transfer it to a better bag. I picked up what I could, and I still have another sample packet, but still, boo. What a waste.
Flavors: Bread, Caramel, Malt, Smoke, Sweet, Sweet Potatoes
Possibly the only 100 score I’ve given. I would totally drink carpet fuzz with it if necessary.