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drank Charlotte au Chocolat by Dammann Frères
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Day 4 of Dammann Freres advent caldendar. This is my last one for today. I am finally caught up. Dinosara suggested in one of her notes that she was going to review the “day of” tea the following day so not to spoil the surprise for everyone, I think I will do the same thing, keeping day 5 review for tomorrow.

The dry tea smells strongly of dark chocolate, with definitely nutty notes. The brewed tea tastes like a smokey Keemun base to me. I am definitely getting dark chocolate but not bitter chocolate. There is just a tinge of astringency on the back of my tongue towards the end of the sip, but it disappears really quick. It actually works really well with the chocolate. There is the lightest nutty notes, not specifically getting almond though. The sunflowers really balance the tea out and keep it smooth. I am not a huge chocolate tea fan, but this was is pretty good. The liquor of this one does not seem as thick as the other Dammann teas I have tried so far.
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205 °F / 96 °C 2 min, 0 sec
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TeaBrat
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Tea advent calendar? Where did you get that?

Lala
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Ordered it online from Damman’s site. There was/is a thread about it. I ordered it the last week of Nov, it was supposed to arrive around the 29, but got held up by customs (of course) for a few days.

Shmiracles
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but they don’t have the advent calendar :( ploppers

TeaBrat
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thanks, I’m pretty sure I can live without it :))

yyz
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they sold out of the calendars.

yyz
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But apparently they have them again at dammann.fr.

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TeaBrat
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Tea advent calendar? Where did you get that?

Lala
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Ordered it online from Damman’s site. There was/is a thread about it. I ordered it the last week of Nov, it was supposed to arrive around the 29, but got held up by customs (of course) for a few days.

Shmiracles
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but they don’t have the advent calendar :( ploppers

TeaBrat
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thanks, I’m pretty sure I can live without it :))

yyz
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they sold out of the calendars.

yyz
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But apparently they have them again at dammann.fr.

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I am a lifetime tea lover.

I did foray into the world of coffee for a period of time, but I returned to my true love. I still, however, enjoy a good cup of java.

My all time favorite tea is Earl Grey, which I drink every morning, the stronger the bergamot the better. I definitely prefer natural oil of bergamot to artificial flavouring.

I mostly like black and dark oolong teas. My current favs are Fujian blacks, Keemun and Assams, and Wuyi oolongs. I gravitate towards anything with lychee in it. I also drink a lot of herbal blends but am wary of hibiscus. I do not favour mate, or pu’erh tea, although I have found a few blends that I like. (I so badly want to like straight pu’erh tea but it all tastes gross to me. I keep trying though). Rooibos, green and white teas fall somewhere in the middle. I find myself gravitating towards heavily roasted oolongs and teas from Paris/France based companies.

I love iced teas and cold brews.

My current tea goal is to make the perfect cup of chai from scratch – almost there…I think.

I am in love with the whole experience of tea.

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