Holy sweet mother of god. This is good.
I drank it for the first time 3 months ago thanks to a sample from Dexter. I knew I wanted to order it, but always got so mesmerized by Garret’s pu’erh and oolong selection, I’d always forget to add it to the cart.
MzPriss’s Dark Beauty cocktail helped me remember this time. I finally got my supply of it. Obviously, I did not order enough, but that’s another story. (Garret, you know what this means, don’t you?)
It truly feels like a leafhopper bitten tea, except that it’s not. It’s like a mix of mellow “bready” Yunnan an sweet fruity Oriental Beauty oolong.
It may be smooth and silky like honey in the mouth but it’s got lots character, it’s a little boozy and feisty, I like that. Fiona Apple’s lyrics comes to mind “slow like honey, heavy with mood”…I think it’s just the perfect way to describe it!
I’m so upping my rating on this tea. It’s spectacular.People who liked this
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Wow… I am headed to the kitchen to brew this now!
I really do enjoy this tea. It works well at a variety of water temps. I had an oolong fan sit down with me at the sampling bar early last week and I brewed some of this up at around 195F. Delicious. I’d say anywhere between there and 208F gives a great cup (or 8) of this tea.
Oh, I so wish I could be sitting at your sampling bar right now Garret :-)
Yeah, me too! Tea party!
Oh yes, a real tea party!! Sars, didn’t you like this tea? Why did I ever think 2oz was going to be enough? I already drank half of my supply, sigh….
Yes, dearest. I like it very much. I only got a little to try, so I will need more soon also :)
After searching through a horde of comments and posts, I cannot seem to find the recipe/proportions for the Dark Beauty cocktail. Can you remind me of them?
Wow… I am headed to the kitchen to brew this now!
I really do enjoy this tea. It works well at a variety of water temps. I had an oolong fan sit down with me at the sampling bar early last week and I brewed some of this up at around 195F. Delicious. I’d say anywhere between there and 208F gives a great cup (or 8) of this tea.
Oh, I so wish I could be sitting at your sampling bar right now Garret :-)
Yeah, me too! Tea party!
Oh yes, a real tea party!! Sars, didn’t you like this tea? Why did I ever think 2oz was going to be enough? I already drank half of my supply, sigh….
Yes, dearest. I like it very much. I only got a little to try, so I will need more soon also :)
After searching through a horde of comments and posts, I cannot seem to find the recipe/proportions for the Dark Beauty cocktail. Can you remind me of them?
http://steepster.com/mzpriss/posts/255850#comments