Thank you Brenden for this sample tea!
I know it isn’t December, and I often have to be ‘in the mood’ for my smokier tea’s. It’s one of those things…
When a big snow storm is coming…or the first brisk winds of Fall followed by a downpour…give me a mug of bold smoky tea and something sweet like dark chocolate to enhance the experience.
That big snow is coming. We’ve been having no snow hardly at all and warm weather. The Continent has been dry one way and a wreck of a Winter the other with Colorado humming along with a dribble of an inch of snow here and there and temperatures up to the 50’s and 60’s. We have a lot of sunshine!
When I say big snow, I mean maybe 8-10 inches which isn’t that much.
(I’ve never seen ice)
So I finally brought out the Whispering Pines December tea that Brenden sent me from its hiding place. Another smoky little tea (I thought).
It smelled like smoke so I assumed it would taste like smoke.
Surprisingly, the taste was cocoa-smoky… smooth and lighter than I had expected. I hadn’t read Brendens review prior to my tasting and didn’t realize he had used the Fujian Black Tea.
As for his comment about the tea being brisk…and citrusy, um I can’t say that I found either. Smooth and borderline floral…with not a hint of smoky harshness.
I have to say this is one of the better smoked tea’s I’ve tasted. There’s a compromise for those who like dark chocolate with a little smokiness to it (but not lapsang souchong).
By the way, I’ve been snooping around and found a video of Brenden
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqN_5ehpiJ4&list=PL0A0KHoAHPZgomUylGorl_aIQfsJs3QNq&feature=share&index=5
He’s way cool!!! A young slack-line expert! He’s into photography also and loves animals. (No idea why my first take was of someone older…but he’s young. I’m quite impressed!)
Don’t you just love tea people!
Now that it’s no longer December…Brenden needs a new name for this tea.
It’s not a one month wonder.
