Larger than usual pearl balls. Pretty to look at, dark and gold mix.
110ml Gaiwan, 212℉, 5 steeps: rinse, 10s, 20s, 30s, 40s, 60s. The wet leaves smelled heavenly, like a dark chocolate fruit bar. The balls unraveled fairly quickly. A strong aroma of a mixture of dark malted cocoa, strawberries, dried berries, and honey.
The taste is lighter than the aroma but with the same aroma notes. Dark chocolate, malt, honey, and fruit notes. The taste lingers for a long time after the sip. I think this would go wonderful with a dessert. It’s always so yummy to take a bite of cake or donut and then chase it down with a great tasting tea as the taste mixes with the dessert. Every sip, I thought about that. lol I don’t have any sweets in the house but I’ll have to get some to try it sometime with this tea. I don’t recall thinking that particular thought with any other black tea. I really like it, and recommend it for a great daily drinker.
Hope you are all doing well. Me… It’s always same ol’ same ol’ and working on sipdowns, trying to behave and not buying too much of any new tea for now.
Flavors: Berries, Chocolate, Cocoa, Dark Chocolate, Dried Fruit, Honey, Malt, Strawberry, Sweet, Sweet Potatoes
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I really want to like this tea. This morning I used six pearls in 300 ML water at 100c and brewed for three minutes. All I got taste wise was a weak brew that tasted of wood and wet hay with a slight chemical note :( . No chocolate, fruit, honey or sweetness of any kind. This was my fourth attempt with this tea. Any suggestions, Kawaii433? Everyone else seems to love this tea.
Kawaii433: tea looks so good! But how I am doing? Yay, I made 3 exams last week, which is kind of cool. But I am thinking that I would love week compltely free and alone somewhere enjoying just teas. I am kind of overwhelmed with school stuff. So it is quite meh.
Teatotaler, I liked it best with a 110ml, ~7g, short infusions. It is a light brew but I don’t get wood or wet hay or a chemical note. I did try it at the 3 min and 5 min infusions, that was good too but seemed even more light due to the higher volume.
Martin, yay for you!! 3 exams out of the way is always such a great feeling <3
3 gone, 3 to go!
Thank you, Kawaii33! I will try your brewing parameters. I refuse to give up on this tea!
Martin, good luck on your remaining exams! :)
Kawaii – Every sip!? I wish you would have had a dessert to go with this tea! haha
Teatotaler – I also usually find this the weakest of black dragon pearls, so it isn’t my favorite. For that reason it’s one of my least favorite black teas from Teavivre. But they can’t ALL be favorites.
Martin, good luck with the rest of them!
Teatotaler, you’re very welcome. I hope you find the right parameters.
tea-sipper… HAHAHAHAHA omgosh, ok maybe every other sip LOLOL
A sentence that has never been spoken in my house – “I don’t have any sweets in the house…” LOLOL Good for you, you must be a healthy eater! My husband proposed when I gave him a pound cake, so he gets one every June 21st…and a bunch of cakes and cookies the rest of the year!
I’d say “that must have been a GOOD pound cake” but you probably hear that a lot. :D
lol it must be the best pound cake!
I really want to like this tea. This morning I used six pearls in 300 ML water at 100c and brewed for three minutes. All I got taste wise was a weak brew that tasted of wood and wet hay with a slight chemical note :( . No chocolate, fruit, honey or sweetness of any kind. This was my fourth attempt with this tea. Any suggestions, Kawaii433? Everyone else seems to love this tea.
Kawaii433: tea looks so good! But how I am doing? Yay, I made 3 exams last week, which is kind of cool. But I am thinking that I would love week compltely free and alone somewhere enjoying just teas. I am kind of overwhelmed with school stuff. So it is quite meh.
Teatotaler, I liked it best with a 110ml, ~7g, short infusions. It is a light brew but I don’t get wood or wet hay or a chemical note. I did try it at the 3 min and 5 min infusions, that was good too but seemed even more light due to the higher volume.
Martin, yay for you!! 3 exams out of the way is always such a great feeling <3
3 gone, 3 to go!
Thank you, Kawaii33! I will try your brewing parameters. I refuse to give up on this tea!
Martin, good luck on your remaining exams! :)
Kawaii – Every sip!? I wish you would have had a dessert to go with this tea! haha
Teatotaler – I also usually find this the weakest of black dragon pearls, so it isn’t my favorite. For that reason it’s one of my least favorite black teas from Teavivre. But they can’t ALL be favorites.
Martin, good luck with the rest of them!
Teatotaler, you’re very welcome. I hope you find the right parameters.
tea-sipper… HAHAHAHAHA omgosh, ok maybe every other sip LOLOL
A sentence that has never been spoken in my house – “I don’t have any sweets in the house…” LOLOL Good for you, you must be a healthy eater! My husband proposed when I gave him a pound cake, so he gets one every June 21st…and a bunch of cakes and cookies the rest of the year!
I’d say “that must have been a GOOD pound cake” but you probably hear that a lot. :D
lol it must be the best pound cake!