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drank Laoshan Black by Verdant Tea
676 tasting notes

If chocolate existed in tea form, I imagine this is what it would taste like. The aroma and taste of this tea is of pure chocolate. The first steep was warm, sweet hot cocoa goodness. There’s a soft toasted marshmallow going on too. Almost no tannins to speak of. As the tea progresses, the chocolate moves to the background and faint notes of toffee and caramel appear.

This tea really deserves the hype its received on Steepster. It’s very delicious and comforting. I’ve already set aside a permanent tin for it because it’s going to be a perennial buy for sure.

Flavors: Dark Chocolate, Malt, Marshmallow

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 3 min, 0 sec 1 g 4 OZ / 110 ML
Evol Ving Ness

Erm, I see that you are now moving into black teas.

LuckyMe

Yep, just dipped my toe into black teas recently. Greens still remain my favorite.

Evol Ving Ness

I ordered the black one from YS that began to sway you. I figured that if it had brought you back from the green side, well then.

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Evol Ving Ness

Erm, I see that you are now moving into black teas.

LuckyMe

Yep, just dipped my toe into black teas recently. Greens still remain my favorite.

Evol Ving Ness

I ordered the black one from YS that began to sway you. I figured that if it had brought you back from the green side, well then.

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My Rating Criteria:

95 to 100: Top shelf stuff. Loved this tea and highly recommend it

90 to 94: Excellent. Enjoyed this tea and would likely repurchase

80 to 89: Good but not great. I liked it though it may be lacking in some aspects. I’ll finish it but probably won’t buy again

70 to 79: Average at best. Not terrible but wouldn’t willingly drink again

60 to 69: Sub-par. Low quality tea, barely palatable

59 and below: Bleh

Fell into tea many years ago and for a long time my experience was limited to Japanese greens and flavored Teavana teas. My tea epiphany happened when I discovered jade oolongs. That was my gateway drug to the world of high quality tea and teaware.

For the most part, I drink straight tea but do appreciate a good flavored tea on occasion. I love fresh green and floral flavors and as such, green tea and Taiwanese oolongs will always have a place in my cupboard. After avoiding black tea forever, Chinese blacks have started to grow on me. I’m less enthusiastic about puerh though. I also enjoy white tea and tisanes but reach for them less frequently.

Other non-tea interests include: cooking, reading, nature, philosophy, MMA, traveling when I can, and of course putzing around on the interwebs.

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