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I brewed this tea quite differently. I added organic cacao nibs to it. It came out somewhat sweet from the puerh and very bitter from the cacao nibs as well as spicy and smoky. This needed sweetener so I added sugar to the first steep. It was good but I wanted to add more depth of flavor. I then added maple syrup to the remaining steeps. The maple nicely cut the bitter flavor of the cacao nibs. This did not taste like milk chocolate puerh.

I steeped this five times in a 180ml teapot with boiling water. I used 6g leaf and 4g cacao nibs. I steeped it for 15 sec, 15 sec, 25 sec, 30 sec, and 1 min. I suspect I would give this tea a lower rating by itself.