My smallish Teavivre order has arrived! I couldn’t help it with a $16 in coupons & reward points! I had to steep this one up first, to make sure I didn’t dislike it. After placing my order, I kind of wished I had ordered the Keemun instead of this one, as I was drinking it at the time of the order being placed and kind of fell in love with it like never before… hopefully I won’t regret this one! Teavivre’s steep instructions are 1-2 teaspoons at 194 degrees with a rinse and 1,2,3 min steep times.
Steep #1 // 13 min after boiling // 2 min
This one is tough to measure with long wirey black leaves with touches of gold. After they were in the brew basket, it looked more than two teaspoons. The cup is a medium dark copper color. Luckily, this one is delicious enough. It’s like dark chocolate and sweet potatoes.. so kind of like Verdant’s Laoshan Black but I like this ones deeper flavor. This one lingers so nicely! Why am I always mentioning Laoshan when I love so many other teas more? I’ve tried the Yun Nan Dian Hong Golden Tip from Teavivre. The difference between the two: this one has less golden color, a higher steep temp (and this one is less pricey). Flavor difference: this one is much more dark chocolate while the Golden is much more sweet potato. I think both have their place, but I’m partial to dark chocolate.
Steep #2 // 15 min after boiling // 3 min
I accidentally waited too long for this steep to cool, so the flavor isn’t as nice as if I waited a shorter time than the last. I like the second cup, but it doesn’t have the magic of the first. Not as strong of a flavor but that’s my fault.
I think I’ve adored every Teavivre tea I’ve tried. I just wish they sold their teas in smaller amounts than 100 grams so I could buy many more varieties at the same time. Not disappointed in buying this one, since both teas have the dark chocolate notes I love(even if the Keemun would have been a nice choice). At this point I think I have three teaspoons of various Keemuns though! Oh no! Keemun shortage!
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Since their samples are so big, (usually you get to small 7g. pouches) I sometimes order 2 so that gives me almost 30g for about 4 to 6 dollars, so still cheap!
This one is very inexpensive for the quality it provides, I love this company :-)
Great review! I have only tried the golden tip and was wondering how this one might be different from that. Teavivre does have some really delicious teas!
Even the step below this one is an awesome black tea.
Ah, good to know, KS.
I also wish that some of the teas were available in 50 grams pouches though instead of just 100g.
Since their samples are so big, (usually you get to small 7g. pouches) I sometimes order 2 so that gives me almost 30g for about 4 to 6 dollars, so still cheap!
This one is very inexpensive for the quality it provides, I love this company :-)
Great review! I have only tried the golden tip and was wondering how this one might be different from that. Teavivre does have some really delicious teas!
Even the step below this one is an awesome black tea.
Ah, good to know, KS.
I also wish that some of the teas were available in 50 grams pouches though instead of just 100g.