Gmathis noticed me raving about one of my favorites — the many variations on coffee puerh, so she sent over a sample of this one! Thanks very much (and also for the super cute card! Books! Tea!) This might be the first tea I am trying from TeaMaze? I could tell even before tipping the kettle over, the scent of the dry leaf could not be better. This blend should have been called “The Best Coffee”. At least to this coffee novice! Then again, this is being marketed to tea people and not coffee people! The flavor couldn’t be better here, the best parts of coffee — it’s coffee, but sweet, mocha, and a hint of cocoa. Three steeps with great flavor. The twenty minute third steep was almost the same as the second steep. However, the base is a little too weak for me, no matter which steep it is. As a combination of puerh and black tea, I love the concept, but the result of the brew is so light in the mug. (The description says “robust” tea and I disagree.) But where I rate this tea so highly, is the perfect flavor that lingers through all three steeps: IT’S COFFEE. Delicious coffee to someone who avoids actual coffee. So I will allow the base here to take a backseat as the carrier of this perfect flavor I’m craving all the time (while not actually craving coffee). Yum.
Steep #1 // 1 heaping teaspoon for full mug // 22 minutes after boiling // 2 minute steep
Steep #2 // 15 minutes after boiling // 3 min
Steep #3 // just boiled // 20 min
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I’m not sure I ever let mine go as long as 20 minutes. Largely because the scent is so alluring I don’t have the patience to wait that long. It’s nice with a little dairy, too.
It IS very alluring! The trick is…. leaving the room while it is steeping! :D Thanks again, gmathis.
I’m not sure I ever let mine go as long as 20 minutes. Largely because the scent is so alluring I don’t have the patience to wait that long. It’s nice with a little dairy, too.
It IS very alluring! The trick is…. leaving the room while it is steeping! :D Thanks again, gmathis.