Coconut Crème Pu Erh & Mocha Maté

Ashmanra’s sipdown challenge – March 2025 Tea #1 – March 8 – International Women’s Day – drink tea from a woman owned company

A quick search for ‘women owned tea company’ had many more results than I thought, even for some tea shops that I currently have with me.  So I had plenty of options for this prompt!   This tea is from CameronB - thanks again.   This blend was just calling to me with its awesome ingredients- it has so many ingredients I love.  Really, the majority of it looks like roasted yerba mate.  A little bit of puerh, a chocolate chip here and there.  The flavor is like a mocha yerba mate. Tasty, if mild.  The flavor is sweet, creamy, a bit roasty and a bit like coffee.  I think I might try adding this blend to another ripe puerh and see how that does.  I bet more puerh would dial it up a bit and add richness, as I would really love for this blend to have more puerh.  Or I could just actually use two teaspoons as the tin suggests… (it says 1-2 teaspoons.)  Today I’m also drinking Dessert By Deb’s Houjicha Caramelized Butterscotch Blondies — another women owned company.
Steep #1 // 1 1/2 teaspoons for a full mug // 20 minutes after boiling // 2 minute steep
Steep #2 //  just boiled // 6+ minute steep

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I was wary of this one, as I don’t generally love coconut-flavored teas (though I do like coconut desserts, etc.) and the mocha maté seems suspiciously similar to Adagio’s. Thankfully, the coconut is not overly strong here. However, I do agree with Michelle that it’s a bit murky and muddled overall. I like coffee things, but here I mostly get a bit of chocolate flavoring, a bit of coconut, and a lot of murky earthiness and vague “flavoring” sort of vibes.

So not a favorite for me, but since it didn’t sound like my jam anyway, I’m not surprised he he.

Subscription box tea! I have tried their Mocha Mate before and it’s good, but I prefer Savoys. Haven’t tried their coconut crème puerh yet, but I think I need to. I do like OBT coconut flavoring, but these two teas combined together are not better than the individual teas. They don’t complement each other and the mocha came out a bit murky and in the background. I might change my opinion, as this was my first brew attempt. I will say it was very drinkable, chocolate and creamy and my cup disappeared quickly this morning :)