2016 Chocobar

Type of tea: Ripe Puer

Brewing method: 6oz in gaiwan, boiling water

I got some supposedly-chocolatey ripe puers from White2Tea because I was down to about 2-3 sessions worth of the 2013 w2t brick they included in one of their subscription boxes. That one had underwhelmed me before I had a gaiwan but preparing it gongfu style unlocked the very smooth, rich flavors an aged tea like that had... which end up weirdly being a tiiiny bit like dark chocolate brownie batter in terms of taste and mouthfeel. Weird and heavenly.

This one didn't quite reach that level... The first steep was the very basic "wet leaf" flavor a lot of these have with a slightly worrying chalky/fishy taste under it. But over time it deepened to a very dark steep that started getting at the thicker soup and slightly chocolatey tastes I wanted. I'll play with it some more...