Hello, Coffee! Hello, Chocolate! CH- CH-Ch-Cherry Oolong!
So I had to rate this one again. I selected the loose material more carefully, making sure to have at least one cherry and two teaspoons of leaves with dribbles of chocolate. My cup as absent of coffee beans and that cup had five ounces of water to 185 degrees F. I soaked the leaves barely over a minute, perhaps a minute and fifteen seconds. The result was miraculous. The cherry and the oolong were the most dominant, and the mouthfeel was significantly cleaner. I could still taste the chocolate and the coffee, but they complimented the tea itself more. Every tasting note that I had the first time was here, but the balance was perfected. I could even taste the oolong itself at steep two, which was closer to three minutes. The tea tasted like any good Quilan: smooth, smoky, creamy, and so naturally sweet like dark chocolate. The cherry, chocolate, and coffee then became the perfect tasting notes to the base.
This brew was what I wanted. Thank heavens I got to share it with a friend, and thank heavens that I finally perfected it.
Flavors: Cherry, Coffee, Creamy, Dark Chocolate, Floral, Smoke, Smooth, Sweet
