Black Beauty from Mandala Tea

Black Beauty

Tea type
Black Tea
Ingredients
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Flavors
Chocolate, Drying, Mineral, Dark Bittersweet, Dark Chocolate, Butter, Nutty, Yeast, Bread, Cocoa, Malt, Muscatel, Roasted, Smooth, Stonefruit, Fruity, Red Wine, Caramel, Burnt Sugar, Milk, Apricot, Honey, Jam, Floral, Grain, Herbaceous, Sweet, Tannin, Earth
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Caffeine
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Certification
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Edit tea info Last updated by Jason
Average preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 3 min, 0 sec 4 g 8 oz / 247 ml

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  • “Ironically, & purely by coincidence (although there are no coincidences), I drank this one the last time I woke up ridiculously early. Anyway, this one is, without a doubt, my favorite black...” Read full tasting note
  • “Another tea from Terri – so many teas to try and so little time! I had this one earlier today and it was delicious! I have a sneaking suspicion that i’m going to be struggling with keeping my...” Read full tasting note
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  • “This is a lovely tea from Mandala that I’ve had for a little while but haven’t had the chance to post a review on. I was also having problems grabbing the larger photo for this so if anyone can get...” Read full tasting note
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  • “Thank you ifjuly for sending me such a generous sample of this. Anyone who follows me knows that I am a HUGE Mandala fan, they also know that I “call them as I see them” when it comes to logging...” Read full tasting note

From Mandala Tea

Black Beauty is a very fitting name for this wonderful tea! If you are a fan of Keemun style black teas, you will want to try this one. Most of our customers and myself, now prefer this over the Keemun black. It is wonderfully sweet, almost chocolatey and little to no astringency present!

The tea liquor is clear and longer steepings will give it a slightly red hue.

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This was a sample generously included in my order. And one that I’ll have to add to my next order.

This is smooth. Medium gold red color. Hay and dry grass, wheat stalks, medium malt, mainly smooth.

“Like a baby’s behind” smooth. And if you recognize that quote, you have excellent taste in bad movies. :)
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Terri HarpLady
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I’m pretty sure this is my favorite black tea that Garret carries, it’s so lovely!

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I woke with a headache and having finished a big mug of Dark Beauty, I am having some Black Beauty for my second round of tea this morning. I have the Dark Beauty mixture so often and I frequently forget how gorgeous the BB is all on its own. Chocolaty, malty, keemuny and a sweet nectar on top that is helping chase away my headache.
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TeaBrat
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Good luck… I went straight for the coffee! :)

MzPriss
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Yeah that may be next.

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i’m so glad I picked this tea with my recent order. I didnt have a sample but had a feeling I’m going to like it. I love this tea. Dark chocolate, dried stone fruits, rye bread w/caraway and coriander seeds. its naturally sweet with some slight sour notes. Long sweet aftertaste.
Dry leaves are long and twisty and its hard to measure by spoon( I need to get scale). As usual short steeped.
a little more than 1 TBS 150ml 208F
rinse 5/5/10/15/20/25
later steeps introduce some smoke notes

Flavors: Bread, Chocolate, Stonefruit

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 0 min, 15 sec 2 tsp 5 OZ / 150 ML
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Garret
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I knew it! I was sure you were going to enjoy this one. I was thinking of you this morning as we brewed some of this up in the tea shop. Your review of it is really nice. Thank you. It made me smile and also confirmed alot of what I think is going on in this tea. Yahooooo!!!!!

boychik
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Thank you for finding such gems for us

mrmopar
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Good stuff!

pyarkaaloo
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wow!!! all these notes are things i love & i am so surprised they are all found here in one tea. thanks for your review, u always find such classy, complex teas..

also i think there is something to be said for short steeps…am planning to get a gaiwan very soon :)

boychik
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thank you pyarkaaloo, but its all Mandala Tea fault. every their tea I tried is so unique, its hard to resist.
for gaiwan I recommend something like this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Goldfish-Hand-Grabbed-Porcelain-Gaiwan-Tea-Cup-Teapot-150ml-5-3oz-/350927580204
Good seller, great quality,I got it in 10 days from China.

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I received this tea in a swap with Dexter3657 thank you so much for sending me such a lovely black tea.

It smells cocoa and a earthy not. I brew it western style. The liquor is quite darked amber.
I really enjoy it both very hot and as it cools even if I absolutely agree with Dexter3657 the main lovely notes for me , the fruity ones & apricot especially and baked bread, are most present while the tea is cooling.

The only little point is I would have prefered it with a little bit more body and it is “just” medium bodied. This is a very little point because I do frankly love it.

I’ll retry with a longer steep to see if I can ameliorate the body to adjust to my tastes.

Flavors: Apricot, Bread, Cocoa, Earth

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 3 min, 0 sec
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TheTeaFairy
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Nice review of this tea Ysaurella, the notes you found are really appealing :-)

Ysaurella
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this is a very recommendable tea !

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