朱古力-单枞: Chocolate-Dancong Day!!

Although we´re still having fantastic summer weather in this area at this time of the year, autumn is on the air I know, because I start craving for chocolates. CHOCOLATES!!! Yes, it´s another thing I haven´t told in this blog yet maybe, aside from tea, ice cream and fried chicken, my other weakness is chocolate.

This one tastes really delicious, ... or rather surprisingly delicious. Although, the wrapper is already very inviting, but you see, first when you open the cover, the chocolate is just thinly made as if nothing much can be expected from it.

But mind you, once you have put it in your mouth and took a bite, ooooooh my! .... it´s really like taking a second look and not believing your own eyes sometimes. It tastes kind of bitter, dark, angry yet sweet and very generous with taste of berries.

And what tea did I chose for this chocolate? Well, it´s actually a very yang food which means food with high thermal energy and therefore should be neutralized with green or white tea which has low thermal energy, but at the same time I thought it´s a pity to wash all that great tastes away with such mild teas, so guess what .... I picked a Red Feng Huang Dancong.

Like I explained earlier about thermal energy of food and drinks, it seems a very premitive asian way of classifying food ands drinks, that I have difficulties finding references to this matter, except for another tea blog, Mattcha´s blog, who also posted similar subject in some of its posts.

Dancong is known for its ability to imitate various fragrance of flowers and fruits, and therefore I usually find it excellent in complementing the taste of the food I eat with it. Meaning: Dancong doesn´t taste much as it is, but a yin in taste, yet as soon as you drink it with any food, it starts to takes its magic, it´s power. What a fantastic tea! ... and this time to this fantastic chocolate!

... for Chadao ...

黄琼丝 /Celina Huang

Photoes: En Kopp Zen Teahouse