As I journey through the G&H family of twists, this is my first encounter with a presliced version. It comes in a green and white bag. Don't be fooled by imitations like some of the Chinese knock offs such as Gowiths & Hogwarts Blackish Twirl Sliced which I discovered is mostly burnt hay & ramen noodles with a little Mongolian Virginia thrown in. (I should have known $2.99 a pound was to good to be true.).
So this looks like their black twist just all sliced up. It has that Gawithy, Hoggarthy, black ropey smell to it in the bag. It needs some drying time. 15 seconds in the microwave made it feel ok but still it smoked slightly wet. Next time I go for 20. At first light, it's actually rather bland and disappointing. Like the virgin bride said to the groom, "just give me time baby!".
By about 3/4 bowl she's found her stride. The warm, woody, photosynthetic, hyperkinetic, nutty, fruity, chewy, coffee, round, leathery, new car smelly, full, chocolatey, milkshakey, burrito grande, deep, wide Ducati Diavelness, sky rockets in flight, afternoon delightiness, what ever did happen to the Starlight Vocal Band goodness of it all kicks in and it just stays there wonderfully throughout the rest of the bowl without much variation. If you've found the Brown ropes to harsh, give this a try. As SpinalTap would say, those go to 11. This one only goes to 10.
For those of you who don't have mine or Jim's sophisticated palate, here is a link to it on TR. I'll write a more detailed review after several more bowls.
So this looks like their black twist just all sliced up. It has that Gawithy, Hoggarthy, black ropey smell to it in the bag. It needs some drying time. 15 seconds in the microwave made it feel ok but still it smoked slightly wet. Next time I go for 20. At first light, it's actually rather bland and disappointing. Like the virgin bride said to the groom, "just give me time baby!".
By about 3/4 bowl she's found her stride. The warm, woody, photosynthetic, hyperkinetic, nutty, fruity, chewy, coffee, round, leathery, new car smelly, full, chocolatey, milkshakey, burrito grande, deep, wide Ducati Diavelness, sky rockets in flight, afternoon delightiness, what ever did happen to the Starlight Vocal Band goodness of it all kicks in and it just stays there wonderfully throughout the rest of the bowl without much variation. If you've found the Brown ropes to harsh, give this a try. As SpinalTap would say, those go to 11. This one only goes to 10.
For those of you who don't have mine or Jim's sophisticated palate, here is a link to it on TR. I'll write a more detailed review after several more bowls.
