I did too! Two years ago there was an article about Carolina Gold and I ordered from Anson Mills. I really enjoyed the aged/laurel brown rice. It has a deep fragrant flavor, great texture and was very good in baked rice dishes.
Good to hear I wasn't the only one lol. I found the Carolina Gold to be extremely rich? It's hard to describe high quality rice other than it stood out to me and I'm a Louisiana man who has eaten a fair share of rice.
Perhaps it had been built up by Third Plate and also the expectation that comes with Anson’s rather fussy recommended preparation but I failed to have my doors blown off by it. With that said, I regularly buy in bulk Anson’s rice waffle mix (incredible), graham flour (for biscuits), and oats (the best oatmeal).
Do you have a link to the rice waffle mix? I don't see it on their site.