My first try at this tea. I agree with other reviewers: initially thought CTC was from crushed shipping bag (judged from the state of my Teavivre samples that came too). If 5 min is oversteepped, I’m worried the flavour won’t come through with less time. My mouth is very dry drinking this. I get a sour note which isn’t pleasant. The dry leaves smell absolutely delightful and dessert-ty. My second steep I added one tsp of my own Keemun to keep the flavour going but the cherry vanilla is definitely muted. I tried it straight first, then added left over milk foam from the morning cappucino (could have influenced my dry mouth feel), then I just had to add agave syrup to cut the astringency. Will re-evaluate again with shorter steep.
