This tea was just lovely, as it seems all the blacks are by Verdant. This one was one of the teas that wasn’t as described on the site, however—not to me anyway.
The predominating flavors were cocoa and bran, with a raisin and brown sugar kind of sweetness that was perfect with the other flavors.
There was a tiny bit of astringency and minerality, but they were not unpleasant.
The only thing I have to knock this tea for was that 90% of the life was sucked out of the leaves in the first steep (western). For the price, I would expect it to last at least two or three, so I am knocking some points off for that.
