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Trying another Bitterleaf Sample! This tea is quite sweet. Unfortunately, that was about all it was. The dry leaf smelled like candy, and the flavor lived up to that aroma. The whole session was about the same except for some bitterness in the first few steeps. A light vegetal or greener floral flavor (slightly bitter in first 3-4 steeps) with a sugar sweet finish. It was pleasantly thick for steeps 3-6 or so. I didn’t notice any qi from drinking this one, even on an empty stomach.

I wouldn’t describe this tea as nasty or unpleasant, it’s simply boring. Between Bitterleaf’s two budget cakes this year (The two Year of the Monkey cakes) the smoking monkey Yiwu blows this one completely out of the water.

Flavors: Candy, Sweet, Vegetal

Preparation
Boiling 0 min, 15 sec 6 g 3 OZ / 100 ML
twinofmunin

i wasn’t that into this one, either. i should try it again, though.

Matu

Yea I’ll finish my sample of it for sure – maybe just a bad day for it, who knows :P

twinofmunin

trying it again today, i’m finding it has a nice interesting fruity-floral aftertaste. i’m liking it a lot more than i remember. innnteresting. :)

Matu

Interesting – I’ll try to revisit my sample in the next couple of days as well :)

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twinofmunin

i wasn’t that into this one, either. i should try it again, though.

Matu

Yea I’ll finish my sample of it for sure – maybe just a bad day for it, who knows :P

twinofmunin

trying it again today, i’m finding it has a nice interesting fruity-floral aftertaste. i’m liking it a lot more than i remember. innnteresting. :)

Matu

Interesting – I’ll try to revisit my sample in the next couple of days as well :)

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A bit about myself: 22 years old, college grad (Double major in Anthropology and History). I plan to make a career of archaeology and hopefully travel (much of) the world in my days.

I enjoy many things aside from tea, including gaming, mixing cocktails, reading, watching anime, and painting miniatures.

My favorite type of tea is sheng puerh. Particularly younger stuff, if only because I haven’t gotten the chance to taste much of anything aged. I also really like oolong (Taiwanese, Wuyi, Dancong, etc.) and Japanese Green Teas. I do also enjoy most other kinds of tea, but they aren’t what I normally buy. I’m not a huge fan of shou puerh, black tea, or flavored blends, with few exceptions.

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