I am realizing I don’t have so much of this cake left by now, but still enough to keep it aging along.
At the moment, the tea has a herbal, earthy, mineral, and sweet aroma with hints of smoke and shaving cream.
The mouthfeel is biting and milky, and can get quite astringent at times. The taste is sweet, bitter, and vegetal at first, with notes of leek, butter, and pine noticeable in the first steep. Second one brings more camphor, tobacco, honey, and parsnip. Later ones are spicy, bitter, and warming. Overall, the depth of the tea seems slightly improved over its very young state.
Flavors: Astringent, Biting, Bitter, Butter, Camphor, Earthy, Herbal, Honey, Leeks, Menthol, Milky, Mineral, Parsley, Pine, Roots, Smoke, Spicy
