I am celebrating the New Year by bringing out a tea I adore, but alas, don’t know another source for right now. Once upon a time, I could get this by the ounce from Southern Season, but now you have to order a whole pound, and that would be hard to justify with about 100 teas in the kitchen. Sandy mentioned that perhaps we should split a pound. I may have to look into that, because this tea is just as amazing as I remembered it.
This is a medium bodied tea with full dark flavor. Like JacquelineM, I find hints of ancient pines and resin, but an amazing follow up of flowers…deep, forest wildflowers the memory of which stays with you. This is a treasure. I used my new little Yixing pot that just completed three whole days of seasoning. I hope I get to see what it looks like after decades of use!
Do you still have the teapot over a decade later?