I have to confess that I’m not absolutely certain that this is the tea I’m drinking. I got this in a recent group buy and this tea and a similar oolong were unlabeled. This comes closest to the picture.
The dry tea is the most unusual I’ve ever seen (see photo in the Steepster description). It is a delicate matrix of dried leaves and stems. You don’t measure this tea in teaspoons: three grams was about 1/4 cup. In my initial steep, the flavor started out as vegetables, but then started to smell like molasses, then cinnamon, and I had a flashback to making raisin oatmeal cookies. This probably distorted my first cup since all I could think about was cookies.
The second steep and third had a distinctive spinach aroma, and while there was spinach in the taste, there were other veggies as well as butter. I was a bit disappointed since the picture suggests a more roasted tea (which I prefer) but the flavor was very green in style. Nothing against the tea; just not my preference.
the 4th steep(all steeps are 60 s) is a bit more subdued. I might be able to get more steeps but they would need to be much longer, and I’m probably over my caffeine limit for this afternoon.
