Ok, letting the leaves air out for a little while definitely reduces the moss aroma revealing a really pronounced plum/sweet tobacco scent.
Giving it more leaf and more time in the teapot adds body and a very nice crisp finish (sort of a light tartness perhaps). The moss flavor is now more of a background note tasted more towards the back of the throat but it doesn’t last into the aftertaste. The taste of plum and stone fruit is front and center now and very good. No bitterness detected and if there is any astringency it is more of a tartness.
I don’t know if I’ll buy this one in quantity given the size of my current tea collection and the teas yet waiting in my wishlist, but if someone were brewing up a pot, I’d be the first one to the table.
Flavors: Plum, Stonefruit, Tart
