Appearance: the leaves are a dark brown with an almost purple hue. Liquor: rich amber. Smell: warm, roasted, with floral accents. Taste: this tea is amazing because it handles multiple infusions really, really well. I can seriously get six good infusions out of this tea, and each one has different aspects. It starts out smoky but floral, and then deepens into a rich, subtly sweet, caramel flavor. A brief infusion leads to a lighter flavor, and a longer infusion leads to a deeper one. I like being able to vary my steeping times over the course of the multiple infusions because it lets me get different things out of the same tea. While debating whether to give this a 9 or a 10, the versatility persuaded me to give this tea a full 10/10.
5 Tasting Notes
smokey, woody and other earthy-ness to it. brewing it in a metal infuser, not optimal, but for at work it is just fine.
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4 tasting notes
Continued the steep in a Gaiwan from yesterday.. Running on the 7th or 8th steep. Very nice dark roasted flavors. Going to need a fresh batch soon.
