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A traditional black tea with a distinctly smoky flavor and aroma, cured with Chinese pine wood.
Sommelier’s notes:
8 oz water (212F) | 1 tsp loose tea | steep 5 minutes
a manly man’s tea.
Everyone needs to try this tea. (It reminds me a little of smoked fish.)
Wow! I now know why they say you will either like this tea or you will not. BIG smoky flavor! So smoky that you will not taste the tea in the first infusion. Oh, but the second, third, and fourth infusions are great !!! After the fourth infusion, you really don’t get much out of it. I began by brewing this 3 minutes at 185°, which is not as recommended. The recommended temp is 212°, which is fine if you like astringent tea. I do not like astringency, so I cut the temp to about 195° and that seemed to be perfect for me. I would suggest that if you try this tea and you do not mind the taste, but just find it to be too overwhelming, toss your first steep and try it at the second or third steep.
