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This month’s offering from Global Tea Hut is a sheng puerh maocha. It is Spring 2015 leaves. It is incredible. There was basically a total lack of bitterness to this tea. Within twelve steeps I found the traditional notes of apricots and stonefruits. But it is even sweeter than this. I would venture to say there are notes of honey and nectarines. I only wish it was possible to buy a pound of this tea. They only send about 10 or 12g of this tea. I used 6.1g of tea for this session and am guessing I have enough left for another session. Why Global Tea Hut doesn’t sell more teas I don’t know. I would buy this in a heartbeat. This is perhaps the best young sheng I have ever had.

I steeped this 12 times in a 120ml gaiwan with 6.1g leaf and 200 degree water. I gave it a 10 second rinse and a 10 minute rest. I steeped it for 5 sec, 5 sec, 7 sec, 10 sec, 15 sec, 20 sec, 25 sec, 30 sec, 45 sec, 1 min, 1.5 min and 2 min. The leaves are not finished at twelve steeps. I will probably save the leaves for tomorrow afternoon.