I found this one to be fairly smokey in nature. There were some aged flavors in this tea. Weak flavors of leather and tobacco I would say. This is one in my opinion that has just taken the first step towards becoming an aged tea. I may break this one up and store it in a Jian Shui canister I bought from Yunnan Sourcing. Then try it again in six months and see if it improves. Anyone who likes a bit of smoke in their tea will probably like this one. It was not too expensive, I forget what I paid for it.
I steeped this eight times in a 100ml Ru Kiln tea pot with 8g leaf and boiling water. I gave it a 10 second rinse. I steeped it for 5 sec, 5 sec, 7 sec, 10 sec, 15 sec, 20 sec, 25 sec, and 30 sec. I could have kept going but decided that with the shou I drank earlier I had had enough caffeine for today.
