An interesting tea. The leaves are nicely curled and when steeped they are gradually opening up into large unbroken beautiful whole leaves. The aroma is very good and representative of Laoshan Blacks. The taste has dark chocolate, overbaked bread, sweet potatoes, flowers and honey.
First I tried steeping it for 10-15 secs (5g leaves in 90 g water) but , while exquisite, that taste was clearly not enough. This tea benefits from longer steeps of about 30 secs. Both the fragrance and the taste are pleasantly complex. The tea lasted for 5 steeps and the last two were markedly sweeter.
In short, this is the tea worth playing around with on the leaf/water ratio and the length of infusions; it would give something different under different conditions. The only letdown is the pale liquor: I like more intense colors in my cup.
Flavors: Bread, Dark Chocolate, Flowers, Honey, Sweet Potatoes
