I must say, I love silver needle tea, but adagio’s silver needle was somewhat of a disappointment. First it was almost old looking (the leaves), the color was ok in the tea the taste was very bland, your artichoke notes, toasted grain. there was not very much after steeping once. One steeping was all I got. score 85
Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C
4 min, 45 sec
Maybe it needs the suggested 7 min.
I did that later and it was strong, but there was some sort of muted flavour to it.