All day raining means one thing. It’s time for shu!
Random choice of tea I have received… an year ago? Certainly from Michelle, who got it from Rich. I took 8 grams for my 125 ml gaiwan, because I really wanted some rich and bold taste of tea.
20 seconds rinse of small chunks. I am not sure if it was even pressed into cake form in the past. Also… it is almost 20 years old tea, so it’s some precaution.
I have wrote following steeping times: 10, 10, 30, 30, 45, 45, 60, 60 seconds. But I wasn’t much paying attention to it and honestly I think I did some steeps 3 times with same time.
It isn’t overly complex tea. The mouthfeel is very nice though, velvet feeling on the throat and it was smooth. In the flavour terms, it was lacking the complexity, but again it was very nice one. I would say wet forest floor, sometimes cacao, chocolate, creamy, some kind of sweetness (brown sugar maybe).
As autumn has come strongly (today maximum 20°C; with all day raining) to my country, I think I will focus on those bold teas.
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I envy your all day rain! Everything is so dry and brittle in our corner of the state.
Good for a rainy day, but only some of the steeps had the chocolate aftertaste for me. Sometimes you have to try ALL the steeps too find the best one.
That’s true Michelle, I was expecting them more often.
gmathis I am sending you some water from above :)
I envy your all day rain! Everything is so dry and brittle in our corner of the state.
Good for a rainy day, but only some of the steeps had the chocolate aftertaste for me. Sometimes you have to try ALL the steeps too find the best one.
That’s true Michelle, I was expecting them more often.
gmathis I am sending you some water from above :)