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Another tea that is in my stash thanks to TeaEarleGreyHot and another delish one. Thank you!

My strainer was in a dishwasher, so I took my old method — fillable bags. I filled the bag with four grams of this tea, some being bigger, some were smaller, there was even a stem; but I decided not to care.

It was also a different vessel than usual, instead of glass tall mug; I took porcelain and wide one, nordic style mug.

After rather short steep, I think it was hardly 3 minutes; but I haven’t measuered it to be exact, I received a wonderfully smelling tea, mostly after malt, a little roastiness, but definitelly no smokiness!
Flavours were equally great, mostly noticeable was sweet maltiness, again the roastiness like a roasted oolongs are and honey-sweetness maybe because it’s bugbitten leaves. In background there were red fruit notes, but I wasn’t probably focused enough to pinpoint the exact fruit; however it was so easy and smooth to drink, I was really sad to see the bottom of the mug so fast. Luckily enough, I have enough of this left.

It’s a perfect tea for colder days as today, a cloudy day, temperatures being only around 20° C; perfect weather for a little hike or so.

Dessert pairing: Poppyseed honeycake; a much better than orginal, which is a little too sweet for me.