03/04 red mark XG from Toby’s boxes
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There’s something about XG that starts to become enjoyable as it ages 10+ years out due to the stronger smoke profile and their rather tight compression. This tea had a nice color coming from it for a solid 12 steeps, but then my mouth couldn’t do any more of the light smoke and dry taste coming off from the interesting aroma/taste that comes from XG when they are roughly 10 to 15 years old as it seems.
Good tea with a nice kick. Would like to visit it 5 years from now to see if it gets darker and smoother.
