As smoky as this one smells from the tin, it actually brews up into a balanced cup, with a round sweetness and a slight salt-and-pepper flavor underneath the smoke.
The second steeping is, frankly, weird — the smoke becomes thinner and more acrid, the pepper note grows more dominant, and the sweetness disappears.
I just ordered a pound of the stuff, so I guess I like it.
Edit: Bumping up the score on this one, I really love this stuff. Might just be my desert-island tea (although it would probably be weird to actually drink on a desert island).
Flavors: Pepper, Salt, Smoke, Sweet
Preparation
Boiling
2 min, 0 sec
2 tsp
12 OZ / 354 ML
