It’s growing on me. Really good cold brew 5g to a liter overnight. The cool thickness soothes my parched morning throat. Continues to lubricate after finishing. Nutty, grassy, sweet and bitter. No hint of salt or seaweed to be found. 2.5g left to try another small gaiwan tasting. Bumped from 60 to 70.
Edit: In the spirit of a sipdown, I already brewed the remaining 2.5g as prepared earlier this week. This time I let it cool before drinking and it was much better. I think something about the mixture of hot liquid with intense umami green turned me off last time. Sitting well after eating a breakfast of leftover homemade stir fry. I let the third steep sit for too long but it turned out pleasantly bitter and floral. I enjoyed this flavor so I kept steeping the leaves. Glad I did. Bumping again to 74. My persistence and flexibility has produced good results.
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I think when I tried cold brewing it came out way too thick… I may have overleafed it, I have vague memories now. I’ll have to try another cold brew now.
I tend to go light on the leaf with cold brew compared to other people This amount turned out damn near perfect.
I have a mason jar with 5g in the fridge right now! Actually using a scale is a relatively new thing for me, so before there is a good chance I just put four teaspoons in for the four cups of water and called it good, and thus overleafed it terribly; now I measure everything if I’m at home with access to my (incredibly finicky) scale, and only “teaspoon it” if I’m at work where I don’t have access to my scale.
I think when I tried cold brewing it came out way too thick… I may have overleafed it, I have vague memories now. I’ll have to try another cold brew now.
I tend to go light on the leaf with cold brew compared to other people This amount turned out damn near perfect.
I have a mason jar with 5g in the fridge right now! Actually using a scale is a relatively new thing for me, so before there is a good chance I just put four teaspoons in for the four cups of water and called it good, and thus overleafed it terribly; now I measure everything if I’m at home with access to my (incredibly finicky) scale, and only “teaspoon it” if I’m at work where I don’t have access to my scale.