I went 11 steepings, starting at 10s and ending at 1min. The flavors were very light, starting almost floral and getting a bit more savory/woodsy later on. More importantly, the texture started creamy fluffy early on, getting more oily towards the end. A bit of bitterness early on that faded in later steepings, as a metallic/mineral sensation grew instead. (I didn’t get any of the fruitiness other reviewers have mentioned, though.) The aftertaste was quite literally tooth-achingly sweet throughout.
I’m often a big aroma/flavor person, but here it’s the texture progression that I found fun, and how long the sweetness lingered afterwards. It feels like excellent value for the money.
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Coming back to this, I’m now getting fruitiness in the early steeps too! The wet leaves after the rinse smell like watermelon candy and it just goes from there, until mid steeps turn into spicy bitterness that fades to sweetness. And the body effects are hitting harder – warm liquid sensation in my ears from the first steep, melting relaxing kicking in super fast and warm and lovely.
Coming back to this, I’m now getting fruitiness in the early steeps too! The wet leaves after the rinse smell like watermelon candy and it just goes from there, until mid steeps turn into spicy bitterness that fades to sweetness. And the body effects are hitting harder – warm liquid sensation in my ears from the first steep, melting relaxing kicking in super fast and warm and lovely.