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After one short rinse, and 2 10sec infusions, woody forest flavours give way to sweet 70-80% dark chocolate with a hint of strong caramel, bitterness giving to underlying sweetness, so smooth and satisfying.

Then, adding ~5-10 sec per infusion, the tea thickened while the bitterness mellowed out from infusions 3-6 giving way to nutty and a hint of vanilla tones in the dark chocolate

Now adding 30 sec per infusion until infusion 12, when the flavour had weakened to the point of stopping.

I used a 120mL gaiwan, so yixing would probably enrich this tea much more and get more infusion out of it.

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205 °F / 96 °C
yssah

is this a raw or ripe?

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is this a raw or ripe?

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