I thought this tea quite tasty. It still had a fair amount of fermentation flavor to it but it was clean, no fishyness to my taste buds. This lasted about four or five steeps. There was little bitterness to this one. It had a nice sweet flavor profile. Some other reviewers have noted chocolate. I really didn’t pick up on that but it is a possible interpretation. Even fruitiness is in the ballpark although I couldn’t be specific. I liked this tea a lot. Which is good because I bought a cake. I am so used to Scott’s ripe being good I often buy without sampling.
I steeped this ten times in a 120ml gaiwan with 10.1g leaf and boiling water. I gave it a 10 second rinse and a 10 minute rest. I steeped it for 5 sec, 5 sec, 7 sec, 10 sec, 15 sec, 20 sec, 25 sec, 30 sec, 45 sec, and 1 min. I could have gotten a couple more steeps out of this but want to move on to something else.
Would this make a good starter puer as well?