This was a nice tea and not expensive. There was a fair amount of fermentation flavor to it for the first few steeps. The brick was tightly compressed. It took until the third steep for the tea to open up. First two steeps were a little light. I would say a note of dark bittersweet chocolate developed but that is an interpretation. It was definitely bittersweet at the start. It developed into a nice sweet flavor. Not sure what to call the flavor that had developed by the twelfth steep but I suppose generally fruity might describe it, but not a heavy fruit flavor. I enjoyed this tea.
I steeped this twelve times in a 150ml gaiwan with 10g leaf and boiling water. I gave it a 10 second rinse. I steeped it for 5 sec, 5 sec, 7 sec, 10 sec, 15 sec, 20 sec, 25 sec, 30 sec, 45 sec, 1 min, 1.5 min, and 2 minutes. Judging by the color in the twelfth steep I would say there were between two and four steeps left should I wish to continue.
Flavors: Dark Bittersweet, Earth, Sweet
