This is the first border tea I have tried. It was fairly good. There was an initial note for the first two steepings which I found unpleasant. About the third steeping a little bitterness crept in and lasted maybe two or three steeps. This was replaced by a sweet note. I am not sure what to call this sweet note either. I don’t quite get apricots but maybe that is because this tea has turned a corner on aging and lost that flavor. It was still a nice note.
I steeped this twelve times in a 75ml teapot with 5.5g leaf. 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. The leaves were not done at twelve steeps. I am sure I could have gotten another four to five steeps out of the leaves if I wanted to continue.
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I tried this one recently (one or two months ago), I have yet to put the notes here. I liked it, it is rough while it’s opening. I had a similar experience with CWS’ Naka, I think they are for aging, or if you’d like to give it a try, give it a rinse and let it sit for an hour or two before doing steeps. Still not great :P
I tried this one recently (one or two months ago), I have yet to put the notes here. I liked it, it is rough while it’s opening. I had a similar experience with CWS’ Naka, I think they are for aging, or if you’d like to give it a try, give it a rinse and let it sit for an hour or two before doing steeps. Still not great :P