Not yet a sipdown, but filling sipdown prompt — February 2 – Groundhog Day: drink the same tea (or type) twice!
I am quite heavy drinking this recently, and always I prepare two steeps (that’s the prompt for me) of it. Not any diffrently today. Breakfast cup, same leaves and second steep studying cup.
I believe it could make more steeps, but two are flavourful enough. How? Continue reading :)
Although it is almost one year old, it is really flavourful — grassy, seaweed a bit, sweet and chesnuts. A little buttery too.
One must be careful about steep temperature though. Higher temperature makes it much more unpleasant (more buttery notes); also longer steeping time make it bitter. 2 and 2 minutes, both with 70°C are just exact steeping paramters that suit this tea best. Hopefully I will finish it before the end of February.
