This is a really good tea for the price. It has a great creamy mouthfeel and the fact that it doesn’t steep forever may be seen as an advantage in certain circumstances. I also like the calming, meditative, spacey qi that’s not too strong.
Dry leaves smell of stables, mountain forests (conifers, heather), and candy floss. In the teapot, I get a pungent and spicy mixture of aromas of peat, wild flowers, sunflower seeds, green peppercorns, and banana leaves.
The tea is thick and full-bodied form the first infusion, even though the taste is mild at first. It is fresh, mineral and zesty with notes of citrus and okra there. Next few infusions ramp up the intensity with flavours of beeswax, sweet grass, green wood, pawpaw fruit as well as courgette and squash in the finish. While the tea is sufficiently sour, the aftertaste is mostly sweet.
Flavors: Barnyard, Citrus, Citrus Zest, Cotton Candy, Creamy, Floral, Flowers, Fruity, Green Pepper, Green Wood, Honey, Mineral, Peat, Peppercorn, Pleasantly Sour, Spicy, Sweet, Warm Grass, Vegetables, Zucchini
