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Three sessions with this tea:
Session 1: Leafed the first bit of my sample into my gaiwan. Through the first few steeps, I noticed a hint of smokiness. Thankfully, this transformed into a mellow sweetness with the fourth or fifth steep.
Session 2: No hint of smoke. Enjoying the mellow sweetness and lingering cooling on the tongue from the first brew.
Session 3: Same as the second.

I suspect I had a leaf or two that spent a little too much time on the pan with my first session. The second and third sessions with this tea were enough to convince me that I needed to pick up a cake…or two.

I very much enjoyed this tea! A nice sweet character, but not saccharine. Bitter Leaf Teas is new to me but clearly one to watch!

Sweet and easy-going character. A hard tea to oversteep.

Great tea, pairs well with the common cold. A drink-now candidate for me.

A powerful tea — a kick in the teeth in the best way possible. Will be interesting to witness its evolution through the years.

An enjoyable tea that will improve with age. The fermentation notes are discernible but not off-putting.

So this is what stoner tea feels like. Light on the taste, a tea to be enjoyed for the enveloping qi.