When I first brewed up this tea, the two of us really didn’t get along. My sample was sort of broken up and powdery, so the first steep was incredibly strong and bitter, like getting slapped in the face with a bar of baker’s chocolate. Second steep was better, though I still didn’t love it. It was more like a 90% chocolate bar as opposed to 100%. Third and fourth steep have the same theme…the tea is just really really strong, like coats my tongue in this cocoa bitterness that diminishes over time. It’s not personally my sort of thing, but I can see how someone would like it, and I can see how this could get better with age.
Later steeps definitely got less strong, and a little thicker and sweeter. However, the tea also dropped off pretty sharply after steep seven or so. Pretty good, but not a favorite.
Flavors: Cocoa, Dark Bittersweet
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You might like it with less leaf if you haven’t tried that yet. Or at least might get different results :P
Yeah that’s possible, although I did try less leaf a month or so ago and didn’t love it. Might wait a bit and see how it ages.
Right on, was just a thought :)
Oh sorry, didn’t mean that to sound dismissive, just a little disappointed by the tea. How you liking those oolongs I sent your way? :)
The tie guan yin is good, but I don’t think I’ve quite nailed it with the parameters yet. Actually haven’t gotten to the monkey-picked yet! lol, and I like the additional samples you sent with them :) My gf particularly liked the strawberry oolong, and I’m decently excited about the different flavored oolongs I’ve never tried.
Woo, glad to hear it!
You might like it with less leaf if you haven’t tried that yet. Or at least might get different results :P
Yeah that’s possible, although I did try less leaf a month or so ago and didn’t love it. Might wait a bit and see how it ages.
Right on, was just a thought :)
Oh sorry, didn’t mean that to sound dismissive, just a little disappointed by the tea. How you liking those oolongs I sent your way? :)
The tie guan yin is good, but I don’t think I’ve quite nailed it with the parameters yet. Actually haven’t gotten to the monkey-picked yet! lol, and I like the additional samples you sent with them :) My gf particularly liked the strawberry oolong, and I’m decently excited about the different flavored oolongs I’ve never tried.
Woo, glad to hear it!