22 Tasting Notes
This tea to me as well is responsible for waking the tea head in me. This is just a very comforting tea. I feel like it isn’t the most forgiving tea to brew. It will brew strong and dry, and I have found that brewing with a bit cooler water, helps bring out the malty, honey sweetness of the tea.
Flavors: Apple Skins, Apricot, Black Pepper, Bread, Caramel, Drying, Grain, Honey, Malt, Maple, Mineral, Paper, Peppercorn, Peppermint, Rosehips, Smooth, Tannin, White Grapes
Preparation
This tea drinks for me simply awesome. I think it could be taken as a simple profile. However, I think it’s magic is in what it doesn’t do. It doesn’t hit you over the head with all these, flavors, and scents. It does however just have that mmmhhmmm quality to it. It stays just enough out reach to keep you coming back and wondering. A lot of green forest character to it, and for me some lychee / pear sweetness in the background. Hard to get a lot of bitterness from the tea however you do tip toe on some astringent flavors on the long steeps, but still a super clean tea. Just plain intriguing. I want this as a daily, but it deserves an occasion. With the pricing, it will have to be too.
Flavors: Broth, Dandelion, Eucalyptus, Lychee, Orchid, Pear
