This is certainly an interesting tea. I had actually bought a cake of this without knowing it was coming in my subscription box. There was an initial note of caramel to this in the first steep. But unfortunately it seemed almost gone in the second steep. There was little bitterness to this tea and it got darker as I resteeped it. The sweet note that emerged tasted a little flat to me. It was still a good tea, just not as good as I had hoped for. This one might be better with sugar.
I brewed this eight times in a 150ml gaiwan with 200 degree water. I gave it an 10 second rinse. I steeped it for 5 sec, 5 sec, 7 sec, 10 sec, 15 sec, 20 sec, 25 sec, and 30 sec.
Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C
9 g
5 OZ / 150 ML
I have the tea club cake I haven’t tried it yet because I thought it might be underwhelming. Do you think its because it has to ‘age’ or its just what it is?