It would seem like I drank a different tea from the other reviewer on this one. Once I got past the wet storage flavors I found it quite nice. Not dirty or cloudy but clear and crisp. There was a fair amount of fermentation to it with an earthy note but I did not notice anything particularly unpleasant at all. In fact the wet storage notes covered up the fermentation taste to some degree. By the fifth or sixth steep all the wet storage taste and fermentation taste were gone and what I was left with was fairly nice. A bit of a light fruity note with an aftertaste of the wet storage taste or wet wood. Yes I guess in reality there was a little bit left of this throughout all twelve steeps but is was only a major factor for five or six steeps.
I steeped this tea twelve times in a 110ml teapot with 8.3g leaf and boiling water. I gave it a 10 second rinse. I steeped it for 5 sec, 5 sec, 7 sec, 10 sec, 15 sec, 20 sec, 25 sec, 30 sec, 45 sec, 1 min, 1.5 min, and 2 minutes. There were a few more steeps left to this tea but I didn’t want any more caffeine.
Flavors: Earth, Sweet, Wet Wood
