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Gongfu 1g tea / 15 g water

Sweet and easy drinking, and the little cakes are a lot of fun.

Gongfu 1g/15 ml water

Balanced astringency and light sweetness, easy drinking. Some stone fruit notes.

Semi-aged raw pu-erh. Smoky and astringent at first, which gives way to bitterness and then sweetness over a few steeps. Super complex and exemplifies the strengths of gong-fu style brewing.

Got this tea with Taiwan Sourcing intro pack. If you like Ruby 18, you’ll like this. Same menthol/minty taste. I found the Taiwan Sourcing brewing recommendations didn’t match this tea very well (3/3/4 min, 5g tea/100ml water) I had better luck when I did slightly shorter infusions, especially at the beginning (1/2/2/2 min) then finished it off with 3-5 min steeps.