1.5 tsp for 300mL water @95C, steeped four minutes 30 seconds.
Dry leaf smells of rocks, pine, woodsmoke, salt, cream, and something sweet. The smoke does not overpower. Leave are long, dark, and twisted (like my favourite stories).
Wet leaf remains twisted, if less so, and smelling more of minerals than anything else.
Liquor is bronze with some down.
Smoke, yes, but a gentle smoke, with lots of China black tea characteristics coming through. There’s an elusive taste of cream, too. Plenty of sweet mineral notes. I know thi sis a smoked black tea, but it behaves much more like a dark sweet oolong.
This is really frigging good.
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I just ordered one of the two remaining packages of this because of your review :D it sounds like such an enticing tea!
I’m kicking myself than I only ordered one ounce and not two. I’d been looking at it for a while but couldn’t afford a Verdant order til a few weeks ago. I hope you enjoy it.
I adore a good lapsang souchong. Lots of tarry and bitter impostors out there … this isn’t one. The only smoky tea I’ve tried that’s come close to being this good is Damn Fine’s Caravan and Caravan resurrected.
I own DFs Caravan and haven’t tried it yet! Know what I’m doing tomo…lol
I just ordered one of the two remaining packages of this because of your review :D it sounds like such an enticing tea!
I’m kicking myself than I only ordered one ounce and not two. I’d been looking at it for a while but couldn’t afford a Verdant order til a few weeks ago. I hope you enjoy it.
I adore a good lapsang souchong. Lots of tarry and bitter impostors out there … this isn’t one. The only smoky tea I’ve tried that’s come close to being this good is Damn Fine’s Caravan and Caravan resurrected.
I own DFs Caravan and haven’t tried it yet! Know what I’m doing tomo…lol