A tea I have finally recieved from derk but actually there is White Antlers written on the pouch, so… thank you both!
I took this one, as it is only tea I have received today (more to come…) which is not single or two serves only. Decided to go western, rather than gongfu, just because I was lazy with preparation as I am truly tired from work today. Two urgent consigments aren’t fun to manage well, especially when one is hazmat and second is safe, but liquid. And you don’t have proper cardboard box for the jerrican, so you use steel drum instead.
But I have digressed greatly, so sorry if you don’t care about my work troubles. It’s my problem and not yours.
Honestly, the aroma of the dry tea was quite strongly mushroomy for me, with some decaying wood notes. Kind of medicinal too.
I took only one tea spoon, and not even heaped, because, what if, I don’t like it. I let it steep for 2 minutes approximately, and I was moving up and down the bag, mostly because I wanted to steep it properly and all the tea I had in.
The taste was indeed savoury as derk noticed not that long ago. I can notice the leather too, and it was, as the smell prepared me for, kind of mushroomy, wet wood, and sometimes a bit medicinal. Sometimes a bit stone-like — read: mineral, and some sips this quality overpowered the others. I don’t know why, as the mug should be same all the time. It was easydrinker though and it gave me so much needed comfort.
Certainly a tea to dig more into. So, that said, no rating from me yet.
Flavors: Medicinal, Mineral, Mushrooms, Savory, Wet Rocks, Wet Wood
Your job sounds adventuresome!
Indeed it is! Each day is different and that what I love/hate on it.