I got a sample of this one from a teafriend during our Secret Santea exchange. It was a very tasty one! The leaves had a complex aroma – I noted a bit of humid storage scent over floral, slight leather, cocoa, cinnamon, sweet bread, moss, and a bit of nuttiness.

The flavor was a little bit more straightforward. I was impressed by the way this tea seems obviously aged, but has still kept some youthful character. It was more bitter than I would expect in a tea of this age, though it was a clean and pleasant bitterness. The tea was active on the tip of my tongue. It had a rounded woody taste – thick and pleasantly musty with a good bit of woodiness. Finish was sweet with some of the sweet bread notes I smelled in the leaf earlier.

A really good tea, and one I’m glad I got to sample!

Flavors: Bitter, Musty, Sweet, Thick, Wood

Preparation
Boiling 0 min, 15 sec 4 g 2 OZ / 60 ML

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A bit about myself: 22 years old, college grad (Double major in Anthropology and History). I plan to make a career of archaeology and hopefully travel (much of) the world in my days.

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