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Loose
Appearance: blend of bancha, popped rice sorghum seed, evenly balance, and dusted with matcha
Aroma when Dry: sweet (eastern) roasty, toasty, nutty, chewy rice
After water is first poured: earthy toasty, nutty, chewy rice
Tea liquor:
At beginning of steep: hint of green
At end of steep: dustier from matcha
Staple? Type, yes would gladly buy brand again
Preferred time of day: Any
Taste:
At first: creamy, sweet (eastern) nutty, chewy, grassy, earthy
As it cools ? slight drying note, notes get deeper, nuttier, earthier, less grassy
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? Yes, all notes, with a creamy earthy matcha and almost chestnut note close

Loose
Appearance: deep red brown, delicate leaf, tendrils of a leather red shade
Aroma when Dry: raisins, malty, sweet
After water is first poured: raisin, plummy
At end of first steep: faint cream, plums, raisin
Tea liquor:
At end of first steep: light dusty green
Staple? No
Preferred time of day: as needed medicinally
Taste:
At first: jammy, fruity, plum, raisin, creamy notes, sweet, no astringency
As it cools ? notes blend, tea gets jammyer, creamier
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? with fruity notes

Second Steep (6min)
light and fruity, no astringency

Bagged
Aroma when Dry: floral, jasmine, grassy honey notes
After water is first poured: floral, honeysuckle, honey and jasmine
At end of steep: sweet, floral honey notes
Tea liquor:
At end of steep: grassy, clear
Staple? Type yes, looking for a good loose “leaf” brand for restock
Preferred time of day: Any
Taste:
At first:bitter, buttery, jasmine notes close
As it cools ? gets grassy and harsh
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? yes, with gritty grassy notes, closing with a floral finish

Loose
Appearance: large buds, reminiscent of the tops of wheat, mostly pale blond, with hints of sandy coloration
Aroma when Dry: sticky spiced vanilla
After water is first poured: pine, citrus, melon and sweet cream
At end of first steep: same
Tea liquor:
At end of first steep: clear
Staple? No.
Preferred time of day: unsure, first tasting
Taste:
At first: bright, melon tangy,
As it cools ? Notes open, tea gets velvety, fuzzy, then fluffy and brothy
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No

Lingers? Yes, with a fuzzy, creamy texture melon and honey notes

Second steep: (1 min)
Aroma: bitter melon
Taste:
At first: bitter, sour, layered, fuzzy, then pine notes
As it cools: salty notes surface, tea gets increasingly sour notes that linger, then tea sweetens again, into salty brothyness, starts to close on lemony note

Third Steep (2 min)
Aroma: bitter melon, lighter notes, cucumber minty
Taste:
At first: bitter, and then cloying sweet cocoa nutty cookie, closing on spiced vanilla notes
As it cools: cucumber melon cookie dough? notes

Fourth Steep (2 min)
Aroma: melon, lemon
Taste:
At first: silky melon floral, with lemon
As it cools: same notes, adding salty brothy notes

Loose
Appearance: large bicolored brown leaf
Aroma when Dry: toasty cinnamon cookie
After water is first poured: sweet
At end of first steep: sweet, deserty brothy
Tea liquor:
At end of first steep: deep meadowy brown-yellow
Staple? No
Preferred time of day: unsure, first tasting
Taste:
At first:bodied, slight bite of black notes, then fuzzy sweet almost day old cinnamon roll
As it cools ? notes get deeper, sweeter, more fuzzy closes with a American mocha-like cloying syrupy note
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? With deserty, incresingly sweet, fuzzy, light astringency

Second Steep (2 min)
Aroma when water is poured: caramel cinnamon
Taste:
first notes: layered black tea astringency, then cinnamon black coffee notes close
As it cools: generic black astringency with whipped cream closing notes, then salted broth finish

Bagged
Aroma when Dry: light, sweet, (eastern) floral, slightly tart,
After water is first poured: light, fruity, slighty herby, deserty, sweet (eastern), chewy, light mint and melon notes
At end of first steep: melon pear notes get bolder, lychee notes get mintyer
Tea liquor:
At end of first steep: light meadow yellow
Staple? flavor yes,Summer seasonal…could have been, is discontinued…I think I found a replacement to try.
Preferred time of day: any
Taste:
At first: fuzzy, pear notes, slightly sweet, slight tart notes. Closes on the creamy sour lychee notes
As it cools ? lychee notes sour and smooth out a bit, tea deepens,gets creamier, sweeter, tea brightens
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? tea opens uplychee notes open briefly Pear closes.

would be lovely iced

Loose
Appearance: dark bi coloured med curl
Aroma when Dry: floral, sweet, (eastern) buttery, malty
After water is first poured: light floral, buttery, salty
At end of first steep: floral, jasmine notes noticeable, buttery, creamy, salty
Tea liquor:
At end of first steep: light meadowy yellow
Staple? Yes
Preferred time of day: any
Taste:
At first: deep buttery floral, sweet (eastern) jasmine notes, hints of rose,
As it cools ? gets a bit salty, notes mellow, melon notes surface, tea gets creamy
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? yes, with mild buttery floral notes

Second Steep (3 min)
gets grassy, brothy, salty, floral notes start to fade out

Would be lovely chilled

Loose
Appearance: bicolor pearls
Aroma when Dry: light floral, creamy jasmine
After water is first poured: same notes as dry, addition of faint earthy woody note
At end of first steep: slightly floral, jasmine
Tea liquor:
At end of first steep: buttery brown
Staple? Type yes
Preferred time of day: any
Taste:
At first: bitter, floral, jasmine
As it cools ? Notes open up, tea starts tasting soapy, tea starts to sour
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? Yes, jasmine soap texture

Second steep (3 min)
Taste: Jasmine soap

Loose
Appearance: dark green gunpowder curls
Aroma when Dry: nondescript
After water is first poured: dusty, sweet (eastern)
At end of first steep: vegital, sweet (eastern)
Tea liquor:
At end of first steep: dusty green
Staple? No, will usually drink type if around
Preferred time of day: any
Taste:
At first: vegital, slightly grassy smooth hints of creaminess
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? Yes, with faint creamy buttery notes

Loose
Appearance: dark, knobby tricolored curls
Aroma when Dry: sweet, milky, grassy
After water is first poured: nothing noticeable,
At end of first steep: faint sweet nuttyness
Tea liquor:
At end of first steep: hints of brown
Staple?No
Preferred time of day: Afternoon, evening
Taste:
At first: sour, nutty, grassy
As it cools ? gets bland, sour, grassy
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? yes, with sour grassiness