Old-school factory cake made of varying grades of chop (you won’t find any big fancy leaves or intact budsets) with little stemmy stuff. At some point the storage got damp enough to give it that wet stone smell that never steeps out. Not terribly strong tea, but smooth. Some sweetness from the first steep on. Whatever bitterness was present is aged out. Makes dark red soup for 10+ steeps, gradually trailing off into sweet colored water without ever passing through the harsh “used up” stage.
There’s not a lot of flavor beyond the wet stone and a sort of generic aged tea smoothness.
I have a little buyer’s remorse for having bought the whole cake of this, but not much. I like tea with a stronger feel, and suspect that the collector who sold this to BTTC decided that this one was only going downhill from where it is now.
Recommended, with the proviso that you can get past the damp basement smell.
Flavors: Wet Rocks
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Cheese! I like so totally know what you’re talking about. What do you note about the qi of these earlier productions?
Have you sampled your cake recently? After e few years of dry storage, mine has transformed nicely!
I agree with @TeaEarleGreyHot. Evolved well. Perhaps if you have some left. Wonderful cake/tea.
Cheese! I like so totally know what you’re talking about. What do you note about the qi of these earlier productions?
Have you sampled your cake recently? After e few years of dry storage, mine has transformed nicely!
I agree with @TeaEarleGreyHot. Evolved well. Perhaps if you have some left. Wonderful cake/tea.