“Wild” in the name, but the description on the little packet mentioned “cultivated.” A conundrum.
There was just a baby pinch of leaves in this bag and I was thus not expecting much, but I was pretty well impressed. The wet leaves — holy mushroom soup, batman. Smelled like dried porcinis and shiitakes rehydrating in boiling water.
I steeped easy to start, then pushed the second steep pretty hard due to the amount of leaf. Delicious. Taste remained true to the scents — still mostly porcinis, some nice astringency, very pleasant. Would be interesting to taste this with some age on it, but it’s unfussy and delightful right now.
Thank you, ashmanra, for the sample!
Flavors: Astringent, Mushrooms
You are very welcome, and I am glad you enjoyed it!