From the Liquid Proust Group buy
I really enjoyed this tea. It is a moderate to heavy roast with a strong nutty/toasty aroma. The taste is soft and round with a nutty flavor and just a hint of bitterness at the end. Long finish. As the tea cooled it developed a more complex flavor: sweet, with a note of raisins. The tea just gives off waves of flavor, as well and a fairly hefty cha qi, and the finish lasts forever.
I was anxious to try this so had a single cup, then drove to a meeting, and could still taste the finish, 30 minutes after finishing my cup. My 2nd steep was several hours later, which is less than ideal: Beautiful aroma. Taste starts out slightly bitter but mellows out. The third steep was simpler: no raisins. Taste is powerful and complex but has a few off-flavors. I think I had a couple more steeps but didn’t record notes. Yesterday I spent 8 hours outdoors in 40 degree weather at a scouting event with my grandson, so the only tea I drank was a travel mug full of Darjeeling (the mulled cider at the event was pretty good, though. Today, 2 days after my initial steep, the tea is still pretty good though with less body and complexity. It is quite sweet. I’m at that point where I’ve doubled my steep time and the tea is still enjoyable but I want to go on to the next tea.
I’m not giving a recommendation or rating because I don’t know how much the tea cost (it is buried in the group purchase, which wasn’t cheap on a per-gram basis) and because any rating might be skewed by my excitement about drinking my first tea from the group buy. However, I really enjoyed the tea.
Flavors: Nutty, Raisins, Toast
