-Preface
I do not think I have had a bad tea from verdant yet but I have yet to have one that is worth their prices. This is another prime example, obviously I understand you are buying small batch productions of quality tea and I am sure his costs are high but to me garden to cup freshness only really matters when you are buying first flush or spring plucking green/green oolongs(I am excited to try their shi feng dragonwell when the time comes). Darker teas may actually improve with age(pu er unquestionably) so if you can afford to pay over a $1 per cup (4g/cup most tea are +$8/oz.) then by all means verdant is the not a bad option but I am still waiting for that tea that blows my mind and is worth almost double what I would pay at any other shop(anxiously waiting to try their 10 yr aged TKY in my cupboard). To clarify Verdant has some great teas but Im broke as hell lol so anything over $7/oz has to be something really special for my budget at the moment.
-Review
(Back log)I western brewed first time around and got a pleasant cup definitely different from laoshan black flavor profile wise. I do get the slight sweet potato notes not as much as I had hoped but still pleasant. I can not recall anything amazing about this tea which is never a good sign but I do like it and will gladly drink the rest of the bag, I will not re purchase but glad I tried it.
Flavors: Sweet Potatoes
