6.3/90/212 zzz teapot.
dry: bread, raisins, roast
1st (prob 30s or so… much too long for this tea): bitter, stewed leaf
2nd (5s): mineral in upper throat, bland otherwise
3, 4, 5 (all ~10s): stewed bitter taste
cold: something plastic-like, not particularly pleasant. bitterness, and then some chocolate hovering in background.
bought this a few years ago and didn’t get around to trying until today. I need to branch out with my drinking more since lately indecision paralysis of sorts has been hitting with too many teas to try on my backlog. overall quite disappointing. Have heard this one is better at higher ratio. Will also need to be more mindful of steep times, since even though it’s not as green as some of the OWT ones, still not roasted enough to handle overly long steeps.
