Using up my last of this; recommended is 7 g per 6 oz of water. However I only have 5.5 g left, so I’m cutting the water back to about 4 oz. If I recall, the first times I drank this I wasn’t terribly impressed with it. The dry leaves smell sweet, a touch of honey, while the wet leaves smell more earthy to me.
The first brew at ~30 sec (supposed to be 10 sec…. but I forgot it) is a golden color and smells of the same sweetness as the dry leaves. The taste is the same; the majority a light sweetness with a hint of fruit and nut to it, finishing off with a streak of cream.
I’m not having much luck today with my focus, or this tea. The second brew is the same color as the first, but with a noticeable tang of bitterness that I dislike.
Clearly I did something, or this tea just isn’t for me. By the end of the third cup, I’m tossing the leaves into the trash. I don’t remember it being so unappetizing the first few times, so I may have oversteeped or not had enough leaves or wrong water temperature. The third cup was nearly tasteless, but at least the bitterness was gone.
