Tried it for the first time today, gong fu style. Used about 2 table spoons of tea for ~100ml of water and 80-87 Celsius water. I think I might have used too much tea or steeped it for too much (although I barely steeped it longer than 10s), but I didn’t manage to get a non-bitter brewing. However, the bitterness was not so bad and even enjoyable, not like when you oversteep a green tea. The smell was just immensely sweet and definitely not grassy. The aftertaste is dense and pleasantly bitter as well. Finally, a good thing about this tea is that I managed to get a lot of infusions with it.
I will try brewing it with less tea and colder water next time.
Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C
0 min, 15 sec
5 tsp
3 OZ / 100 ML
