Ah, crap. I closed the tab. Well… round two of writing this note. Fight! Rewriting a note is about as exciting as cleaning a toilet. You just can’t capture your initial enthusiasm. But I will try.
This one needs to be consumed. It has been sitting with the rest of my dark teas and it’s been a few years and now I realize it’s not a dark tea at all. Opps.
How cool it is to put it in bamboo. While bamboo isn’t one of my favorite flavors this one packs an interesting punch. When I first unwrapped the tea and poured it into my gaiwan I found a nice, long black hair attached. It’s like it really wanted to be a tea bag but didn’t want the added plastic that comes with that.
The rinse water is the epitome of earthy aroma. Loam, woods, leaves, soil, bark. If it wasn’t 2 degrees I’d go sit on the deck and enjoy this how it is supposed to be enjoyed.
The aroma of the rinsed leaf is AMAZING! Golden, purple, and red raisins. Sweet yet with a hint of wood. This sweetness does not translate to the flavor surprisingly. It’s very deep and woody like a shou pu erh almost. A house made in the 1880s. Some drying chopped wood with moss probably decaying in a pile on the side. With an overall tone of bamboo.
