I was going to drink a sipdown list tea for brekkie today, but couldn’t get into any of the ones I have left. I decided to revisit this tea because it really SHOULD have tasted better than it did last time I had it.
I thought that perhaps since the leaves are so light, thin, and wiry, I had inadvertently underleafed, so I put an extra pinch in the pot.
This was a definite improvement. The tea now had more roasty toasty taste and perhaps even a little hint of smoke, but that may have just been the roast. I must remember to err on the side of overleafed in the future.
This is a good black tea and I believe it is good quality. I think I just usually prefer Keemun when I want strong tea and Queen Catherine when I want more layers of flavor.
