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So a little celebration tea today. More in the end of tasting note.

Thanks to White Antlers I got to try this wonderful tea. So, thank you a lot!

I decided to brew it gongfu, the rest I had, which was about two teaspoons. 125 ml gaiwan. Freshly boiled water into cold thermos. I guess it could be about 93-95°C water.

First steeps were wonderful, cocoa notes, malty, honey, chocolate. Great indeed. Last ones were rather “only” malty and honey like. I dare to say even leathery? Not sure about that though. I wasn’t paying that much attention on later steeps. But I wanted to, but the circumstances didn’t allow me. We are still redoing my grandma’s bathroom (almost done), so I was paying attention what has to be done during the weekend and on Monday. Quite a workload!

But this tea… was just amazing. Even it was rather golden dust honestly, it was still delivering that wonderful taste of Yunnan black. So unique. So great!

Personal note: Why to celebrate? I got a job! My first ever full-time job. I am going to be DGSA — Dangerous Goods Safety Adviser. So, lots of to learn. About 1600 pages for each mode of transport. Starting with trucks (that will be in Czech), then going for air transport (very similar, but in English). Exams held by ministry of transport! So, what will I do? I will order transport of dangerous goods by ship or aircrafts, sometimes “just” by truck. Tantalum dust is very dangerous, highly flammable, self-igniting, stuff. And they work mostly with tantalum. I will be responsible for proper marking, packaging and transporting those dangerous goods. There will be weekly and monthly inventory checks in the warehouses.

Soo, what do you think?