Recommended
Blind caked this one, mostly because it was cheap, Dayi, and the wrapper looks gorgeous.
Compression is on the loose side for a factory cake. The smell of the dry leaf is quite funky, almost fishy, so I gave it three rinses. It brews a nice red-brown color and not too murky. The taste is nice, earthy with hints of cocoa and a definite dried fruit note. There is a noticeable date/dried apricot aftertaste. The mouthfeel is on the brothy side, not very clean but this may improve with age. This is the opposite of a woody/camphorous ripe, I don’t get any of those flavors.
This is a good tea, a little funky but that should fade with age. Definitely a good buy right now.
Flavors: Apricot, Cocoa, Dark Wood, Dates, Fruity, Wet Earth
Preparation
Boiling
0 min, 15 sec
10 g
5 OZ / 140 ML
