Bought a tong of this recently and drank it today. This is an excellent Shou with I think a lot of potential. Right off the bat I got notes of bittersweet dark chocolate. Over twelve steeps this changed into a nice sweet note. I would say it became a fruity tea but I really can’t pin it down as to what fruit. I had drank the from the Puerh Tea TTB a couple of rounds ago and liked it then. This tea has a little more age on it than that one did and I think it has improved a bit. I think this tea will just get better with age. I put this through twelve steeps but it would definitely have gone a few more. It was somewhat weaker in the twelfth steep but not so much that I couldn’t get more out of the leaves.
I steeped this twelve times in a 150ml gaiwan with 10.3g leaf and boiling water. I gave it a 10 second rinse. I steeped it for 5 sec, 5 sec, 7 sec, 10 sec, 15 sec, 20 sec, 25 sec, 30 sec, 45 sec, 1 min, 1.5 min, and 2 min.
Flavors: Dark Bittersweet, Earth, Fruity, Sweet
