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This tea stopped me in my tracks….2 teaspoons…ok. I went to stick my measuring spoon in the bag and came back up with 4 little shards. Tried again….5 little shards. DANG! This is leaves!! How in the world am I going to measure 2 teaspoons when the leaves are too big and go across the measuring spoon instead of IN it?? Those of you that follow me know I have had issues with “steeping exactness” in the past, but this was a new one. So I guessed. Not exactly what you should do when you are planning on writing a review of a tea, but the leaves had me curious. So take this review with a grain of salt, until one of my “followers” helps me figure out how to measure this tea correctly. :) Onward~ this tea smells very different from the upgrade version. This has more bottom notes…more malt, more raisin, more dark caramel. I still have a cold, so I can’t give any top note info, but PTA is very much a Butiki tea. Lots of lovely notes for your nose and your tongue, very little astringency (with the steep I did anyhow) and the hallmark of a good tea….it’s already making me look forward to my next cup (and I still have half of this one left!) No number rating being given due to my cold and my steep issue. I will update soon!