I decided to drink this yesterday when I couldn’t make up my mind on starting a tea or not. This being an iron cake is no lie. I started it early in the day, did four steeps (washes) with long rests in between each before it started to open up. Long like…I went to do dishes after one, went to groom my two dogs after another, went skating after another…you get the idea. I’m glad the chunk I pulled out of my sample was perfectly sized at 7g so I didn’t have to do anything to it.
Once the leaves did separate themselves from one another, their quality became apparent. I steeped this tea out throughout the afternoon and evening of yesterday and continued with it this morning. I didn’t get much out of it as far as complexity goes. It mostly tasted vegetal in the way green tea does, which I found interesting.
I will certainly give this one another try, but at this point it’s one that I would rather let mature than drink at this exact moment.
Flavors: Vegetal
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I did a couple long rinses to start this one off (like I might for a teaball) and it was pretty cooperative.
Yeah, I probably only did a few seconds for each rinse with a bit of agitation. It eventually opened up beautifully, but took its sweet time. I can only clearly recall doing longer rinses with the planets from CLT thus far. I will try doing that the next time I make this one. Do you have a recommendations for how long to rinse?
I think I did two ~30s rinses, which may have been a bit of overkill. But I have little tolerance or patience for waiting for Iron cakes to break up lol. Second rinse might have been drinkable too.
Good deal. I’ve got enough for at least two more sessions, so I’ll give this a shot!
I did a couple long rinses to start this one off (like I might for a teaball) and it was pretty cooperative.
Yeah, I probably only did a few seconds for each rinse with a bit of agitation. It eventually opened up beautifully, but took its sweet time. I can only clearly recall doing longer rinses with the planets from CLT thus far. I will try doing that the next time I make this one. Do you have a recommendations for how long to rinse?
I think I did two ~30s rinses, which may have been a bit of overkill. But I have little tolerance or patience for waiting for Iron cakes to break up lol. Second rinse might have been drinkable too.
Good deal. I’ve got enough for at least two more sessions, so I’ll give this a shot!