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I can never resist a gyokuro, so once I figured out what this was in the TTB I was super excited to give it a try. Leaning into the camp/travel theme, I made this for a long drive we had over the weekend. I settled on a plastic travel bottle – safer than glass, less likely to impart a taste than metal. Unfortunately, I had trouble getting the powder to dissolve in room-temperature water. Stirring with a spoon was minimally effective, and even after using my trusty milk frother there was some silt at the bottom of the bottle. I kept shaking the bottle as we drove/as I drank, but never really got rid of ALL of the sediment/small clumps. But that happens with powdered teas, so ::shrug:: Much weirder is that this absolutely smelled and tasted like steamed broccoli. Savory, umami, no astringency, vegetal, but very very specifically like steamed broccoli. It’s not something I would necessarily seek out but was intrigued to have tried.