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Day 17 of my Steepster homemade advent calendar from Kelmishka. I followed the instructions on Tadin’s website, but I brewed to the far end of the steeping window and 10 minutes is much too long for my preferences. It just came out really STRONG. It’s so bitter that it actively hurts. I can taste cactus at the tail end of the sip, behind the woody bitterness, but it’s a struggle. Diluting this didn’t really help either, unfortunately. Reserving rating since I think/hope this was user error. If I ever make this again, would definitely err on the side of a short steep.