I brought this tea into work expecting to taste a rather drastic change in its taste since it’s much like a jasmine white/green in the way that it is scented for its taste. Apparently the rum aspect of this tea stuck with it quite well. It was the only thing I brewed at work all day and I really enjoyed how it lighted up into a sweet liquid towards the end. This is clearly one of the best things I’ve made and I really can’t take much credit because the true hero of this tea is the barrel.
I was going to make the second batch even cheaper, but seeing that I still have leftover from the first barrel… I think it is time to open it up and test the humidity inside of it and see what kind of condition the pu’erh lives in while being in there. About to get into some serious trouble when this happens because each batch is over $500 of an investment! However, it has brought happiness and joy from the conversations, shared experiences, and drinks that it has provided so it kind of evens out.
Wonder if anyone else has tried to see if this has changed over time… I know someone is trying to ‘air’ it out, pft…. no names, no names.
I just had some yesterday. The rum flavor isn’t quite as “punch you in the face” as it was when I first had it. But it’s still there, still very evident. Even after multiple steeps, it’s a sweet, earthy, mushroomy rummy tea.
I couldn’t do it.