12 Tasting Notes
This tea reminded me of some old leather shoe left in a dry dusty basement fused with some soggy wet wood. The description states that this tea is an aquired taste and that couldn’t be further from the truth. I feel that going to the forest and scooping up a random patch of dirt will bring me similar results.
Though I’m going to persist to see if it brings any more flavours in the subsequent rounds.
Flavors: Leather, Musty, Wet Wood
Preparation
A very delicate tea and left oversteeped will leave a deep astringent taste that will transition to a honey dew like note on your palate. Definitely grassy, smells amazing. The best smelling leaves I’ve encountered in my past 4 years of drinking loose leaf tea. Smell wise them reminds me of hot cross buns during easter or even a cinnamon type bread. I think all white tea drinkers should give MM a chance and with enough interaction and play with water, leaves and heat would produce a delicately complex smokey sugared tea.
Leaves are picked on time as they are absolutely beautiful to behold. It appears to my amateur eyes that they are up there with the highest grade white tea. Would definitely buy again and have in my shelf on a rainy day or when I need a clean tasting tea.
Flavors: Bread, Cinnamon, Grass, Honey, Nutty, Smoked, Sugarcane
Alright, this tastes a bit better in the 4th and subsequent rounds but still not my cup of tea. The soggy wood smell and taste is very off putting. I’d hate to say this but I’ll only make this when my stomach is churning but even then I’d look for better options.