Just prior to drinking this tea, I broke the lid attachment of my gravity steeper trying to get the last of my previous tea out. I also had some contamination of flavor from the previos tea into the first steep of this one. Fortunately, no tea was harmed and added flavor disappeared after the first steep.
Appearance of tea lives up to its name, so many gold tips. It looks a little like small pieces of yarn or thread. Leaves smell dry and like linen. Brews surprisingly dark. Wet leaves smell of earth, tree.
1st steep- smooth and clean, malt and chocolate, with gingerbread flavor bleed.
2nd steep – get more chocolate and malt, very mouth coating.
3rd steep- Smell flowers, oak, and malt, fruity at the end of sip.
Great tea. Rating 90
Flavors: Chocolate, Flowers, Fruity, Malt, Oak, Smooth
