Another purchase from the Verdant Black Friday sale. I had been curious about this one for a while and the tasting notes sounded intriguing. The smell out of the pouch was very promising. Delicious aromas of pumpkin pie, sweet malt, and toffee on the nose. My first attempt brewing it grandpa style was rather disappointing. It tasted mostly like a generic black tea, faintly sweet with a hint of sweet potato.
Gongfu proved to be the way to go. I steeped about 3g in a 160ml teapot for 30s at boiling followed by flash infusions. The first steep had a nice pumpkin taste. The second infusion was similar with a sweet potato malt. The next couple of steeps brought more pumpkin and jasmine like florals.
Good flavor albeit with a fairly thin body. A nice change from the chocolatey blacks I usually favor.
Flavors: Jasmine, Pumpkin, Sweet Potatoes
