100 mL gaiwan, 5.8g, 212f Brita filtered tap
5s rinse
dry leaves: not much scent
wet leaves: smoky, roast, dried fruits
5s: very light, slightly medicinal woody and leaves a lightly sweet aftertaste
15s: hint of bitterness. more medicinal and woody.
later infusions gain a citrus note.
Not sure why I didn’t make more detailed notes on this one, but seems like it was also during midterms season. Oh well.
Just a chronicle of a stranger’s tea journey. Keeping old notes up to see progression, but no longer really believe in all of them. Trying to learn!! Weekend warrior mostly now; work is tough.
As of 4/21/21, I will no longer assign numerical ratings to a tea unless it is terrible enough to warrant one. There are a fair amount of solid teas out there, and reading mildly subjective reviews from others > very subjective numerical rating that gets skewed by Steepster’s calculating system anyway.
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