Steeped this one up Western style and because I was curious to see what would happen I decided to leave the drawstring teabag in the mug the whole time. It starts off pretty black tea-like, which is what it’s supposed to taste like. Maybe a little bit duller/flatter tasting that a typical black tea but still pretty full bodied and with some of the mineral notes I’d expect to taste in a black tea. What I was curious about with the extended brewing was if it would get bitter or astringent given that this is technically just herbs and not tea (despite being processed as if it were). Interestingly it got more tangy and acidic with time. Further from feeling like black tea, but also less flat feeling.