Hello again – my inability to afford any tea at all for the past year has kept me from making new tasting notes on Steepster, but I’ve finally to a point where I can have a small tea budget of my very own. My first move was to place an order with Verdant tea, and I was gloriously excited to get the package in the mail, full of autumn-looking brown paper bags and well-typed instructions.
However, I have to say that I’m a bit disappointed with the teas I’ve tried so far. The suggested brewing method (3-4g for 2-3 seconds) yields tea so weak that the phrase ’Lamb’s Water’ (from Life after Life by Kate Atkinson) keeps coming to mind. I don’t necessary need tea so strong I could ‘stand a spoon in it’, but I do like a bit of bitterness, astringency, and other flavors to really hit my palate from the start.
For all of you who are smitten by Verdant – what would you suggest? Should I try a different brewing method, or am I simply a hopelessly unsophisticated tea drinker?
