TotM describes this as orchid, lotus, burdock, honey & barley. Also, “intriguingly floral” and I’ll give them that. I am consistently amazed that tea which is not actually scented with flowers can be this flowery.
The mineral terroir, the barley, the ganmaicha… these things I don’t get so much. Even up against a very sweet, home made, wild grape jelly this tea doesn’t present as anything but light and floral to my palate.
In the fourth steep a darker, more vegetal note does begin to emerge, but nothing mineral or roasted.
Preparation
190 °F / 87 °C
0 min, 15 sec
7 g
5 OZ / 150 ML
