Pulled this out tonight for the first time. Broke off 10 grams for 160 ml. This tea is very weak and the first couple of steeps. Does get a little stronger the next few steeps but there really isn’t much to this tea. A bit of astrigency but that’s it. I was waiting for it to open up and give off something. Anything. It never did. Went through 10 steeps. I purchased a whole bing and I will drink it all up but it is not something I will be purchasing again.
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I bought this with my last order, have yet to try it. Too bad you didn’t like it. How long were your steeps? Maybe longer steeps would make it stronger?
I think this one needs to age. I haven’t touched mine yet.
I find w2t uses price tiers fairly accurately, the super low price of this leaf suggests the parameters are going to be more like 10g/100ml.
@AllanK my longest steeps were 25 seconds. I will definitely try longer steeps next time. See if it helps it.
@mrmopar it will be a while before I touch it again. Hopefully when I do it has aged some. I just wish I had room for a pumidor to help it.
@cwyn I might have to try that as well 1g/10ml. Maybe that’ll give me a little more. I will combine your advice with the advice from @AllanK. More leaf and longer steep times.
its pretty straight forward. but i get a good amount of returning sweetness and a light bitter snap at the front. i push some longer times with this one than some other young teas.
I bought this with my last order, have yet to try it. Too bad you didn’t like it. How long were your steeps? Maybe longer steeps would make it stronger?
I think this one needs to age. I haven’t touched mine yet.
I find w2t uses price tiers fairly accurately, the super low price of this leaf suggests the parameters are going to be more like 10g/100ml.
@AllanK my longest steeps were 25 seconds. I will definitely try longer steeps next time. See if it helps it.
@mrmopar it will be a while before I touch it again. Hopefully when I do it has aged some. I just wish I had room for a pumidor to help it.
@cwyn I might have to try that as well 1g/10ml. Maybe that’ll give me a little more. I will combine your advice with the advice from @AllanK. More leaf and longer steep times.
its pretty straight forward. but i get a good amount of returning sweetness and a light bitter snap at the front. i push some longer times with this one than some other young teas.