Very pungent and bitter. First ripe I’ve had in a while where the bitterness dominated the experience. I’ll come back to this one in a couple months to see if anything’s different.
As of now, even a 10sec steep after a 20 sec wash created a thick bitter brew that coated my mouth with bitterness that water didn’t immediately clear away. The thick soup I like, the staining bitterness not so much.
Every subsequent steep continued to be bitter. I actually drank the wash because the cake looked and smelled clean, and it was quite good. Dark chocolatey and woody. I was like . . . LFG. This will be nice. However, I never tasted those notes again. Hopefully those notes are a sign of what’s to come in time, but as of now it is unpalatable to me. Sleep on this for a bit.
Holy cha qi . . . it certainly wakes you up.
(I may revisit sooner and brew differently. We’ll see. Better tea to drink atm for sure.)
Flavors: Bitter
