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Wow! I havent had a sheng session in awhile and I just recently got this cake. I was very excited to get home from vacation, so I could brew some up. I’ve been waiting to try this companies products because I hear wonderful things about them. This was a wonderful brew!

I “picked” out a generous chunk and plopped this colorful cake in my yixing. The cake consists of yellow, green and silver leafy matter. The cake evokes a lemon spring scent in my warmed yixing pot. I knew that this would be a treat. I poured my boiling spring water over to wash this cake and allow it to unfold. The aroma of southern tobacco fields and the chinese lemon highway mingled within my tea room. The liquor was a pale citrine. The initial sip was incredibly sharp. The bitter flavor is a lot like spicy food. A well spiced dish shouldn’t make your stomach hurt and cause injury; rather, it should give a pleasing burning sensation and evoke your senses. This tea does exactly this. The bitter flavor causes your tongue to drawback. You can feel a tingling upon your tongue and a smooth mouth feel. The silk menthol flows throughout your body. The qi is powerful and immediately uplifting. This flavor keeps consistent for about four steepings. Then, this brew becomes honey sweet. This sugared flavor, which lingers in the back of your throat, follows you throughout the tea ceremony. This brew became sweeter and sweeter with each steep. The liquor remained thick well into the double digits steepings. I thoroughly enjoyed this brew, and I’m very grateful to have more for a later day!

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Flavors: Lemon, Limestone, Menthol, Nectar, Stonefruit, Sweet, Tobacco

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 0 min, 15 sec 7 g 3 OZ / 100 ML
mrmopar

This is KBT and I am glad to have a few cakes thanks to one that split an order with me. I think this will get better and better with age on it.

Haveteawilltravel

KBT? I loved it and will defiantly be acquiring more.

mrmopar

KBT Kick Butt Tea. I even think Paul liked that nomer on it.

Haveteawilltravel

hahhahah Kick Butt Tea xP I might steal this acronym from ya ahah

mrmopar

Yeah no prob. Use it as you like just make sure it is KBT. :)

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mrmopar

This is KBT and I am glad to have a few cakes thanks to one that split an order with me. I think this will get better and better with age on it.

Haveteawilltravel

KBT? I loved it and will defiantly be acquiring more.

mrmopar

KBT Kick Butt Tea. I even think Paul liked that nomer on it.

Haveteawilltravel

hahhahah Kick Butt Tea xP I might steal this acronym from ya ahah

mrmopar

Yeah no prob. Use it as you like just make sure it is KBT. :)

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