I always inhale the scent of a tea instantly upon opening the canister. These pearls smell of malty sweetness, earthy and vegetal. All in all, they smell exactly as a good black tea should.
4 pearls per cup plus, I used 16 pearls for my 3 cup tea pot. Brewed at 205F for 1 minute, the tea is pale root beer brown, yeasty and mild in scent.
The taste too was mild, fresh, and sweet. Not as much malt as I’d like, but that may be my fault, either too little tea (too few pearls) or not enough time (2 minutes instead of only 1 minute.)
The resteep of this one will be 2 minutes at 210F, just to see that happens.
Light bodied and mild as brewed, a good evening cup when something strong and bracing isn’t quite called for.
I plan to push this tea a bit, and get out that rich maltiness the dry leaves seem to promise.
