Instead of starting off my morning with my typical peppermint tea, I thought I would try this tea since I’m working from home today. All I can say is Holly crap! This tea has kick! I’m used to my herbal tea gently hydrating me and then having a green tea later.
First off I used a bit of leaf on this one which is typical for pu-erh. Dry it does smell a bit minty and mushroomy as they describe in the tea details. It brews up an amber colour . There was a bit of apricot & mushroom. Quite pleasant tasting and not much bitterness at all.
The first cup gave me too much energy so afterwards I went and took less than half the leaves I had already used (Why not? It’s my tea.) and still brewed at 10 seconds. Ah, yes, this is my tea now. Juicy mouth feel with apricot. I’m not getting much mushroom in the lighter steeps. The brew is still a slightly dark amber. I’m also getting a slight buttery or nuttiness to it that I didn’t get on the first strong steep.
If I had a cake of this tea, it would last forever since I prefer to brew it light and it doesn’t require much leaves for that.
Flavors: Apricot, Mushrooms, Nutty
