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This tea is joy. Steaming leaves boofed right up my nose with nougat, caramel, condensed milk. Alistair assured me the flavoring was all plant-based or I’d be side-eyeing this scrumpkin.

Slow open with caramel and minerality on the nose. Mouthfeel is smooth with mineral water, rock sugar… no cream yet, actually.

Second steep boofs up my nose again — condensed milk, nougat. Taste opens up to lilac, maybe lavender… thicker now, and creamy. Butterscotch! Mild astringency and vegetals.

Nougat is persistent on the nose. I love it. Third steep keeps astringency, sweets are moving down from the nose onto the palate now. Some raw vegetal notes, like broccoli stems. Grandma is slipping me a Werther’s Original while the other adults eat crudite.

Nice full mouth in the fourth steep; this keeps steeping like a champ. Astringent, creamy, cucumber, fleeting anise… seems like the oolong is really coming through the flavoring now. Shining. Lily in the next steep, with sugar and caramel sweetness lingering.

I poured a few more steeps. The base is so nice, delicate and wispy here at the end. Clean baby (sorry not sorry), honey, medium mouthfeel.

I adore this layering of punch and subtlety, both. There’s so much to find if you feel like poking around here, but it’s also a very comforting and easy friend (who brought cake) if that’s what you’re in the mood for.