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hawkband1 drank Jin Jun Mei (2015) by Verdant Tea

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6g, 210F, 100ml gaiwan
Dry leaf smells of hay, hint of chocolate, malt.
10s – I get yeast like in bread or beer ;) Taste is middle of tongue, coating aftertaste. Bready malt and cocoa.

15s – bread, cocoa stout, almost sour coffee-esque bitterness. Didn’t like this steep at all, so I dropped it back to 10s – thick, yeasty. Less time 5s- NO!

I find I don’t care for this at all. Have 5g more, but I’m going to call this one done and discard the rest. Off putting sour taste/bitterness. Not enjoyable. After the fact, my stomach is somewhat upset. Sipdown by discard.

Flavors: Bitter, Bread, Cocoa, Hay, Malt, Sour, Yeast

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I started my tea journey with Stash/Celestial Seasonings tea bags years ago. All loose leaf, unless I’m sick or traveling.

I like black, oolong, white, herbals, and raw/ripe pu’erh. I don’t drink green tea often.

I play video games, read, and do pottery. My current favorite tea mug is one I threw and glazed.

I generally review teas twice – initial and final steeps.

My cupboard is completely out of date. I have a spreadsheet (it’s current!!!) that’s over 300 teas. Pretty equal amounts of black, white, oolong, raw, & ripe with a little bit of green/herbal.

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