Upped the amount of leaf significantly this go-around to see if I could pull a more saturated liquor out of the leaves. I think I did…but the result is still undeveloped and somehow unconvincing to sip on. It’s completely inoffensive as a tea, but there just isn’t much substance to it at all, and what is there isn’t intriguing enough to make hunting for it with focus a worthwhile time.
Not bad. I would drink it again without hesitation…but I won’t be sad when I run out of it.
Ohhh, I dunno. I like tea but I’m kind of a tea newbie. At this point I can say with authority that I may never be anything else, no matter how many teas I try…there is always something new out there.
I write a lot.
I also play way too many video games.
Ratings! (Bout time, wot?) This is a new arrangement, so…subject to change!
1-10: Not potable. First-sip disasters.
11-30: Intensely unpleasant…won’t catch me finishing the cup.
31-50: I really don’t like it…but maybe somebody else out there would.
51-70: Drinkable, but probably not the first thing I’m going to reach for.
71-90: Pretty good tea, and stuff that there’s a good chance I’ll have on-hand. Will do in a pinch at the low end, all the way up to regular visitors to my infuser on the high end.
91-100: Teas I really do not want to be without.
Boston/Cambridge
I had to use more leaf and steep longer to get this tea where I liked it.