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This is a tasty and complex tea. It was also hard to get right. I brewed it in a 220 ml gaiwan with 7g leaf. First I tried boiling water and 20 sec. It was way too weak and way to bitter. I lowered the water temperature to 190 degrees and gave it 3 min. I then steeped it again for 4 min and 7 min. This yielded a very tasty tea, still with a slight bitter taste, I think from the rice. The chocolate notes were much more subtle than I expected. I would have liked stronger chocolate notes. Overall it was very good. I went out and bought this tea because of the reviews of a couple other people on Steepster.