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Today I’m drinking a tea from Lulu, thanks for the free sample. I could not find it in the catalog however, so I am reviewing it here. It is called Sun Moon Lake Black Tea No. 18 and it is fairly tasty. I brewed it gongfu style in a 150ml gaiwan and gave it five steeps. It is fairly malty but not overly so. There were some notes of dry grapes in the mix. My first steeping was way too weak at 5 sec so I gave the next infusion 20 sec and it was better. I think I would have gotten better results with a larger sample but 4g was all I had. All in all it was enjoyable.

I brewed this five times in a 150ml gaiwan with 4g leaf and boiling water. I steeped it for 5 sec, 20 sec, 30 sec, 45 sec, and 1 min.