Today I tried a bit of an experiment with this tea. I brewed the old tea that I had thought must have gone stale. Only I found out that it seems that, at least in the short term, chrysanthemum tea can age. The year old tea I have brews up darker like an aged tea would, and has a slightly different taste. If anything it seems stronger and more flavorful. It still has a primary note that I describe as a sort of earthy note. Not a fermented note however, like many think of when you say earthy. I wish I could come up with a better word to describe it. I actually think the year old tea tastes better than the new batch. I suppose it could just be that the new batch is not as good but I don’t think so. I think this tea aged and improved. It seems to me it was lighter in color when I brewed it a year ago.
I steeped this one time with 8 tsp leaf and boiling water for 8 minutes in a 16oz Teavana Glass Perfect Tea Maker/Gravity Steeper.
i heard lapsang souchong can age too
It never would have occurred to me that this could age but the older tea seems to have improved. I don’t think it could age in the long term. I assume just the short term, less than five years.
yeah