1.5 tsp for 300mL water @95C, steeped 5 minutes.
The longer steep brings out a bitterness and a faint hint of copper but no astringency. Notes of malt, grains, an honey remain and intensify with the longer steep. I’ll go back to a 4-minute steep for this lovely tea. Soft mouthfeel.
Writer and tea fiend. Author of THIS MARLOWE, DELUDED YOUR SAILORS, SKY WAVES, DOUBLE-BLIND, and THE SHADOW SIDE OF GRACE.
I prefer straight teas but will try almost anything … so long as it’s not tainted with hibiscus. I loathe hibiscus.
Floral oolong and complex black teas are my favourites.
St John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
