Method: 1.5 tsp @ 208 degrees in 8 oz, 4 minutes, French Press
Dry Leaf Aroma: Cocoa and light malt
Brewing Aroma: Strongly malty
Flavor: I was really hoping to pick up some of the honey flavor from the description, or at least some sweetness, but this was pretty neutral. I enjoyed the malty flavors, and I didn’t find the tea to be overly bitter or astringent, but I also did not find many interesting notes. I think this is a good tea, but not my fave.
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Heyyyy, wait… I think I have a French press I got for the husbeast which he never uses. I should bring that to work! If it gets lost or broken, I won’t particularly care… well this opens up some possibilities!
Do you put the leaves above the press to pull them out, or under and press them down?
Husbeast. Awesome!
I put the leaves in, then put the top on, then press down when done. I never thought of putting them on top, which is kind of genius if I want to make a whole pot, but drink some now and some later. Normally I only use the french press when making tea for 2 or 3.
I am going to try the pulling tea leaves method later!
:D
I will definitely bring it to work if I still have it hiding in the top of the pantry! I hope I didn’t inspire you to try something that will cause a big mess, lol!
Jinjunmei is worth experimenting with! You may get more honey notes with shorter steeps. In fact I have one jinjunmei that I regularly use just a little more leaf than treat to 5-15s initial steeps in boiling water sounds weird but it will brought out the sweeter notes in that particular tea.
Heyyyy, wait… I think I have a French press I got for the husbeast which he never uses. I should bring that to work! If it gets lost or broken, I won’t particularly care… well this opens up some possibilities!
Do you put the leaves above the press to pull them out, or under and press them down?
Husbeast. Awesome!
I put the leaves in, then put the top on, then press down when done. I never thought of putting them on top, which is kind of genius if I want to make a whole pot, but drink some now and some later. Normally I only use the french press when making tea for 2 or 3.
I am going to try the pulling tea leaves method later!
:D
I will definitely bring it to work if I still have it hiding in the top of the pantry! I hope I didn’t inspire you to try something that will cause a big mess, lol!
Jinjunmei is worth experimenting with! You may get more honey notes with shorter steeps. In fact I have one jinjunmei that I regularly use just a little more leaf than treat to 5-15s initial steeps in boiling water sounds weird but it will brought out the sweeter notes in that particular tea.