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Oh yes, this is better. 4g in 16oz boiling water Grandpa style makes a good chocolatey, leathery cup in aroma and taste. Less pronounced sour orange and much thicker mouthfeel. Still no bitterness but it is sweeter now. Like western, some light astringency is showing up in the throat but it’s tolerable for me and doesn’t increase despite steeping for an hour. No fuss, keeping me awake for this 4-hr-long nighttime programming class.

Edit: I took a longer sniff of the leaves and I’m getting something like spiced oatmeal cookies. They’re very fragrant but hard for me to pinpoint.