Sharing good tea is a joy.
I split a 5g package of this tea with my mechanic friend today after he asked for ‘some of that tea that tastes like tar.’ Five steeps western at 2/3/5/?/?? minutes.
This review is a summation of his reaction rather than mine.
“Man, this is it.”
“I can feel when it hits; it’s almost electric.” I then explained minerality to him.
“It’s really clean and refined, not too smokey. "
“Where can I get more of this?”
I asked him to rate this tea on a scale of 1-100 and he gave it an 85, so there you go.
I find it very similar to the 2016 version of this tea but as a 2018 tea, the tarry aroma is still strong enough to overpower any nuances that I picked up on in the 2016: https://steepster.com/teas/old-ways-tea/84631-smoked-black-tea-2016
