Satsuma @Satsuma@cat.family

this is a very light color for a black tea! We’re very firmly in ‘amber’ here rather than red

nothing terribly surprising in the taste in comparison to how the steeped leaves had smelled — red wine still felt appropriate as a main flavor note.

We spent a bit of time discussing where the sweetness in the leaves had gone during steeping, since an oolong I’d just finished had very clear notes of honey (esp in the finish) when I steeped it but not when younger sister did. Speculated that it could be worth experimenting with steeping temp, which was the main difference between sister and my’s technique.

mouthfeel is…normal? idk not something i have a ton of opinions about

This is a rolled tea — by 4 min its mostly unfurled but you can still see some traces of shaping in the basket

rolled teas tend to be pricier but they help keep the leaves intact & can also lend themselves towards better / more interesting resteepings

strongest note on the dried leaves for me is dried fruit? more like the note one would call “raisiny” in sherry than raisins themselves. Younger sister (who was half asleep eating cereal) described it as “like black tea” and “warm and bright”

Steeped leaves loose the sweet smell from the raisins but keep the fruit, which combined with the much more prominent tannin smells ends up something closer to red wine

Yunnan congou from upton tea company, 4.5 g leaves in ~500 g water (i have a tea scale but not a kitchen scale currently, which says a lot about my priorities lol so this is converting from imperial cups) poured at just under boiling into a preheated pot. 4 min steeping time, no rinse

“wait Satsuma isn’t the opening shot where they like almost kiss from the last one how were you still wondering about this”
1) almost
2) i am a suspicious creature by nature

well my questions about whether OnlyOneOf was planning on flirting with the edges of plausible deniability or actually going for it have been answered pretty definitively

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got these blended and into the freezer riiight before midnight

a fitting end to Halloween, in its harvest festival form

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still thinking about these absurdly chonky croci (shoe included for scale)