I forgot to take a picture of the brew. It was a nice dark liquor though. Near black in a lot of the brews.

This one was $25 for the cake. Almost twice as much as Prosbloom, but I'd wager it is more than twice as good on my palate.

I drank this tea with a good friend. I'll mark my notes with a P, and hers with an S.

Brewing Parameters: 9g / 125ml gaiwan. 205°F / 96°C

Tasting Notes:

Dry Smell: [P] Wood that is too wet to use in my campfire. [S] Bright tree stump.

Wet Smell (post rinse): [P] Leather, baked goods, woody, goji berry. [S] Baked goods, leather, unripe berry.

• Rinse
• Steep 1 (flash): [P] Weak. Baked goods on a river boat. [S] Dark color for a flash brew. Not much smell. Tastes mildly of leather.
• Steep 2 (flash): [P] Caramel, wood, and a hint of leather. [S] Weak wood smell. Tastes of tobacco and ash, mild notes of wet wood.
• Steep 3 (12s): [P] Old library. Musty in a good way. [S] Smell of cardamom. Tastes of decaying wood and cardamom. Lightly peppery.
• Steep 4 (15s): [P] Campfire and that nice smell of a person you like. Peppery. Dark chocolate richness. [S] Smell - fresh leather books. Taste - Deep leather, smoke. Campfire and a leather bound book.
• Steep 5 (20s): [P] Finally, full leather. Peppery background. God I love leather. [S] Campfire by the lake on a humid summer night. Enough said.
• Steep 6 (30s): [P] Bright peppery leather with a hint of sweetness. [S] Thick soup (visual). Dark as hell. Forefront of leather & cardamom with a smokey ashy background. Peppery.

Stopped due to feeling very caffeinated. This tea easily could've done more brews. I wish I could've drank more.

Ending lid smell: [P] Delicious bright leather. [S] Goji berry, hint of leather.

Tea High: [P] On the energetic side with the smallest hint of smoothness. [S] This caffeine has me tweaking. Anxious energy. Good for work, not so good for a lazy morning.

Overall: [P] Awesome tea. Lots of flavors I adore and I enjoyed how the tea changed throughout the gongfu session. The steeps kept getting tastier and wish I had a higher caffine tolerance so I could drink more.

Price comments: At $25/200g or $0.125/g this is a great daily drinker. This gonfu session cost $1.13 since I used 9g.