Shine Magical wrote: ↑Wed Sep 26, 2018 11:17 am
It was nice but I think it would have been better if all of the leaves had uniform pan frying (if all of them were green throughout) as opposed to the occasional leaf like the ones pictured above.
Thankfully there were no stems.
Overall I give the tea a 9/10.
You have me somewhat baffled. You have "nice" equate to a rating of 9 out of 10 which I would call excellent. (NIce would fall into 7/10 for me, at the moment. I haven't rated by numbers before). You also have me pleased, because you are so honest. You say, "I think it would have been better...." That is the key to when we look at leaves. It gives us thoughts, but we know from drinking, not visual impressions.
Having said that, I do have a habit of pulling stems out of bowls & gaiwans between infusions. I've been told that stems do add flavor & do no harm; but, removing stems seems to be a good idea though I cannot detect an improvement in taste. Cheers