This is also a very nice hot tea. It has the same toasted flavor to it without being quite as earthy, and intriguingly adding a small bit of honey makes it taste almost milky with the sudden sweetness.
I’m also amused that this tea is so much darker when brewed hot:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cait_tea/4616069126/in/set-72157623664718933/
Preparation
190 °F / 87 °C
2 min, 0 sec
I can’t believe that that’s the same tea! Beautiful mug btw :)
It’s an amazing color change, isn’t it? :)
(& I love this mug — it’s from the DC cherry blossom festival last year.)