I bought the tea bag version of three of Ha Yun’s offerings because 1. I didn’t want to pony up for full bags of each and figured they’d probably use the same material and 2. i wanted to support someone who seems like a cooler version of me lol. The bag was $10 for 10 teabags and would’ve made a cute gift to someone but I wanted to try them myself lol. Leaves aren’t crushed like Lipton fannings, but also not fully intact, with a mix of full leaves and some crushed bits.
I don’t really know what I expected but it drinks like pretty normal nice-ish hongcha. Chocolate-y aroma, sweet, not too malty. The bags themselves are supposedly 1.5g/bag and say to steep at 90-100C for 2-3 min in 250 mL of water. I drank it the day before and heeded the 2 min. 90C guidance, but today did way longer at 100C after getting stuck on an awful Comcast call. Tea was fine, not much bitterness that i recall, just flavors a bit more muddled. Good to know going forward for grandpa steeps that so little tea is sufficient.
