First Love

My first tea love was this Harney and Sons Gunpowder Green. I got into it as a coffee alternative during grading sessions at the coffee shop. As a coffee shop regular I probably spend $300 or so on this tea ($1.50 a pop, 100 days a year for two years). When it came time to move to home-brewing loose tea, this was my first. Though it has fallen by the wayside to nicer teas in my home, I still dig a cup of this. It consists of dark green leaves from the Anhui province, tightly rolled into tiny balls. The brewed tea is slightly smoky and nutty. My cup this morning wasn't the freshest, owing to my months of neglecting the tea. Our affair may have ended, but gunpowder green and I will always have those afternoons at the coffee shop to look back on fondly.