Third picked wild green tea

The third picking of the green tea from Mt. Jilee, Korea has been my go-to tea since Thanksgiving. The unfortunate side-effect of this is that I am down to my last brew of the leaves which means it is time for some photos and a brief overview of the tea. The photographs below show the dried leaves, the color of the steeped tea and the leaves after three steepings. The tea has a much more bite to it than the color of the liquor would suggest and it finishes with a sweet and nutty flavor. The advantage of this tea over its first-picked cousin is that the third picking maintains its flavor longer (whereas the first picking looses a lot of its appeal the older that it gets).