Second post in as many days regarding the Feng Qing Diang Hong Golden Buds black tea, brewed under totally new parameters.

It was suggested to me to use 2.5 grams of this tea in a 180ml gaiwan! Yes, it was! I was under the impression that really four grams was the minimum you would use in a gaiwan, and in a 180 ml with a black tea, even a light colored one like this I might have gone to 5 grams if left to my own devices.
So I brewed this tea at 203f, using those parameters and it was gorgeous and smooth. Not all that light either, intense amber colors. rinse was far darker than a five second rinse was expected to be, the first steep was forty seconds, (this is an approximate as I count in my noggin) was terrific and the second steep, at approximately one minute was toasty and divine. Something I could easily drink all day long. In fact, I am heading over to Zen Tea to get some of this right now. Not that I need to buy ANY tea, not for a long time, but this is a winner, and so many things I have in my vault I have no clue as to what they will like. With the personal guidance of the man who suggested these parameters, I am off at a run t make sure I can recreate this for myself time and time again.
The photo below is of the first steep, the 40 second steep at under three grams!

(Seriously, look at the tiny amount of tea and what it produced! And the flavor was as rich and lovely as the color!)