Yep, exactly. I don't have any real point of comparison, never having tried anything bigger, but I enjoy the small ones. They make for a happy, mellow, long-lasting high--but nothing spectacular or gut-whooshing.
Some of the pods are oblong & stretched out-looking, yeah, but mixed in there are quite a few nice round ones. But they're small. It takes me 3-5 heaping tablespoons of powder to get anywhere noticeable, and I'm a novice. The tea looks kind of like strong commercial iced tea--not very dark--and while fairly bitter, it's not unpalatable. I would love to try some of the dark and horribly bitter stuff I've read about someday
Sucks about the humidity--that would probably affect most growing areas in the U.S. But I'll definitely post if October brings anything bigger along...