Well, that was unexpected. Of all the lovely Mariage Frères teas sent to me by Ysaurella and cteresa, I seem to like Marco Polo the best. I feel I’ve let you both down. :P I was really wondering, after disliking Harney & Sons Paris so much, whether I just was losing even my very picky liking for flavoured black teas, but apparently not. Something about the hint of toffee taste that stops the strawberry from being that sharp note that strawberry too often is in tea (for me, anyway). I say strawberry, but only because that was the predominant fruit. I might manage a slightly more detailed tasting note in the future, but this is as good as it gets at the moment, unfortunately. Thanks again, Teresa – this is delicious!
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cteresa loves this one too, I am more picky about Marco Polo maybe because my strawberry tea is clearly Prince Igor as I enjoy the mix with citrus.
Did you enjoy Mandalay, Pleine lune and rouge d’automne ?
Ysaurella, I did like them, but can’t remember now which one(s) I made tasting note on and which I saved one cup’s worth for the purpose of tasting note. And this morning my hall ceiling fell down, so today might not be the day for catch-up notes. :(
Not letting me down at all – I love Marco Polo! It is so very comforting!
ceiling?!? Oh my, poor you!
Right then, it’s just ysaurella I’m letting down, rather than you both – somewhat better! :)
Yes, came downstairs this morning to find it that way. I was (unsurprisingly!) upset, but we’ve known the house needs major work for a long time, just trying to get into a place where we can move out so it can be done. The important thing is that some of those chunks of plaster could have really hurt the puppies. Doug might have been able to move out of the way in time, but Bell not so likely. So anything else other than losing one or both of them that way doesn’t look so bad!
cteresa loves this one too, I am more picky about Marco Polo maybe because my strawberry tea is clearly Prince Igor as I enjoy the mix with citrus.
Did you enjoy Mandalay, Pleine lune and rouge d’automne ?
Ysaurella, I did like them, but can’t remember now which one(s) I made tasting note on and which I saved one cup’s worth for the purpose of tasting note. And this morning my hall ceiling fell down, so today might not be the day for catch-up notes. :(
Not letting me down at all – I love Marco Polo! It is so very comforting!
ceiling?!? Oh my, poor you!
Right then, it’s just ysaurella I’m letting down, rather than you both – somewhat better! :)
Yes, came downstairs this morning to find it that way. I was (unsurprisingly!) upset, but we’ve known the house needs major work for a long time, just trying to get into a place where we can move out so it can be done. The important thing is that some of those chunks of plaster could have really hurt the puppies. Doug might have been able to move out of the way in time, but Bell not so likely. So anything else other than losing one or both of them that way doesn’t look so bad!