Looking back at another favorable ToH review from years ago. Let’s see how things stack up after my loose-leaf revelation of late.
Well, it’s a bit flat. Not unpleasant, but it does have an air of hotel lobby tea about it. The bag convenience is there and in body it is light and sweet/astringent.
Chucking a bag in the cup, it was convenient to brew and only took 2 minutes of hot water. I haven’t had bagged Jasmine in some time so the difference between this and the loose-leaf stuff is night and day to my current palate. Still, I wouldn’t mind this being in the hotel lobby. As I like to say: better than Lipton!
Now I’m thinking I might have to stick with bagged black teas and break out the tea infusers if I want a single cup of green, western style.
Flavors: Astringent, Grassy, Jasmine
Well, there is 99 per cent of teas available, which are better than Lipton. Lipton is cardboard tea.
I totally agree, cardboard by way of steeping sawdust. At least it is the butt of my jokes! My Lipton review says it all.