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drank Holiday Tea by Harney & Sons
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What a tasty surprise!

Harney & Sons included a sample of this Holiday Tea in a recent order, and I love it. We have amassed quite a few samples, and sometimes I don’t feel like going through the effort to brew a pot (lazy, right?), so I’ll grab a sample tea bag. My wife doesn’t do caffeine after a certain time of the day, so when I held out the pre-Thanksgiving offerings, she snatched up an herbal, and I chose this from the remainder.

I’m not typically a fan of clove, but it’s so tastefully woven into the overall flavor of this tea that I was sad to see the bottom of the cup. The almond, cinnamon and citrus were just right to make this a great evening tea, and it would make a delicious dessert or conversation tea at any gathering.

Flavors: Almond, Cinnamon, Citrus, Clove

ashmanra

You might be a fan of their White Christmas. HINT: go to Barnes and Noble. They carry Harney tea in the cafe. Ask for a large tea but tell NOT TO MAKE IT. They will give you two tea sachets in a brown paper bag. Take them home and make it properly. Each sachet makes twelve ounces at a time and resteeps. So you are getting 48ounces of tea to sample for under $2. They scald it in the store, you don’t get to resteep, and I can taste the paper cup. Bleh. So make it at home for a true sample!

Comm Guy

Good info…thanks!

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ashmanra

You might be a fan of their White Christmas. HINT: go to Barnes and Noble. They carry Harney tea in the cafe. Ask for a large tea but tell NOT TO MAKE IT. They will give you two tea sachets in a brown paper bag. Take them home and make it properly. Each sachet makes twelve ounces at a time and resteeps. So you are getting 48ounces of tea to sample for under $2. They scald it in the store, you don’t get to resteep, and I can taste the paper cup. Bleh. So make it at home for a true sample!

Comm Guy

Good info…thanks!

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I’ve heard others refer to me as a Renaissance man. I’m more apt to describe myself in a sentence ending with “…and master of none.”

I play music. I design and build things. I love art and quirky stuff. And I have a really cool wife.

In an attempt at a more graceful aging, I entered the wonderful world of tea for its health benefits in 2017. A home roaster and seasoned coffee-ologist, I dove quickly in, gleaning knowledge from every source possible and tasting all I could afford to buy, beg or borrow. Hundreds of cups, pots, bags and blends into it, I still consider myself a neophyte Steepster.

I’ve discovered I am a huge fan of Pu-erh and Assam, and quickly warmed up to Oolong, Yunnan Blacks, Keemun, and Matcha.

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