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lizwykys drank Noël à Vienne by Dammann Frères

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I had to upgrade my ranking (which was already high) on this after living with it for a couple of weeks. I’m finding this blend absolutely delightful, never tiring to my tastebuds (as most flavored teas are apt to become), and it is now not only on my must-always-have list, it’s moved to #2 after Noël à Venise — both of them elbowing a couple of amazing Mariage Frères teas down just a bit (Wedding Imperial and Marco Polo) . I vote this my “most drinkable, any time of day” and “most comforting.” I’m a bit worried that after hitting upon these two in my very first order from Dammann Frères it will be diificult for them to live up to my now crazy high expectations!

Note that I’m using a generous amount (roughly 1.5 – 2 grams per 100 ml, which is maybe 2 – 2.5 heaping teaspoons per 300 ml? ), which I’m finding is a good rule of thumb for black teas for me, and going with medium milky and sweetened most of the time. It’s tastiest once it’s cooled just a bit.

And now I’m off to make my third cup of the morning. mmm.

Preparation

205 °F / 96 °C 3 min, 30 sec 5 g 10 OZ / 300 ML

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Relatively new tea convert who discovered Mariage Frères online shop somehow (I wish I could remember!), and swooned over Wedding Imperial, particularly; I didn’t know tea could be like that! Now I’m testing my wings a bit, and eager to try as much as possible of various tea world treasures.

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Here’s where I’m going to keep track of interesting online tea sellers shipping (mostly with at least semi-reasonable rates) to Europe (or Greece, specifically):

Bird & Blend will ship orders from UK to EU up to €15 for €4.60, so no need to pad an order out just bc the min shipping rate is so high, and now also offer free EU shipping on orders of €65 and up.
https://birdandblendtea.com/eu_en

Mariage Frères is expensive, full stop. Min €15.40 shipping from France to Greece, NO free shipping option for large orders. (Fast delivery, though) https://www.mariagefreres.com/UK

T2 ships from UK to EU for £10, w/ free shipping from £60. https://www.t2tea.com/en/uk

Teatower says they ship to EU for €3, w/ free shipping from €39. Will definitely check this out. https://www.teatower.com/en. UPDATE: though Gr is in EU, it doesn’t show up on dropdown for ordering; I’ve emailed to see if it’s an error, but no response.

Vadham has $10.00 shipping from India to Greece for orders up to $29.99; $5.00 for orders $30.00 – $48.99; free shipping above $49.00. https://www.vahdam.com

Dammann Frères ships to Greece for €8,40, quite a bit less than Mariage Frères. No free shipping option for larger orders. https://www.dammann.fr

What-Cha ships international orders from UK for a reasonable £4.40, with free shipping above £36. https://what-cha.com

Mountain Stream Teas offers free shipping from Taiwan with purchase over $25, and shipping to Greece for $7 for quantities under$25. https://mountainstreamteas.com

Tealyra UK ships to Greece for just €4.31, with free delivery above €48. https://www.tealyra.co.uk

White2Tea ships from China for $10. https://white2tea.com

Lupicia ships from France to Greece for €13. http://en.lupicia.fr

Tee Gschwendner ships from Germany to Greece for a minimum of €13.74. https://www.teegschwendner.de