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Had this one yesterday.

This was one of the first loose leaf teas I ever tried. It was my favorite of the ones I tried back then and I still really like it today.

There is a grassy flavor, but it isn’t very strong. There’s something else about this tea that I can’t quite describe very well. When I was drinking it, I remember thinking that it was almost sweet, but not in the sugar kind of way.

This tea smells great. As soon as the hot water hit the tea, I could immediately smell it from a few feet away.

I had two cups of this (I tend to make at least two cups at a time whenever I make tea).

With the first, I was actually eating some indian food (Chicken Tika Masala and Whole Wheat Naan). The spices seem to overpower the actual black tea. Very distinctive cinnamon taste. Can’t say I know what cardamon tastes like, so I don’t know how much of a presence it made.

I also tried it with milk (fat free though, since that is all I have at the moment). Seemed to smooth the flavor a bit, although regular milk may work better. I don’t usually put milk in my tea though, so I don’t know if that is the case.

One thing I noticed, is that the flavor seemed to dull as the tea cooled off.

Pretty good for when I want some black tea, but don’t quite want it to taste like a black tea.

This tea was really smooth. Not a strong flavor. It was a very mellow tea, and quite good.

Love this tea. Got some more recently, should be set for a while. :)

2nd steep, still good :)

Very light taste. Very light color too. At first anyways. Color and taste got deeper (darker color, stronger taste) over time, after steeping. Very interesting.

Pretty good. Used the last of what I had though.

Gotta love this tea. Very grassy, and quite smooth going down. I also love how the leaves feel.

This is one of the best black teas I have had to date.

This is one of my favorite teas.

It has a sort of smokey taste to it, rather than a grassy flavor typical of green teas. This is a tea I would drink anytime.

I used up the last of what this time, but I should have more next week :D