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drank Fruits d'Alsace by Harney & Sons
284 tasting notes

Will it be redundant if I keep saying “I love this tea?”. It seems I hit the jackpot with Harney & Sons. I am three for three so far and still have more to try.

I abused this tea this morning and it forgave me. I overleafed and overstepped because I was running around to get ready and forgot the timer. It was probably around 5 minutes or so, more than I like to steep my black teas even though Harney recommends a 5 minute steep for black teas.

Slight bitterness (cause I was a moron) but still so good, so flavourful. I get mostly apricot but can tell there’s another fruit with it because it’s not pure apricot. I know they say cherry but I can’t really tell it is cherry with all the apricot in there. I took it in travel mug at work and took the lid off. As I worked, I kept getting whiffs of it, it stays so fragrant even when cold. I think if I cold steep this it will hit it out of the park.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C

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I started drinking loose leaf tea in the spring of 2013 (why do we feel compelled to mark the date of tea drinking somewhat like addicts counting their sobriety days?)

Never been much into tea before. Growing up in Romania, tea was something mom made for you when you were sick. As an adult, my hot beverage of choice has been coffee, both flavoured and regular. I’ve recently stumbled upon Teavana and DAVIDs TEA and quickly got addicted to the latter. Then came steepster and all else followed.

Formerly a mathematician and insurance adjuster, I gave up the corporate world and am now a professional chef. I drink wine and sometimes cheat on it with tea.

I lean heavily towards flavoured black teas. I’ve started to crave the occasional straight oolong and green but so far unflavoured black teas leave me unimpressed.

I’m learning so I drink them all. Am even introducing myself to pu’erh. So far I can do fine with the sheng cause frankly, they don’t taste like pu’erh to me. The shou is another story.

Note*: The virtual cupboard does NOT contain any of the samples I hold since most of them are one-cup quantity.

Note**: My partner, our home improvements, gadgets, mortgage, travel, wine and food have budget priority over tea.

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Toronto-ish, Canada

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