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Mel

Mel drank Coconut Pouchong by Golden Moon Tea

I got the tea canister I originally rated at this shady tea store. Shady, meaning there were teas that expired a year ago on the shelf still. It didn’t have any dates on the package I bought, so I have no idea how old it really was.

When I tasted this tea with the sampler, it was so much different, and brighter! This tea needs to be as fresh as possible to enjoy!

Lesson learned…don’t go to tea shops with dust on their tea boxes!

2010-12-28 20:56:37 -0500

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LiberTEAS 2010-12-28 21:06:13 -0500

ok, it is just SAD and horribly wrong if a tea store has teas that have expired a year ago. I encountered this very thing at a local wal-mart. I wasn’t shopping for tea, but I just was perusing their tea section, and found some that intrigued me, picked up the box and saw that it was expired by nearly a year. From that point forward, I haven’t even bothered to go through the tea section again. My opinion is if a store doesn’t care enough about their teas to be mindful of expiration dates, they don’t deserve my patronage.

It makes me very sad to know that a store that is dedicated to tea would be so careless about the quality of tea that they offer.

Mel 2010-12-29 00:05:43 -0500

It was a store in a college town, I didn’t think much when buying it. They had so much tea around, I didn’t even think what the turnaround would be like. Now, I know what to look for in a tea store. At my local Asian store, they still have teas from 2003!

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I love cooking, sleeping, reading, reggae music, and tea. I also enjoying reading about tea, the culture and ceremonies, and the diverse types.

I think most the teas I drink are 80% iced, but on some days, it’s opposite that, especially days off! I can’t believe it took me this long to try different teas. Better now than never!

Reading the reviews help guide me to the right tea. I have been turned on to so many delightful brews.

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