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ashmanra drank Queen Catherine by Harney & Sons

Just tasted this one side by side with Irish Breakfast by Harney and Sons. I like this one better than Irish Breakfast. It is a little milder than IB but has lots of flavor. This is similar to a really good English breakfast tea. Not astringent, but with that heady tea flavor that goes up into the nose via the back of the throat – a little smokey. This will be my new go-to tea for breakfast. A keeper! My daughter, who prefers Irish breakfast most of the time, was quite delighted with this tea.

2010-04-03 15:43:19 -0400

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ashmanra 2010-04-04 00:33:35 -0400

A friend just hit the nail on the head. This tea is a bit smokey, the word I was looking for and didn’t find! Not as much as a lapsang souchong, but definitely smokey, perhaps because the tea Queen Catherine had would likely have been somewhat smokey, as the Dutch often drank it that way.

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I am a music teacher and homeschooling mom who started drinking loose leaf tea about three years ago! My daughters and I have tea every day, and we are frequently joined by my students or friends for “tea time.” We have learned so much history, geography, and culture in this journey.

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