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drank Paris by Harney & Sons
2201 tasting notes

I found an ancient sachet of this tucked away in a tin of Parisian rose candies and since I ran out of all my other sachets I decided to use it. At the airport again, so I was able to get actual hot water at a Starbucks, but the resulting steep is totally weak still. I guess this is a good illustration of a tea getting old; I should have steeped it longer, or perhaps used two sachets (I do have another ancient one in the tin). Or just toss the rest of them because I have new sachets at home that are super flavorful.

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3 min, 0 sec

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I am tea obsessed, with the stash to match. I tend to really enjoy green oolongs, Chinese blacks, and flavored teas with high quality bases, especially florals, bergamot-based teas, and chocolate teas.

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100-90: Mind-blowingly good, just right for my palate, and teas that just take me to a happy place.
89-86: I really really like these teas and will keep most of them in the permanent collection, but they’re not quite as spectacular as the top category
85-80: Pretty tasty teas that I enjoy well enough, but definitely won’t rebuy when I run out.
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