I got it thrown in as a freebie with my last Harney’s order, so I guess I log it in as well. On a side note, it is the second time that I order loose black Chinese teas there and receive sachets of herbals as free samples. I suspect that they just have some disinterested worker throwing in the same free samples in each order without any attempt at customization. Which is bad and speaks of less-than-stellar operation practices. Incidentally, the free samples that I have gotten at Teavivre or White2Tea always displayed some thought put into it, have been aligned with my order and, unsurprisingly, did lead to my ordering of the sampled tea in larger quantities afterwards.
Anyway, this tea is pretty standard for herbals. Not bad, but not spectacular either. the mint takes the leading role, while verbena adds some heft and an extra dimension. And, as other reviewers mentioned before, the mint is rather muted and not-in-your face – and I actually liked it. Oh, and the sachet is large and potent enough for multiple steepings.
Not a bad choice at all if you are into herbals and mint, which I am regrettably not – despite all the clever wild guesses of the Harney and Son’s order fillers.
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I’ve run into the same issue with Harney & Sons freebies. I have even suspected that they go out of their way to send freebies I’m guaranteed to hate just for laughs. I suspect this because I received a free English Breakfast satchet with an order a couple years ago, tried it, was unimpressed by it, and reviewed it. I then placed another order shortly afterwards. No joke, it came with like three or four free English Breakfast satchets and nothing else.
When I placed a small-ish order with them this year I ordered some Paris tea. One of my three free samples was Paris which I had ordered a loose leaf sample of anyways(4 cup sample.).
Lexie, this takes the cake! I know I should’t complain about the content of the freebies but I like to think that I am part of a certain culture whose members care about tea and about each others. I have this feeling when I order from White2Tea or Whatcha. And it seems that Harney goes out of its way to make sure that my interaction with them is a pure business carried out by a minimum-wage drones. Just like a visit to a Walmart. Can’t say I like that.
eastkyteaguy, that’s an interesting story that you shared. I was always under an impression that online tea vendors give you freebies to expose you to a wide variety of other teas that you may like and potentially order. Sending 4 sachets of the same tea does not make any sense to me. But hey, they have been in this business for a while and may know something I don’t.
I’ve run into the same issue with Harney & Sons freebies. I have even suspected that they go out of their way to send freebies I’m guaranteed to hate just for laughs. I suspect this because I received a free English Breakfast satchet with an order a couple years ago, tried it, was unimpressed by it, and reviewed it. I then placed another order shortly afterwards. No joke, it came with like three or four free English Breakfast satchets and nothing else.
When I placed a small-ish order with them this year I ordered some Paris tea. One of my three free samples was Paris which I had ordered a loose leaf sample of anyways(4 cup sample.).
Lexie, this takes the cake! I know I should’t complain about the content of the freebies but I like to think that I am part of a certain culture whose members care about tea and about each others. I have this feeling when I order from White2Tea or Whatcha. And it seems that Harney goes out of its way to make sure that my interaction with them is a pure business carried out by a minimum-wage drones. Just like a visit to a Walmart. Can’t say I like that.
eastkyteaguy, that’s an interesting story that you shared. I was always under an impression that online tea vendors give you freebies to expose you to a wide variety of other teas that you may like and potentially order. Sending 4 sachets of the same tea does not make any sense to me. But hey, they have been in this business for a while and may know something I don’t.