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drank Earl Grey by Bigelow
485 tasting notes

Did I think it would taste good? No.

Did it taste good? No.

Kind of drinkable with a bit of cream. I taste crummy, earthy black tea. Not astringent, perhaps just because the water from the hotel wasn’t boiled – cooler than that for sure. Not a whole lot going on. I can see the Bergamot oil on the surface, but I can’t taste much of it. Used two teabags in a ~16oz thermos.

Why did I drink this? Shut up, I’m roughing it in a hotel. ;)

Hoálatha

You poor thing! Bring travel gongfu next time!

Matu

Oh, I was when I was traveling for weeks/months at a time, but this was just a 4-night stay. Didn’t feel like packing it all up. I definitely brought some good tea to Western, but saw these and got morbidly curious :D

I do need to make a nicely compact travel gongfu kit though.

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Hoálatha

You poor thing! Bring travel gongfu next time!

Matu

Oh, I was when I was traveling for weeks/months at a time, but this was just a 4-night stay. Didn’t feel like packing it all up. I definitely brought some good tea to Western, but saw these and got morbidly curious :D

I do need to make a nicely compact travel gongfu kit though.

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