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drank Anniversary Blend by Harney & Sons
2816 tasting notes

I’ve been having problems sleeping this week, I seem to keep waking up at 3 am for some reason. Part of it could be due to the fact that I’m getting older now but I think my lifestyle could use a bit of revamping and I’m thinking about cutting caffeine out after 12 pm again.

In any case, I am tired this morning so I needed this! The anniversary blend came in a large 7 oz tin and is a mix of ceylon and assam. This blend is very smooth but perhaps a bit brisk and slightly bitter for me, which I assume is due to the assam. Some assams are so mellow I could drink them straight but evidently this is not one of them. I needed soymilk in this tea to make it drinkable for me. Not destined to be a favorite, which is too bad since I have a lot of it now!

I will certainly finish off the tin someday. Might try steeping at 3 minutes instead of 4 to see if I like it better that way.

Preparation
Boiling 4 min, 0 sec
ashmanra

I just give it three minutes.

TeaBrat

good to know. :)

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ashmanra

I just give it three minutes.

TeaBrat

good to know. :)

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