Either this tea is persnickety or I am. In a 12 ounce mug, it isn’t strong enough to suit me. But today was a good opportunity to work with a different water proportion: now that the weather is alternating between “popcorn popper” and “hair dryer,” I’m barely through a tiny cup of hot tea before I switch to iced. In an 8 ounce mug, the scent is lovely and malty, but it’s now abusively astringent. Milk next time.
I thought teas carrying the Royal Warrant were goof-proof. This one reminds me of Henry VIII…can’t make up his mind.
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I caught a summer cold and have probably drunk the most hot tea I’ve ever had during the boiling summer months. I can’t wait to switch back to the refrigerated stuff!

I caught a summer cold and have probably drunk the most hot tea I’ve ever had during the boiling summer months. I can’t wait to switch back to the refrigerated stuff!
As a rule, if I catch a bug in the summer, it’s always worse than the same bug in January! Feel better soon.