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I brewed a quart of this today. A friend and I stopped on our way home at the Premium Outlet mall at Albertville MN. One of the stores we checked out was Harry & David, a little shop full of gourmet cookies, coffees, crackers, salsas, packages of soup mixes, bread mixes, cupcake mixes, etc. They had a small section of teas.

I said I wasn’t buying any more tea until autumn, but I lied. There was a sale, buy one get one free. I picked up this one and one called Watermelon Mint. Both are packaged to brew 1 quart of iced tea.

This one is refreshing. I didn’t add any sweetening or other additives. I can’t taste whether or not it tastes like berries, since that surgery was a failure and I never did get any sense of smell. When I went for my third and final post-op check up, I found out I have a sinus infection, and bronchitis. The ENT said that could be preventing air from getting to my olfactory nerve, and when we get the infection taken care of it MIGHT allow me to smell. I’ve given up though. It’s been two months.

Anyway, back to the tea. Served over ice, it is delicious. As it warms to room temperature it gets a little bitter and leaves a slight bitter coating over my tongue that lingers. Obviously, the way to combat that is to drink it quick, before the ice melts. :)

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I love cats. I love alone time. I love sitting indoors on a cold winter night with a book or my knitting while drinking tea. I don’t have a sense of smell, so many of the more subtle flavors of tea escape me. Two of the things I CAN taste are bitter and sour, so any tea that has even a slightly bitter taste is nasty for me. And what others might perceive as pleasant tartness may be horribly sour for me.

I’m also a writer. I love writing, and a mug of hot tea helps me get through the hours sitting in front of the computer. Although I’m a comparatively new tea drinker, I’m jumping in feet first. Feel free to recommend any teas you think I might enjoy.

100-91 – Wowza! I want to keep this tea in the cupboard all the time.
75-90 – Very nice. It would be good to have this tea on hand from time to time.
60-74 – OK. Wouldn’t keep it in the cupboard, but I would drink it again.
45-59 – If a friend served this I would drink it to be polite, but it’s not really my cuppa.
Lower than 45 – Blech. It was too sour or bitter for my taste. Would not drink it again.

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