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The first time I tried this tea I wasn’t a fan. Too astringent and bitter. I got brave today and tried it ,again, but with a much shorter brewing time. I tried 3 minutes instead of 5 and I can’t believe the improvement. This tea like Golden Monkey smells so much like honey but you don’t really taste it so much. I found it much more palatable as it cooled and it also has a mildly sweet afternote that I missed the first time. I was able to drink it black and really enjoyed it. Bravo assam! I am looking forard to another cup.

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ashmanra

I just bought Mokalbari Golden Assam from Harney and Sons and was looking for some other teas from that estate to compare it with. How funny that I find your review! Apparently I had not seen it before. We may have been together when you bought this!

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ashmanra

I just bought Mokalbari Golden Assam from Harney and Sons and was looking for some other teas from that estate to compare it with. How funny that I find your review! Apparently I had not seen it before. We may have been together when you bought this!

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Grew up in Texas, lived and worked in Australia and New Zealand for a year. Now I am back stateside and living in Oregon. I drink most any kind of tea but blacks are my favorites.

“Tea is the taste of my land: it is bitter and warm, strong, and sharp with memory. It tastes of longing. It tastes of the distance between where you are and where you come from. Also it vanishes—the taste of it vanishes from your tongue while your lips are still hot from the cup. It disappears, like plantations stretching up into the mist.” Little Bee (Chris Cleave)

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