Additional notes: So I ordered EIGHT ounces of this from a shared order that Yssah did a while back. (thank you!) Yes, eight ounces is a lot of tea for me, since I love my small samples with only a few teaspoons each… or two ounces of the same tea at the most. But I LOVED the other sample of Paris I tried. But this one isn’t quite the same as the other batch. It doesn’t have quite as much of a buttery, pastry, berry flavor. It seems a bit off… a bit tangy. I remember Yssah said Harney was taking a while to mail the order since they were waiting for a few ingredients and had to make some of the teas fresh. So I think they might not have let the tea sit a while, since they didn’t want to wait to mail it any longer, so the flavor isn’t quite the same. My guess! I heard from 52Teas that a tea might taste better after airing it out. I don’t want to air out my full eight ounces, since I’m paranoid about dust or bugs or moisture getting in the bag, but I put a teaspoon in my infuser and had it out for about 24 hours. That seemed to help the flavor a bit but it still isn’t quite the same. How sad! I still love this blend, just not as much. It just shows how even different batches of the same tea can be so different.
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ruh roh. I just noticed Harney “liked” this tasting note. Maybe they have an explanation for the flavor change?
I think you are spot on to notice the differences between batches. Harney and Sons flavored teas are still made (by industry standards) on a small scale, so there’s some inevitable differences, especially year to year. This is due primarily to the changes in base tea every season (we try to keep things as fresh and consistant as possible, but seasonal weather in the growing regions make it challenging), as well as any hiccups in blending/flavoring, which which I am personally less familiar.
-RA
I didn’t think Harney was that good… that they’d be able to control the weather! thank you so much for the response and reading my tasting note.
ruh roh. I just noticed Harney “liked” this tasting note. Maybe they have an explanation for the flavor change?
I think you are spot on to notice the differences between batches. Harney and Sons flavored teas are still made (by industry standards) on a small scale, so there’s some inevitable differences, especially year to year. This is due primarily to the changes in base tea every season (we try to keep things as fresh and consistant as possible, but seasonal weather in the growing regions make it challenging), as well as any hiccups in blending/flavoring, which which I am personally less familiar.
-RA
I didn’t think Harney was that good… that they’d be able to control the weather! thank you so much for the response and reading my tasting note.