Paris

I feel like the odd man out with this tea. When I first found an interest in loose leaf teas I came across recommendations for this one quite often. Everyone seems to rave about it. After trying it (well, after buying a full tin) I have to admit it’s a little lost on me. It’s perfectly fine, but not something I would choose if there were other options available. I find it quite astringent, and the bergamot is absolutely indecipherable. It’s all berry and vanilla to me. I’ve been mixing it with Earl Grey just to use up the tin and have found it’s very nice that way, but I don’t think I will be making a second purchase of this one.

This is one of the teas that the bookstore I work at stocks without fail, so I decided to do some ‘research’ so I could make good recommendations to the customers (that’s my story and I’m sticking to it). ;)

I’ve always found that Harney & Sons manages to straddle the line between putting out a high quality product but at the same time still being affordable and accessible even for those not well-versed in tea knowledge. This tea is good example – it’s refined with the sweet caramel and creamy vanilla flavours but at the same time the hint of tangy bergamot is familiar (just about everyone has tried earl grey at some point in their lives). I could see this tea becoming a staple in my cupboard.

Am in need of a good comfort tea today…><
This tea always is good to calm me down a bit. But I’m gonna need a wholeeee lot of it today 0_0

Taking a wee little break from tasting all of my new Kusmi teas and relaxing with this. From all the first-time notes I’ve been writing the past couple of days, it’s nice to just sit back and sip without thinking too hard about the flavor profile. I’m having it with sugar and whole milk this time around, and I think next time I try this I might do two sachets if I’m going to put milk in.

Do any of you lovely people have a good method for making hot or cold tea lattes? Please share if so, I have several teas I would like to try this way! :D

Oh my goodness, where do I begin?

This was the first tea that blew me away with it’s warm aroma with hints of vanilla and caramel. Yet the taste is nothing like it! It’s a masked with a dark fruity taste. It’s bold and delicious and goes down smooth.

I’ve been on a major flavoured tea bender this week and this has been a trustworthy companion. When I’m trying to save some WP’s Golden Orchid, I drink this and it almost makes me forget about the other one for a bit.

I’ve been working my way through Harney and Sons offering, and I would say this is my favorite of their selection to date. Easy and smooth.

With a name like Paris I thought this tea would be an Earl Grey but reading the description it’s more of an Earl Grey with a big twist. Caramel and vanilla tones and light bergamot, sounds interesting. Not sure it’s my idea of Paris but at least it’s black tea based and will suit me well this afternoon.

Raw tea is sweet and perfumed with high vanilla and bergamot tones, which actually smell very nice together.

I put a small piece of rock sugar and a drop of milk into this tea, was in the mood for something sweet and creamy so hopefully it will suit the flavours.

Flavour is different from it’s scent, berry is the strongest flavour which was a complete surprise as I didn’t smell any at all. With the berry is a cocoa, dark caramel flavour with only a hint of vanilla/cream in the after taste. It’s too different to be lumped in with Earl Grey so it’s not what I thought it would be at all, that can be good and bad.

A nice tea but it’s just not for me, not a huge berry fan and while this is pleasant enough for me to drink my pot full I would by no means think of re-stocking this in the future.

Cold brew for the afternoon…and finally, sipdown! It took me a decently long time to get through the 4 oz tin. It was always an enjoyable, fruity and crisp black tea blend to have around, but there are many more to explore, so I’m not in a hurry to restock.

How many teas do I really love enough to want to stock 4 oz (or more) at a time? That is the question…

Just not feelin’ this one like I used to. It’s definitely still and excellent tea and one that used to be my second favorite black tea, but lately I am just not that into it. I think it’s the bergamot.

Today I steeped it lower than I do at home and I forgot about it while it was steeping, so it got a bit bitter thanks to user error… but the smell is just way too strongly bergamot for me right now. I drank every bit of it, because honestly it’s still a great tea even when I’m not in the mood for it.