25 Tasting Notes

drank Florence by Harney & Sons
25 tasting notes

Chocolate and hazelnut has always been a favorite flavor combination of mine. I mean, who doesn’t love Nutella? This is basically that: a Nutella tea.

Okay – it doesn’t quite have the flavor of Nutella – but it’s close. While Nutella is distinctly hazelnut-y, Florence from Harney & Sons has more of a generic nuttiness. I wouldn’t necessarily call it hazelnut flavored and definitely not almond flavored. If you served it to someone who didn’t know what it was, they would detect the chocolate/vanilla flavor of it for sure and probabaly also the nuttiness of it, but I doubt they would call it out as “hazelnut”. If you then told them that it’s hazelnut, they would probably be like: “Ah, that makes sense now that you say it”.

The dry leaves smell chocolatey, nutty and vanilla-y, and all the flavors translate into the brewed tea both on the nose and in the mouth, but they are more subtle now exactly as you would expect. The nuttiness of it makes me think of their SoHo blend which is flavored with coconut instead of hazelnut, but I think I prefer Florence. In fact, this might be my favorite of all the H&S chocolate teas.

The tea base of Florence is a mild Chinese black tea like the majority of Harney’s flavored blacks. It doesn’t interfere with the added flavors – in fact, it’s pretty difficult to taste the flavor of it behind all the chocolate, vanilla and hazelnut flavors. But then again, if I wanted to have the flavor of tea, I wouldn’t choose to drink a flavored one…

All in all, Florence is a lovely and decadent dessert-style cup of tea and a great one to try out if you want a chocolate flavored tea with a little something else – in the form of hazelnut. It’s probably also a good one to try if you love Nutella since Florence has a similar flavor profile to that famous Italian chocolate-hazelnut spread.

Flavors: Chocolate, Hazelnut, Nuts, Nutty, Tea, Vanilla

Preparation
Boiling 5 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 12 OZ / 354 ML
Martin Bednář

I don’t like Nutella. Actually, I rather hate it. It is too sweet and sticky for my taste. Sorry!

Courtney

I’m with you Martin! But I have found an alternative that’s much less sweet and I quite enjoy it (though not all the time). :)

Andreastt

Martin Bednář: To each their own! But I think the majority of people like Nutella. At least here in Denmark.

Andreastt

Martin Bednář: Yes, it’s very sticky and sweet. As long as you like the flavor of chocolate and hazelnut by themselves you probably will enjoy this tea. The tea doesn’t have any of the sweetness and stickiness of Nutella obviously. Only the flavor.

Andreastt

Courtney: Sounds nice. I have tried a few cheaper alternatives to Nutella, but most of them aren’t as tasty as Nutella. I also tried a hazelnut spread recently that was like Nutella but it contained no cocoa. Like a white chocolate version of Nutella. It was outstanding, but I can’t remember what it was called. I think it was a German product.

Courtney

The white chocolate sounds interesting! Since we’re vegan, we had to find a variation and I’m quite thrilled we did since it is a nice treat to have.

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drank Scottish Morn by Harney & Sons
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I’m back on Steepster again!

So the American Harney & Sons website recently started shipping to my country, Denmark, which is great news since I now get to try a lot of new teas from H&S that were previously unavailable to me (the European website has only a fraction of the teas that the American website has). However, it’s not so great news for my wallet :P

Anyway – Scottish Morn is one of the ones I have always wanted to try. It’s a blend of mainly Assam CTC with bigger leaves of Assam and Ceylon, and it’s one hefty cup o’ tea! It will definitely wake you up and slap you in the face in the morning!

This tea’s aroma is kind of muted. You get that classic malty Assam black tea flavor and not much else, but that is to be expected from a tea of this style. It’s not a tea you should get if you are looking for a complex and highly aromatic tea. The appeal of it is its body, strength and briskness and it’s a 5/5 in all those aspects. The briskness and body is right up there with some of the strongest teas you can get (like Yorkshire Tea for instance).

It’s actually similar in flavor to H&S Irish Breakfast tea, which consists of small broken Assam leaves instead of CTC pellets. But this Scottish Morn tea is, due to being CTC, even stronger in terms of body and briskness but also a little less aromatic than their Irish Breakfast tea.

It has some bitterness as well without being too bitter. I add a good splash of whole milk which is in my opinion the only type of milk that can stand up to this tea. It makes it nice and creamy and tames the bitterness and briskness a little. The color of the tea before you add milk is a dark, dark reddish brown. It almost looks black in my tall Harney & Sons mug. Once you add milk, it becomes a dark beige with a noticeable reddish hue. As dark as a cup of coffee with milk but with a reddish tint.

All in all, this is the perfect tea if you are looking for a very strong, malty and plain black tea to get you going in the morning. This is one I will definitely reorder when I run out – no doubt!

Flavors: Astringent, Bitter, Brisk, Malt, Malty, Tannic, Tea, Thick

Preparation
Boiling 5 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 12 OZ / 354 ML
Cameron B.

Welcome back! :D

Andreastt

Thank you, Cameron :-)
I have bought a few new teas from Harney & Sons recently, so I will be posting reviews regularly for some time.

Michelle

I find this is a good travel tea to ward off the jet lag!

ashmanra

Welcome back, and such exciting news about Harney Tea!

Martin Bednář

Welcome back! Always happy to see European members around!

Andreastt

Michelle: Sounds great! For me, it’s definitely a morning type of tea, but I think it would be nice in the afternoon also with some scones, clotted cream and jam or with Scottish shortbread. Although H&S Scottish Afternoon would make more sense in that case because of the name.

Andreastt

ashmanra: Thank you so much! Yeah, it’s exciting that I now have a lot more Harney teas to choose from. I already want to place another order. I would like to also try their Mango Black, Boston, Palm Court, Russian Country, Special English Breakfast and Kenilworth Ceylon among others. Maybe also Apple Cinnamon. Any experience with those?

Andreastt

ashmanra: And AOH Hibernian Blend

Andreastt

Martin Bednář: Thank you very much! Yeah, it seems like most people here are either American or Canadian :)

Nattie

Welcome back! (:

Andreastt

Nattie: Thank you so much! I appreciate your comment :)

ashmanra

I think I have tried all of those at least once with the exception of AOH Hibernian. Boston and Palm Court have been repeat orders, Kenilworth was good as I prefer the lower grown Ceylon’s, and Apple Cinnamon was enjoyed by those who like cinnamon Red Hot candy. I don’t like really spicy things so it was not a favorite for me, but I think most people like it.

Andreastt

ashmanra: Thank you very much for the comment and the info. Good to know. Keep in mind, I am talking about their regular Apple Cinnamon flavored black tea, not the Hot Apple Spice which is very much like Hot Cinnamon Spice (not my favorite). It’s too sweet and a little too much like cinnamon gum to me. Do you think the regular Apple Cinnamon is like this too? According to the ingredient list, it just contains ground cinnamon and cinnamon pieces, no artificial cinnamon flavor like in their Hot Cinnamon/Hot Apple Spice teas.

ashmanra

Ah, then I have not had that one! Sounds like I should order a sample!

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An Earl Grey with floral lavender and vanilla. What’s not to like? I actually don’t think I have had a tea with lavender before. Maybe I have had a herbal tea before but definitely not a black one.
It’s supposed to evoke the aroma of a London Fog, a beverage that consists of Earl Grey tea with steamed milk, vanilla syrup and sometimes lavender, so the ingredients in this tea definitely make sense based on this. I don’t know what makes it Victorian, though. According to Wikipedia, the London Fog beverage was invented in Vancouver, Canada in the 1990s, not during the Victorian Era like H&S claims.

The dry leaves smell mainly of bergamot and lavender. In my opinion, there is barely any vanilla here. If I focus really hard, I can perhaps detect a little bit of vanilla, but the bergamot and lavender are the two strongest aromas by far and they are about equally strong. The bergamot is possibly slightly stronger.

The steeped tea smells mostly of bergamot and lavender like the dry leaves, but the lavender is stronger now and the bergamot more subdued. The vanilla is there as well but it’s very faint. The vanilla flavor is not nearly as strong as in their other vanilla flavored teas like Paris, Tower of London, Florence etc.
There is something about the herbacious lavender that makes this tea smell a little like hay or chamomile to me. I don’t why.

When you taste the tea, you clearly get the bergamot and lavender. The vanilla is once again very subdued. I don’t know if the vanilla is supposed to be this faint – maybe I got a bad batch. I guess I will find out when I reorder it.
The black tea base is pretty strong, just like the tea base in their other Earl Greys (EG Supreme and EG Imperial). I would say medium to full-bodied in terms of tea strength.

All in all, this is a scrumptious Earl Grey with strong, herbacious and floral lavender notes and a touch of vanilla. It’s very, very good and is an excellent morning cuppa.

Flavors: Bergamot, Citrus, Floral, Hay, Herbaceous, Herbal, Lavender, Tea, Vanilla

Preparation
Boiling 5 min, 0 sec 3 g 10 OZ / 300 ML

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This is VERY similar to Harney & Sons Paris. Like Paris’ twin. I am not sure if I can taste any difference to be honest and I don’t really get any honey flavor from it. It’s probably there but I have a hard time differentiating between the vanilla, caramel and honey flavors that are in this blend. They all kind of blend together into one thing. But I want to say that out of those 3 flavors, I can taste the caramel and the vanilla about equally and honey the least. The most prominent of all the flavors in the tea is the black currant, though. I also get some bergamot – more than in the Paris blend, I think. Black currant, caramel and vanilla are the primary flavors all in all, though – just like with Paris.

I want to say that Tower of London is more fruity (black currant/bergamot) while Paris has more vanilla and caramel but I am not sure if that is accurate. It says something about stonefruit flavors on the tin which I can’t really taste.

The black tea base tastes the same as the one in Paris, i.e. a medium-bodied and smooth Chinese black tea without much astringency or bitterness.

All in all, this is an incredibly delicious tea from Harney & Sons that’s almost identical to Paris. I can’t really say which I prefer, but if I had to choose I would probably choose Tower of London by a very small margin.

If you already have their Paris blend, I can’t necessarily see the reason to also get Tower of London and vice versa. They are that similar.

Flavors: Bergamot, Berry, Black Currant, Caramel, Citrus, Fruity, Tea, Vanilla

Preparation
Boiling 5 min, 0 sec 3 g 10 OZ / 300 ML
Evol Ving Ness

I’m looking forward to hearing what others have to say about the difference between the two.

ashmanra

I concur – If I had to choose just one, it would be ToL.

Andreastt

Thanks for the comment, Evol Ving Ness! As you can tell, I find them to be quite similar. I just took a whiff of both the dry leaves of Paris and Tower of London and they smell quite similar, but I get a little more bergamot in Tower of London than in Paris, I think. It’s been a year since I broke the seal on my Paris tin, so the smell has diminished a little, so my comparison is probably not 100% accurate, but I do remember how it tasted when it was brand new. The smell of the dry leaves of ToL reminds me of Big Red soda a little bit. I just did some research and it turns out Big Red is flavored with citrus and vanilla which are two of the ingredients in both of the teas.

Andreastt

ashmanra: Same with me, although the difference is so subtle I would be more than happy to have either of them in my cupboard. I can’t get ToL in loose leaf here in Europe, so a reason for me to get Paris again would be that I can get it in the loose leaf version.

Evol Ving Ness

Hmm, why can’t you get T of L in leaf form there? Curious.

Andreastt

Evol Ving Ness: It’s not available on their European website, unfortunately. ToL is one of their more popular teas so I don’t know why. We don’t get quite the same selection here in Europe as you do in the US/Canada. It’s still decent though and better than some other North American tea brands who do not do business in Europe at all (DAVIDsTEA for instance). My guess would be that the European website only has about 25% of the different varities of teas that are on the US website. Their US website ‘harney.com’ does not send to most of Europe which is a bummer.

ashmanra

Tower of London used to be available only in the Historic Royal Palaces tin in sachets. I “requested” it (begged shamelessly for months) and Mike Harney commented on Facebook that if I would DM my address he would send some loose if I didn’t mind buying a whole pound. I requested three pounds to split with friends if it wouldn’t be any extra trouble, and people who saw the comments started asking for some. Mike graciously said, “I hear you. Here is a link and we will just make it available loose to everyone.” It became so popular, they started selling it in smaller amounts loose leaf as well. I have had great customer service from them.

Evol Ving Ness

Our Canadian distributor also has only about 25% of what they offer. The TOfL was only available in the tiny tag along sachet tins.

I then ordered directly from the US, with high shipping fees, and got all the things.

All this global difference is indeed a bummer. Thankfully, each region has stars of their own.

Andreastt

ashmanra: Thanks for sharing that. So you could argue that you are the reason Tower of London is available in loose leaf. How long ago was that?

Andreastt

Evol Ving Ness: Yes, it is a bummer. But it’s understandable since a brand like Harney & Sons is an American tea brand, so they are naturally going to have the most customers in the USA and therefore have a better selection there compared to in Europe where much fewer people know the brand. Being from Europe, I didn’t discover Harney & Sons via their own advertising or via people I know, but actually right here on Steepster back in 2011 or early 2012.

ashmanra

I see a review from eight years ago where I mention that I finished my tin of sachets and had my one pound bag, so it has been quite a while! Around the same time, Florence was only available as four ounce tins or pound bags, and a few of us campaigned for 8 ounce tins, and they gave it to us! They do seem to listen to what the customers want.

tea-sipper

I notice and like the differences between Paris and ToL… though I admit they are subtle differences! But I think both are cupboard essentials for me.

Andreastt

ashmanra: Thanks for the information. Harney & Sons is a great company!

Andreastt

tea-sipper: Nice to hear that both are cupboard essentials for you. I love both as well. What have you found is the main difference between the two?

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drank SoHo Blend by Harney & Sons
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A Mounds bar in tea form! So delicious and decadent. It’s kind of similar to the chocolate and hazelnut flavored Florence because of the creamy nuttiness of the coconut which is not too far off the flavor of hazelnut. The dry leaves smell like chocolate, coconut and vanilla. There are pink amaranth petals in this tea which is pretty but they don’t add any flavor to the tea. The chocolate, coconut and vanilla all come through clearly in the steeped tea which is a medium-bodied Chinese black tea. The coconut is especially noticeable in the aftertaste. This tea really tastes like a Mounds bar. I think it would be delicious to drink it with coconut milk to give it even more coconut flavor. So far, I have only tried it with regular milk and I like to have it with a Bounty coconut cookie you can get here in Europe (Bounty is what Mounds is called in Europe).

This is a very decadent, dessert-style tea and probably the most decadent I have had from Harney & Sons so far.

Flavors: Chocolate, Coconut, Tea, Tropical, Vanilla

Preparation
Boiling 5 min, 0 sec 3 g 9 OZ / 275 ML
ashmanra

I don’t remember trying this one. I will have to throw a sample in my cart next time.

Andreastt

Good idea! I would be interested to hear what you think about it. I really enjoy it!

MadHatterTeaReview

I’ll definitely need to order a sample of this one! Sounds quite lovely.

Andreastt

MadHatterTeaReview: I hope you will like it. I would love to see a review of it on your YouTube channel or a review here on Steepster!

MadHatterTeaReview

I’ll add it to my cart on my next H&S purchase. I’m so behind on my YouTube channel, but there’ll be more to add there soon. I’ll probably review here and there :)

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A delicious, strong Earl Grey. This has a stronger bergamot aroma than their Earl Grey Supreme and the tea base seems to be slightly stronger as well and perhaps a little maltier and not as floral. It’s so strong it’s instantly leaving brown stains on the inside of my white Harney & Sons mug. I like to drink this tea with breakfast and with a good splash of milk.

So far I have tried 3 blends from Harney & Sons that I would categorize as “Earl Greys” (EG Imperial, EG Supreme and Victorian London Fog) and they have all had considerably stronger tea bases than Harney’s other flavored black teas. Is this accurate or is it just me?

All in all, this is an outstanding Earl Grey with a lot of bergamot flavor and a strong tea base to back it up. It’s wonderful and possibly even better than their Earl Grey Supreme in my mind.

I will definitely repurchase this one when I run out. What an incredible Earl Grey this is!

Flavors: Bergamot, Brisk, Citrus, Citrusy, Earl Grey, Malt, Tea

Preparation
Boiling 5 min, 0 sec 3 g 10 OZ / 300 ML
ashmanra

I am not a huge fan of bergamot, so Earl Grey Supreme is my favorite of those three with this one maybe in second or tied with Victorian London Fog. I also like Diamond Jubilee which is basically EG Supreme with a little grapefruit flavor added.

So glad you are enjoying these!

Andreastt

Thanks for the comment, ashmanra! I thought I didn’t like Earl Grey at one point because I had mainly had bagged Lipton EG which is terrible, but after I have tried all the high quality Earl Greys that Harney makes, I can safely say that I love Earl Greys. Victorian London Fog is excellent as well. A little lighter on the bergamot than EG Imperial, I think, and with the addition of lavender and a little vanilla. I have not tried Diamond Jubilee but it’s probably very tasty. It sounds like it’s similar to a Lady Grey. Is it mainly bergamot or mainly grapefruit? Or are they equally strong?

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drank Indigo Punch by Harney & Sons
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The first thing you notice with this tea is its beautiful color; it’s deep indigo blue with a purple hue. It looks stunning. Apparently, it changes color depending on the hardness (amount of minerals) of the water you brew the tea in. Where I live, we have very soft water and when I brew the tea, it’s a deep dark blue with a purple hue. More blue than purple.

The dry leaves smell mainly like raspberry. I can’t really smell much besides that. It’s a kind of blue raspberry/candy-like raspberry smell.
When you smell the brewed tea, you get more of the lemon and lemongrass coming through and when you drink the tea, you can taste even more of the lemon and lemongrass flavor along with a slight honey note. The candy-like raspberry flavor is still primary, though, but the lemon and lemongrass is almost as strong. There is a very mild acidity at the end of each sip because of the hibiscus but it’s not overwhelming like some hibiscus teas. The body is watery and thin but that’s to be expected from a herbal tea, and there is barely any briskness either.

Overall, I recommend it if you like the idea of a blue/purple colored tea and would like to try a herbal tea flavored with raspberry and lemon. I am not a big fan of herbal teas in general, but it’s pretty good for a herbal tea.

Flavors: Blue Raspberry, Fruity, Hibiscus, Honey, Lemon, Lemongrass, Raspberry

Preparation
Boiling 5 min, 0 sec 3 g 9 OZ / 275 ML

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This is how I imagine vanilla ice cream would taste if it were a tea. The vanilla flavor is so deep and creamy. It does not have any of that fake vanilla flavor that is used in cheap ice cream. It smells very much like a vanilla bean you just scraped the seeds out of.

In the dry leaves, I get that pure, natural vanilla bean aroma mixed with something that smells a little like apple. So it sort of ends up smelling like an apple puree with vanilla which is very nice.

It’s the same with the brewed tea; I get that natural vanilla bean flavor and apple-like flavor both on the nose and when I drink the tea. Since this tea is decaffeinated, the tea flavor itself is very muted and softened, so I can barely taste any tea underneath the vanilla flavor, which is apparently a Ceylon base. Because the tea flavor is so light, it makes the vanilla flavor stand out, which is nice. Due to the decaffeination process, the body of the tea is also kind of watery and weak – I would call it a light-bodied tea with almost no briskness. This isn’t negative, it’s just an inherent trait of a decaf tea. But the thick, creamy vanilla flavor balances out the light body of the tea base.

I highly recommend this tea if you are looking for a decaf vanilla flavored tea, or just a vanilla flavored tea, period, since the decaffeination process doesn’t make this tea worse in the slightest.

Flavors: Apple, Caramel, Cream, Creamy, Custard, Red Apple, Sweet, Toffee, Vanilla

Preparation
Boiling 5 min, 0 sec 3 g 9 OZ / 275 ML
Courtney

I haven’t seen a note on this tea in a while! It reminds me of when Angrboda was looking for the perfect vanilla tea.

Andreastt

Thank you for your comment, Courtney. Do you know what her thoughts were on Vanilla Comoro, if she has tried it?

Courtney

I actually went back and looked, but she never did a review on this one. Her perfect vanilla tea became Fru P’s Vanilla (https://steepster.com/teas/fru-p-kaffe-and-the/35889-vanilla).

Andreastt

Thanks for the info, Courtney. I have not tried that one or even heard of it before. I guess I could give it a try but I have so much tea already!

Courtney

Haha yes, I know what you mean. The shop is in Denmark, so perhaps easier for you to try. I inquired about ordering with them, but the shipping was too expensive for me (at least a couple years ago)!

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drank Passion Fruit by Harney & Sons
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As promised, a black tea flavored with passion fruit. I don’t think I care for passion fruit flavored teas, at least not this one. It’s not bad, I just don’t have the desire to reach for it when I have 20+ teas that are much better.

The dry leaves have a strong, acidic and tropical passion fruit smell. So strong that it almost hurts my nostrils for some reason. The passion fruit smell in this tea comes across to me as being kind of floral, almost like ylang-ylang or something, which I don’t really like.

The steeped tea has a strong and acidic passion fruit smell too, but obviously not as strong as the dry leaves. The floral smell I don’t really care for is still here.

In the mouth, you get a strong passion fruit flavor first and foremost, along with that floral note, once again. The tea itself is medium-bodied, but for some reason it brews to a lighter brown than most of my other black teas from Harney & Sons.

I don’t have much else to say about this tea. It’s a black tea flavored with passion fruit that comes across to me as being floral which I don’t particularly like. It’s not necessarily bad but not really that good either.

Flavors: Floral, Fruity, Passion Fruit, Tea, Tropical, Tropical Fruit

Preparation
Boiling 5 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 9 OZ / 275 ML
ashmanra

I also didn’t love this, especially after I tried a better one. I guess I don’t have a need for passion fruit tea on shelf, and if I recall correctly it was one from American Tea Room or Capitol Teas that had truly lip smacking flavor.

Andreastt

Thanks for your comment, ashmanra! I am sorry not to reply in a timely manner. This is the only passion fruit flavored tea I have tasted and as you can tell, it isn’t my favorite. I don’t think tropical fruit flavored teas are among my favorites in general. I prefer stonefruits, berries and citrus fruits when it comes to fruit flavors. I do, however, absolutely love Harney & Sons Caribe which is flavored with guava. I will post a review soon.

ashmanra

My daughter LOVES Caribe! I look forward to your review!

Andreastt

That’s good to hear! Thanks – I will post a review within the next few days.

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This is pretty similar to Hot Cinnamon Spice. It’s Hot Cinnamon Spice with a twist. The predominant flavor is the hot, sweet cinnamon which reminds me of cinnamon flavored gum. The apple is there in the background both in the dry leaves and in the brewed tea but it is not very strong. The apple flavor is like that of apple cider or apple juice. It is not a fake green apple flavor. The apple flavor kind of mellows the hot cinnamon flavor to me, so the cinnamon is not quite as strong or sweet as in Hot Cinnamon Spice.
There is also a flavor in this tea that makes me think of honey for some reason, which really isn’t something I have experienced with Hot Cinnamon Spice. It must be the cinnamon and apple flavors combined.

The orange and cloves which are also supposed to be in this tea are not very noticeable at all.

The flavor of the black tea is completely lost in the sweet, spicy cinnamon flavor and apple flavor. But I would say that the tea itself is medium-bodied. It’s not a bad thing that the tea flavor itself is completely covered up, since it isn’t the point of this tea.

If you love Hot Cinnamon Spice and love apple flavor in tea, then I would definitely give this tea a try. I am not really too keen on the sweet, hot cinnamon flavor that both Hot Apple Spice and Hot Cinnamon Spice has, since I don’t like sugar in my tea. It’s nice once in a while as a change of pace, but I wouldn’t like to drink either of them on a daily basis. The sweet, spicy cinnamon flavor is just too overwhelming for that.

I prefer Hot Cinnamon Spice but not by much.

Flavors: Apple, Artificial, Cinnamon, Honey, Spices, Spicy, Sweet

Preparation
Boiling 5 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 9 OZ / 275 ML
Cameron B.

I agree with you on these sweet cinnamon teas – not something I drink often, but they can be nice as a sort of treat every so often, especially in the colder months. :)

Andreastt

I agree with that. They can be a nice change of pace once in a while during the colder months especially, but I honestly prefer my tea not to have this overpowering sweetness, most of the time. I currently have a half full 4 oz. tin of Hot Cinnamon Spice that I have had for a year and a 2/3 full tin of Hot Apple Spice that I have had for 9 months, so I don’t drink them that often as you can tell. I will maybe buy a tin of Hot Cinnamon Spice some time again, but I doubt I will be buying Hot Apple Spice again.

ashmanra

I gave someone a cup of Hot Cinnamon Spice once (I find it too spiced and too sweet0) and she said, “It tastes good but it has too much sugar in it.” It took quite a bit of convincing before she believed that neither I nor Harney had added any sugar!

Andreastt

Thanks for sharing that anecdote! Yeah, it’s amazing that it can be so sweet and not contain any sugar. The sweetness only comes from the cinnamon.
I just had a cup of Hot Cinnamon Spice with a Danish pastry. It was delicious with the pastry, better than Hot Apple Spice, but I prefer a regular unsweet black tea most of the time.

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My name is Andreas, I am from Denmark, and I am 26 years old.

I am a lover of fine teas and my favorite tea brand at the moment is Harney & Sons – which I discovered via Steepster back in 2011 or early 2012, but first tried in January of 2021.

I have been drinking high-quality teas since 2009, when I was thirteen. The brand that made me appreciate quality teas was Kusmi Tea – which I still love. But since then, Harney & Sons has taken the number one spot for me, and it has become pretty much the only brand of tea I drink on a regular basis.

I prefer black teas, or blends of black and oolong – both flavored and unflavored – and dislike most herbal and fruit teas.

I usually don’t care for green teas or white teas, either.

I enjoy most of my teas with a splash of milk and without sweetener.

I mostly review and rate teas I love because I think that’s the most fun, and because, most of the time, I buy teas I know I am going to like.

Favorite flavors:
Citrus – bergamot, lemon, orange.
Sonefruits – peach, plum, cherry, apricot.
Berries – black currant, strawberry, raspberry.
Dessert flavors – chocolate, caramel, vanilla.
Nuts – hazelnut, almond.
Spices – cinnamon, cloves, ginger.
Tropical flavors – coconut, guava, pineapple.
Herbacious flavors – peppermint, spearmint.
Floral flavors – lavender.

Not so favorite flavors:
Very acidic hibiscus, whiskey flavor, overly artificial flavors, extreme sweetness.

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