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drank Marquis de Gris by RiverTea
424 tasting notes

If you like Earl Grey, you owe it to yourself to try this tea.

I received my first Rivertea order today. I ordered mainly because of the 50% coupon that went around a couple of weeks ago. I didn’t realize when I ordered that the tea was coming from Germany because the shipping was so reasonable.

The presentation made me feel like I was opening a present. I opened the outer box, and there was gift paper folded over (like you do tissue in a clothing gift), sealed with a “Happy Brewing” sticker. Inside that, the teas were nestled in festive, multicolor packing peanuts. Instead of just bags, the teas were in cardboard cylinder type “tins”, then inside sturdy zip loc bags inside that. I liked that, because I can pull the bag out, enjoy looking at how pretty the tea is, but it lives in something that blocks the light. There were three samples tucked into the box, in sturdy little green opaque zipper bags. They all appealed to me, so I felt that they were handpicked based on my order instead of randomly thrown in. I am looking forward to trying them. Also in the box was a glassine envelope hand tied with a piece of red curling ribbon. Inside that envelope was a green felt leaf. I have no idea what it’s for. It’s big enough to use as a coaster, except that there is a piece cut out of the middle that suggests it’s for something specific.

Anyway, on to this tea. It’s so pretty! Very colorful, like confetti. Smells amazing. And tastes good to boot. I had never had a mango variant of EG, but I really loved this. Every time I took a drink I was making audible “mmm” sounds. My husband thought it was funny. I drank it in record time too. Usually I linger over a cup of tea (and this is an 11 oz cup, not a small one) but this was gone within 10 minutes.

Stephanie

Sounds nice :)

Christina / BooksandTea

I’m really curious to see what this felt leaf thingy looks like. Can you post a picture?

In my order, my little goodie was a bamboo spoon with a very shallow, wide bowl.

MzPriss

Well it’s a cute little leaf thingie

Marzipan

They emailed me and said it is indeed, a coaster. But I can’t figure out the cut out middle part – doesn’t that defeat the purpose?

MzPriss

You would think so yeah

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Stephanie

Sounds nice :)

Christina / BooksandTea

I’m really curious to see what this felt leaf thingy looks like. Can you post a picture?

In my order, my little goodie was a bamboo spoon with a very shallow, wide bowl.

MzPriss

Well it’s a cute little leaf thingie

Marzipan

They emailed me and said it is indeed, a coaster. But I can’t figure out the cut out middle part – doesn’t that defeat the purpose?

MzPriss

You would think so yeah

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