drank Provence by Harney & Sons
3225 tasting notes

My best friend loves white tea. She doesn’t love strong flavors most of the time, although her favorite teas are Blueberry Green from Harney, Hot Cinnamon Spice from Harney, and Chocolate Strawberry Puerh from Lupicia.

Other than these, she drinks milder teas. I got the email for the release of this tea from Harney and informed her right away. It was listed as sold out. I signed up to be notified when it was back in stock so she could try it and very shortly got an email that it was. I let her know and clicked the link. BOOM. Sold out. I signed up again. That night I tried to order it again and it was in stock! I got her tin and decided to revisit the site the next day. Sold out again.

I guess the combination of flavors sounds very appealing to a lot of people or the cocktail recipe I saw in the description must sound really good. I hope this means that they will consider making this available in loose leaf.

The flavors are apricot, lemon, lavender, honey and vanilla. What I taste is the mildest apricot that I have experienced from Harney teas, with zero lavender, a hint of lemon, and a hint of vanilla. I tried making a second steep and combining the two as a sweet tea for Ashman but it was so mild that I threw some fruit and ice in it and made him an “Icee.”

For my friend and myself, I made it hot and we both enjoyed it. After she left I tried to resteep the bags and it was drinkable – a light tea but even milder than the first time around.

Maybe I need to play with it a bit more to make the flavors stronger. Based on how strong their other apricot and peach teas are, I am surprised this is so mild.

It is quite good and I would love to buy it loose leaf if they make that happen, but be aware that it is mildly flavored. No punch you in the face fruit here. I am going to experiment because these flavors sounds awesome for iced tea, but it wasn’t strong enough for Ashman imo.

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