drank English Afternoon Tea by Ahmad Tea
2891 tasting notes

Love our little neighborhood—-local constabulary stops to play basketball with the older kids and flash his lights for the younger ones, neighbors speak pleasantly, people drive carefully for around pedestrians and patrons of the ice cream truck, and when you find a tin of tea for a quarter at the citywide garage sale, you can be pretty sure nobody’s trying to poison you.

Actually, I paid the quarter for the tin—it’s adorable, a little red call booth. An ounce of looseleaf in good condition was just a bonus.

I don’t go seeking out tea with bergamot in it. But this, even though I can’t vouch for its age and freshness, is plumb tasty! There’s just enough bergamot to add a happy, lemony little bounce to each taste. Each variety of black tea makes its presence known; maybe a little heavier on the Darjeeling, but the Ceylon and Assam keep it from getting too astringent.

Best 25 cents I’ve spent in a while.

K S

Way to go big spender! If I thought I would find tea, I would let my wife drag me to yard sales.

gmathis

Actually spent three quarters—companion tins of English Breakfast and Earl Grey. Serendipity.

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K S

Way to go big spender! If I thought I would find tea, I would let my wife drag me to yard sales.

gmathis

Actually spent three quarters—companion tins of English Breakfast and Earl Grey. Serendipity.

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