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drank Fruits d'Alsace by Harney & Sons
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Ok, epic fail here. and I don’t even think it’s the tea, necessarily.

Last night, I decided to go buck wild and do a cold-brew of this. First attempt at a cold brew ever. No one was going to stop me!
So I put a few tsp of leaf into a mug, popped it into the fridge, and pulled it out about eighteen hours later. It didn’t taste bad, but it didn’t taste good, either. Here were my problems.
1) I don’t like cold drinks. Like ever. If I could have all my drinks (other than those that are meant to be hot) at room temperature, I would. This includes pop and juice, and also includes all four seasons—I don’t like ice-cold drinks ever. So that was like a million percent of the problem.
2) I couldn’t get out of my mind that this was a hot tea, and that tea isn’t supposed to taste cold ever. I didn’t grow up drinking iced tea, so just the whole concept felt really strange. besides, this tasted like little more than slightly flavoured sugary water, and I just couldn’t get behind it. so I dropped it like it was cold and that was the end of that. A few of you are getting samples of this, and that’s how I’ll finish the tin! woohoo!
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Nxtdoor 12 years ago

yeah, i’m struggling with this tin too.

Yvonne 12 years ago

I’d be glad to try it :)

keychange 12 years ago

I hear ya, nxtdoor. And yvonne, you’re getting lots of this LOL

Dexter 12 years ago

Awwww – that makes me sad – I LOVE this. :((

keychange 12 years ago

Oh dex, would you like some of this, then? You’re welcome to it!

Yvonne 12 years ago

Yay :D Thanks!

Dexter 12 years ago

Thanks keychange but I have TONS of it, share with others who haven’t tried it. Sometimes I just think everyone should love EVERY tea that I do – it’s just a little sad that someone doesn’t love it. Thanks for the offer but I’m good. :))

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Nxtdoor 12 years ago

yeah, i’m struggling with this tin too.

Yvonne 12 years ago

I’d be glad to try it :)

keychange 12 years ago

I hear ya, nxtdoor. And yvonne, you’re getting lots of this LOL

Dexter 12 years ago

Awwww – that makes me sad – I LOVE this. :((

keychange 12 years ago

Oh dex, would you like some of this, then? You’re welcome to it!

Yvonne 12 years ago

Yay :D Thanks!

Dexter 12 years ago

Thanks keychange but I have TONS of it, share with others who haven’t tried it. Sometimes I just think everyone should love EVERY tea that I do – it’s just a little sad that someone doesn’t love it. Thanks for the offer but I’m good. :))

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