tea review: black cask bourbon
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spiraliciousTea Month 2025: Tea 2
Tea Review
Name: HT: Unique & Uncommon Tea Blends: Black Cask Bourbon (Smoky Black Tea with Vanilla and Caramel)
Brand: Harney & Sons Fine Teas
Type: black tea blend
Tea bag
Notes:
This tea was gifted to me by a generous person via Holiday Wishes. It is absolutely delicious and I love it. The smokey scent and flavor bring me back to the happy nostalgia bits of childhood, bringing to mind wood stoves, campfires, and pipe tobacco. It is a little intense for everyday drinking, but it's so good.
I also have to give a shout-out to the gorgeous tin the tea came in, which I will definitely be keeping after the tea is gone. It mostly black with copper colored metallic accents and small blue filigree designs. It also includes a lot of tea information including character description of the tea (prominent notes of vanilla, caramel atop a base of smoky black tea. Perfect for sipping slow and steady, as a bourbon should be.), ingredients, brewing instructions, storage guidelines, caffeine content, and the "Mike Harvey's Tea Rating." It rates the tea on briskness - does your mouth pucker?, body - does the tea fill your mouth?, and aroma - does the tea have a robust scent?. This tea got 2/5 in briskness, 2/5 in body, and 4/5 in aroma.
Rate
Appearance: 9
Aroma: 10
Flavor: 9 1/2
Overall Rating: 4 1/2 stars
Tea Review
Name: HT: Unique & Uncommon Tea Blends: Black Cask Bourbon (Smoky Black Tea with Vanilla and Caramel)
Brand: Harney & Sons Fine Teas
Type: black tea blend
Tea bag
Notes:
This tea was gifted to me by a generous person via Holiday Wishes. It is absolutely delicious and I love it. The smokey scent and flavor bring me back to the happy nostalgia bits of childhood, bringing to mind wood stoves, campfires, and pipe tobacco. It is a little intense for everyday drinking, but it's so good.
I also have to give a shout-out to the gorgeous tin the tea came in, which I will definitely be keeping after the tea is gone. It mostly black with copper colored metallic accents and small blue filigree designs. It also includes a lot of tea information including character description of the tea (prominent notes of vanilla, caramel atop a base of smoky black tea. Perfect for sipping slow and steady, as a bourbon should be.), ingredients, brewing instructions, storage guidelines, caffeine content, and the "Mike Harvey's Tea Rating." It rates the tea on briskness - does your mouth pucker?, body - does the tea fill your mouth?, and aroma - does the tea have a robust scent?. This tea got 2/5 in briskness, 2/5 in body, and 4/5 in aroma.
Rate
Appearance: 9
Aroma: 10
Flavor: 9 1/2
Overall Rating: 4 1/2 stars
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Date: 2025-01-19 11:17 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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