After coming back from entire summer of traveling and not drinking much tea I decided I wouldn’t purchase anymore tea until my stash was half of what it was currently sitting at. Yep that lasted all of 6 weeks. I blame this tea and QTT. I decided to treat myself for my birthday with a tin of this. The tin arrived at the beginning of November and I could not for the life of me figure out how to get the lid off. I took a knife to it, I took my keys to it. I even went out to my work bench at work and grabbed pliers and a screw driver. It turns out I was trying to pry the wrong portion of the lid off. Ooops.
This tea is sooo yummy. The smell always scares me until I take the first sip. The mixture of savory and sweat is perfect. You smell the tea thinking you are going to get this really smokey leathery tea, and then you taste it and the sweetness of it makes all those notes you were sniffing pop in the taste of the tea. I debated getting a 3 pack when I purchased this tin, due to the amount of tea I am glad that I didn’t but this really makes me long for another cup of the Red Tailed Hawk. If anyone out there ever wants to split A&D tins I am your gal. I love all their teas, but 4.4 ouces is always a lot.
oh my gosh, I can’t for the life of me figure out how to open this tin either! how do you know which side of the lid to pry? aahh!