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Thanks to Ysaurella I know now that this tea might just well be Dammann Frères after all. I´m not a huge green tea fan, but I somehow seem to like it more 1/in Summer, and 2/ cold in iced tea. This year, I started using Tibetan secret, then I finished off another green tea (with banana), and now I´m using Jardin vert. I make a pot of tea, let it steep for an hour or longer, fill a bottle and put it in the fridge…and it´s part of my summer tea routine : I take water with my meals, but when it´s too hot, water is “boring” and I have cold tea. All three teas I used this year are green, flowery, and doesn´t go too grassy or bitter when steeping this long.

The tea I have at home (and I bought it in a tea shop in Pau, France) isn´t from Dammann Frères (as far as I know), but the blend in the picture really looks like it, and the name is the same as well. After I finished the tea I was using for my summer ice tea, I needed another one and this works perfectly. A bit dryer in the mouth but nonetheless very refreshing.

This afternoon, I felt like sipping this tea, and once again, even if it doesn´t represent the teas I tend to like, I quite enjoyed it. Red fruits present but don´t overwhelm, just a nice cuppa.

very neutral, and actually not too bad, but that doesn´t mean it´s OK, if you understand me here ;-) The usual stuff they put in the tray of the hotels where coffee and tea facilities are offered.

This isn´t Earl Grey tea, it´s more like a lemon tea…but unfortunately still about the only tea available (apart from the yellow label tea) in standard snack bars. No way I´m buying this one!

Very nice for an aromatised tea. It´s fragrance is really wonderful, but this doesn´t disappear completely when steeping the tea. As I adore rhubarb, I bought this tea when visiting the Coffea shop in Saumur. The taste reminds me a lot of a good Marco Polo tea, so it will be a firm favourite summer tea of mine.

today´s morning cuppa : while writing a letter to a friend who lives at the other side of the world, I enjoyed Russian Morning No.24. Nothing spectacular on the taste buds which was a good thing when writing the letter ;-) Another good thing : no bitterness when forgetting about the mug for a while.

from yesterday afternoon :
This time I rate it a bit higher, because I enjoyed it as if it were a pure Marco Polo (caramel black tea). The citrus fruits once more get lost during the brewing process, which is a shame, according to me.

Had another cup of this one this afternoon. I might rate it a bit higher this time, as I enjoyed all of it, although I had it steep quite long before drinking it. A shame the bergamot doesn´t really end up in the final taste, but still OK.

My summer iced tea this year, and I´m beginning to see the bottom of the packet, so I most likely will need to pick another tea I have in stock for future iced tea.
I like particularly that I can leave the tea in the pot for hours without it turning the iced tea bitter, so I can have the tea steeping overnight, put it in the fridge in the morning and have a batch ready for lunch.