English Tea Store Loose Leaf, Lady Londonderry Tea Pouches, 4 Ounce

It was easy to order and arrived in a timely. The tea is wonderful. I am enjoying the robust flavor of the tea leaves.

According to my unscientific survery, it seems that guys discover this tea in their college years and then the use drops away and it becomes a bit of a nostalgia item.I always think about it in the fall, as it recalls memories of (once upon a time) burning leaves.My first batch was purchased at a PX store at the Army War Collage while I was temporarily there to "play" WW3. This used to happen every October. We always won, sort of.Twinings bags were what I found, and I still like them the best for casual use, taking to work, etc.This tea is loose and coarse as it should be, and requires steeping to taste.Get one of those aluminum balls and one with enough space to allow for expansion. Running it through a drip tea maker will simply not do it justice. Plus the flavor will stick to the nylon mesh filter and ALL your other tea will be smokey for a while.Good aroma and nice taste. The golden color used to mean high grade leaves, or so I was told.The bag is resealable, but a nice air-tight jar may be better.I'll bet one could write a small book filled with nothing but stories of persons' first encounters with Lapsang Souchang. How may of them involved guys trying to act exotic?Have fun!

it has absolutely no information on it except the words decaf irish tea. I like to read whats in it, and how much. it just came as an ugly beige papery pouch. nothing like the beautiful picture.

I like this tea it is very sweet and flavorful and a beautiful color.

This is a review for English Tea Store Loose Leaf, Versailles Lavender Earl Grey Tea, 4 Ounce.I am a tea connoisseur and brew a pot of black tea in the morning and a pot of herbal/white tea in the afternoon for over a decade. I enjoy trying new teas and look forward to favorite stand-bys and I absolutely adore the whole loose leaf tea process: opening the bag/tin and inhaling the aroma, placing the dried leaves in the strainer for the pot, assessing the color as I pour it into the cup, adding milk and sugar to my black teas. (And, yes, I even enjoy seeing the spent leaves in the compost pile)I burned myself out on Earl Grey a couple of years ago and only recently have returned to brewing it in the morning. I've always like lavender Earl Grey and purchased from this vendor because the price was reasonable. I rarely write reviews, especially negative reviews. I like to encourage vendors with positivity and just "move-on" from a product I didn't like. Unfortunately, this tea was so bad I had to leave a warning.I brewed a pot yesterday morning and wasn't impressed but thought I messed up and left the strainer in the pot too long (I'm fully capable of ignoring a timer and "chasing a squirrel") so I brewed another pot this morning. I tried to gag my way through 2 cups before tossing the rest of the pot. The aroma is wonderful ... But the taste! The brew was *extremely* bitter at 4 minutes. The bergamont flavor tastes like it came from rotten citrus fruit. I had to use 4x the sweetener to make 1 cup palatable; I still have a burning sensation in the back of my throat (which I had yesterday as well). I'm chewing antacids trying to escape the backwash ...It may be related to the changes in taste/smell that some have had with Covid-19 and/or the vaccine. I'm willing to say that. I will be scrubbing my pot tonight and cleansing with a baking soda/vinegar wash. I really really wanted to like this tea ... I'm so disappointed.

Note that this product is nonreturnable, otherwise I would have done so. I was kidding myself, being an optimist, thinking that other reviews were too dated to count. I wish I'd taken it to heart that this tea is (a) weak, (b) powdery—which means low-quality, and (c) very weak on the bergamot flavor, despite the strong scent. I've had excellent double-bergamot flavor and ETS brand does not come up to the standards of those other teas. (I was used to getting STASH brand, but they TRIPLED their prices on Amazon. I'm going to bite the bullet and get STASH from the *STASH website*, and pay the shipping costs.)

I am always happy with teas from this brand. Also, this particular blend is an excellent black tea. The leaves are large enough that it works well with the strainer and does not fall through the screen.

I have previously had lavender tea and Earl Grey. I like lavender black tea for headaches, but it is also enjoyable as my afternoon break. The combination of lavender and Earl Grey is just what I wanted.