I recently made my annual trip to Harney & Sons' tasting room last
weekend,, and picked up some:

Goomtee FTGFOP1 (2nd Flush) Darjeeling
Harishpur FTGFOP1 (Full-Leaf) Assam
Organic Rooibos
Hand-rolled Sencha (Uji)
Organic Pussimbing Silver Marbles (white Darjeeling)

The Goomtee Darjeeling is really fruity, with the gingerbread
spiciness I expect. Not too astringent, with a pleasant lingering
sweetness/bitterness.

The Harishpur Assam is delicious, but I haven't made any in a few days
(when I oversteeped it :-P), so I can't really describe it fairly just
now. As I recall, it withstood the oversteeping admirably, though.
;-)

This is the first time I've tried Rooibos. It had none of the
tea-like body or astringency I was expecting from descriptions. It
has a markedly tobacco/vanilla/cherry/spice nose, and is surprisingly
sweet. It probably would ice well, but is so delicious hot that I
doubt I'll try it.

I haven't made the white or greens yet, since I caught a cold right
around the same time I bought them, and don't want to waste them
before my sense of smell returns to its full acuity.


N.