Michael Burke

Reviews by Michael Burke

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Harney & Sons Fine Teas

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Mar 2, 2021

Good blends

I visit H&S mostly for their blends and flavored teas. Their fancier single-origins stuff can be found elsewhere for better price and quality, for the most part. Their flavored offerings tend to be good quality, rarely having an "unnatural" taste to them, like some other brands. Most of their standard teas are torn leaf, not large full leaves, which is actually not a bad thing since it makes them more suitable for filling them in my own disposable tea bags that I purchase elsewhere.

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Adagio Teas

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Mar 1, 2021

Decent, reliable

This tea seller is about on par with a company like Harney & Sons. Hit and miss, but a lot of decent offerings. Some of the more fancier, single-origin stuff can be found elsewhere for cheaper, but some are reasonably priced. Their custom blends program is interesting, and they have quite a robust social system, which is also integrated into their CommuniTea monthly "tea club." One issue I have with them, however, is their portioning--often portion sizes will be something like 3oz then the only other option is 1lb. An option in between would be preferable without having to order multiple smaller amounts. Especially since they package in bags and not tins, it should not be an issue.