What did the leaf look like? Long, short, curled, straight, powder, etc.?
Lipton only wishes that they were Fruitopia!
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Wow. Iād be pissed.
@SteampunkBanana mentioned capital teaās Earl Grey, so I examined the prices
4 oz-- $17.90 (about 58 cups@ $0.31 )
20 Sachets-- $15.95 (about 20 cups @$0.80 )
K-Cups 12 for $14.95 (12 cups at @1.25)
what a ripoff
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Curled i think? Dunno how to describe it but it looked like little balls instead of loose leaf (or supremely coarse sand, itās chunkier than coffee grains). The blend i currently have looks very much like it, i can take a picture of that if reference is needed. (itās definitely not powdered like matcha).
A delicious, delicious campfire. It is the Lagavulin of tea 
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Ugh. Lapsang souchong. I bought a box of Twiningsā lapsang souchong not knowing anything about it (the box did say it ādaredā me to try this tea). I was not prepared for that day-after campfire stench. I couldnāt even finish the mug. The rest of the box is still sitting in the cabinet at work and every time I open that cabinet I get a whiff of that smoke (despite the individually sealed packaged Twinings uses).
I believe it comes from the same plants as other black teas. Itās bergamot oil that gives Earl Gray its unique flavor.
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Now, I like lagavulin, but not lapsang suchong. I prefer genmaicha which is just a little toasty.
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HOW have I failed to link this in the thread?
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If we, for the sake of argument, admit the contrafactual assumption of ārule of lawā; Iād be inclined to say that this would appear to skate merrily past ādeceptive advertisingā and straight into the exciting world of commercial fraud and misrepresentation.
Thankfully we will, no doubt, be spared the chilling possibility of any consequences whatsoever arising from it.
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Surely even the abhumans who produce advertising materials would know not to use a graphic design clearly intended to sell either probably-carcinogenic āair freshenersā or medically inadvisable āfeminine hygiene productsā to advertise a beverage?
I mean, apparently not; because we have evidence to the contrary and all; but how do you make a mistake like that?
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Why not the other way round?
You got suckered Mark.
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I think I had something like that once. I felt bad making any more after the guy in the next cube survived an apartment fire.
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Starbucks tea is terrible. Shockingly, they sell the same terrible tea in England as they do in the US, but even more stale, after being shipped from Washington state.
I thought I spent too much when I got some very posh Earl Grey from the the Brothers Marriage in Paris, but that stuff was a steal compared to that Starbucks āteaā!
Danedar means āgranulatedā in Hindi (thanks, Google Translate!) and Tapal (if itās a word, not a surname) only showed up as Indonesian for āpoulticeā(!), so I checked for Indonesian granulated tea and basically only found Alibaba links (most of which werenāt even to any type of tea). There are lots of stock images if you search for āgranulated black teaā, but none I saw connected to a website that provides any info.
But I think thatās what youāre talking about: granulated tea. They definitely sound smaller than Dragon Pearls.
Have you tried Celestial Seasoningās Fast Lane? It has added caffeine, I think itās up there with coffee. A coworker remarked that it smelled like cake.
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Little balls are usually called āpearls.ā If it was a black tea, perhaps it was a black dragon pearl? Jasmine and white pearls also are common, and I think Iāve seen Darjeeling pearls at at least one place.
Could use a couple āfat freeā āgluten freeā etc badges slapped on there.
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