A fine tea
The smell of the tea is amazing when you first open the bag. I wanted to fall in love with the tea, after all Gold Rush is my all-time favorite August tea. I found the tea to be not as strong or full bodies as I usually prefer however. I got lots of sweet and somewhat bitter flavors of the orange and smokiness but I was missing the substance of the tea base itself. I made sure to try this a few times in a few different ways before writing the review. At one point I ended up mixing it with Golden Arrow because I didn't have a full scoop left and the more full bodied tea seemed to help balance the flavors of mood indigo. I also tried brewing the tea for longer times with bigger scoops, making sure to get full scoops of tea and not letting the orange slices fill up the scooper, but these methods didn't give the more full bodied result I was looking for.
Don't get me wrong, overall this is a fine tea. Many people may like it who aren't looking for as strong of a base as I prefer, but it's not my favorite August tea.
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