I've been purchasing Harney & Son's tea from their website for a couple of years. I know some of their offerings are available in book stores and the like, but I wouldn't consider it a "grocery store brand". I do mostly black tea, so I can't vouch for any of their green or fruit forward teas, but their black teas are amazing. I buy a pound of their 'Earl Grey Supreme' almost monthly. The 'Victorian London Fog' is phenomenal as well. My wife's favorite is their 'Paris'.
Paris is my favorite from them too! I remember their Dragon Pearl Jasmine being great when I tried it, as someone who also doesn't drink as much green tea. The Victorian London Fog has been on my to-try list for a while since I see it raved about so much.
That's a good point as well, I'll edit the post to be more clear - just wanted to make it clear that it's available in grocery stores as well as online.
That was a fun read, thanks for sharing. I'm not so well versed in tea history so what I found most interesting was the little side article about how different tea preparation looked in that time period! It's unfortunate that that matcha-style method of preparation (if I understand it correctly) mainly fell out of favor in China early on due to production constraints. Lucky for us that it found a home somewhere else before doing so.
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