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Old Sep 11, 2013 | 6:25 pm
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Originally Posted by freecia
Who else asks to smell the tea bin before purchasing ?
Always.

Interesting how smell and taste don't always correlate. A high grown Ceylon often smells like fresh lawn clippings in the bin but both smell and taste mutate into something completely different in the pot. Hard to describe the taste, but it no longer smells like I just mowed the lawn.
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