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First of all, I am not a big tea drinker so I may not be the best judge of taste for a product like this. But I do enjoy a cup of hot tea from time and time and this really hits the spot. It's very easy to use with the Senseo coffee maker (IF you have the tea insert for it) and I would highly recommend to anyone wanting to expand the use of their Senseo machine.
I have a black & Decker pod machine. This works great in it. Good tea.
But you might enjoy better. The quality was excellent, however, there is a slight mint flavor in the tea, which is not really common to an Earl Grey.
It always turns out great. One day I got an email from Amazon about these pickwick tea bags.
I got these cause I like making tea in my senseo by putting two bags at a 45 degree angle to each other. When I got them, I tried them right away.
They only had two varieties, Earl Grey and Peppermint. I tried the Earl grey because I wasn't sure I wanted 120 bags of peppermint tea.
All in all, I like the product, but probably will stick to my $0.99 cent 100 tea bags from Walmart. I did NOT purchase the teapod holder for my senseo, I just carefully placed the pods in my small holder instead (FYI).
Earl Grey is one of my favorite teas, but I am totally disappointed with this one. No local stores had the tea either so I also spent a lot for the case and now I'm saddled with 119 pods I don't want. It tastes of fake lime to me, like they added some lime jello or something. FYI the tea pods ( 2.25") are smaller than the coffee pods (2.75"), hence the different T-pod holder, which also has a chamber on the underside, perhaps to channel the tea so it has less contact with surfaces that the coffee may have flavored.Anyway, the only way I could get the t-pod holder for the base model was the senseo website. Too bad I didn't get them from Amazon, who might take them back.I discovered that I can perfectly well make tea in my Senseo by carefully tucking any tea bag in the pod holder, smoothing it and folding back any edges that extend where they might break the seal. It has worked for me in both the single coffee and tea holders.
This tea isn't bad, it just made (to me) a weak cup. I used the recommended "T Pod" holder and it didn't make a lot of difference either.You can save yourself some money and use a tea bag instead. I tried it and wish I had thought of it in the first place. I got the same result but at least I didn't pay extra for it.
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