Harney Sons Black Currant Tea Reviews Summary

Flavor Quality

Pros:

• "The flavor is nice - a balance of matcha and roasted buckwheat."
• "The black currant is one of our favorites. This particular flavor and aroma is very pleasant and soothing, even without a sweetener."
• "The vibrant citrus taste comes through cleanly in their loose leaf satchets."
• "This is the best ginger root tea I have tried so far. If you like strong Ginger flavor you will like this tea."
• "This tea is so refreshing. The flavor doesn’t require any sweetener."
• "Excellent flavored black tea, with subtle hints of vanilla, fruit and citrus."
• "I love this tea it is very uplifting and the blueberry taste is hard to find in other teas."

Cons:

• "I would have given this tea five stars but there is much less dusting of matcha in the tea recently."
• "I'm not sure what went wrong with this blend, but clearly something did. It tastes like medicine or soap."
• "I'm not sure what this tea is, but I know I don't like it. It smells like wet fermented grass, it tastes like wet fermented grass."
• "This tea is advertised as chocolate chai. I was really disappointed. It has a sickening smell but not taste."
• "This tea smells like artificial fruit candy. It is not traditional English black currant tea."
• "The Jasmine flavor is not good. It tastes like a teabag that has been reused."
• "This tea smells horrible and the taste is even worse. Tastes like roots, dirt and decaying debris."

Packaging and Quality

Pros:

• "Tea came cut open. Outside packaging was fine! Cannot use! Or return. Very upset spent $25 on trash!!"
• "This came quickly and is worth the slightly higher price compared to something like Twinings."
• "They are better than Teavana or other brands we've tried."
• "Also best price that I’ve found for this much tea."
• "These 50-count bags are an fantastic value."
• "The sachet that hold the tea are really the best quality I’ve seen."
• "The bags themselves are sturdy, no problems with escaping tea leaves or ripping the bag."

Cons:

• "If I find additional defects in my latest order I will look for a different UK produced 'English Breakfast tea'. Disappointed"
• "The 50-count bag has been in my monthly 'subscribe and save' and I have loved this tea - daily - for years. Until the last two months. :-( Something has changed with either the bag material, or the glue used to affix the paper tag to the bag."
• "It seems that whoever put the glue on the bag where the little tag is connected, that they got a little excited and put too much. When you remove the tag, it puts a hole in the bag."
• "The tea bags are individually wrapped and good for traveling (and for the tea-drinker on-the-go), but they are only good for one use, and the flavor is weaker than a 2nd brew using the sachet."
• "The tea is fine, but the bags are a five mesh plastic which is likely to experience a chemical leaching when exposed to hot water."
• "Some of the bags fell apart when tag was pulled from satchet."
• "I am very very disappointed to find out that Harney, who proudly prints '1% For The Planet' membership on its bags has produced a tea sachet that cannot be composted!"

Health Benefits

Pros:

• "After years of trying to lower it (w exercise, diet and even meds), has NEVER been as low as now....only difference is this tea in diet."
• "Harney & Sons Peppermint tea sachets will ruin you for any other peppermint tea! It smells and tastes delightfully fresh."
• "I have a nervous stomach, and this lovely infusion settles my stomach beautifully."
• "AND def has helped my cholesterol."
• "Always wonderful - Since giving up coffee because of adrenal insufficiency - I have begun drinking a lot of herbal tea and the Harney & Sons Teas in the Sachets are my favorites."
• "Great smooth flavor and really helping with migraine headaches as Doctor thought it might."
• "I had the stomach flu and couldn't keep anything down. This tea did the trick."

Cons:

• "I personally did not care for this, but I drank it straight."
• "I realized the scent was a strong orange--not the usual delicate lemony-vanilla scent I loved."
• "Paris has been my way of enjoying the divine aroma of this kind of tea...This time it's not a 'Paris' I knew...it barely has any aroma, and when a cup of tea is ready, the aroma almost disappears."
• "The chocolate chai tea was one of the most revolting drinks I’ve ever had...I literally threw the entire chocolate chai bag away after one sip of it. Highly do not recommend"
• "This is the first flavored tea I've bought. I normally prefer English Breakfast or Earl Grey. When you open the can (or bag), the aroma is intoxicating."
• "Unfortunately I had to ask to return this item...brewed a couple of cups and they tasted odd..like a chemical flavor or something."
• "This tea is very good quality. I look for flavor when selecting my tea and this has a lot of flavor and I really like the sachet it has the fresh loose leaf taste in a convenient to use pouch."