I recently bought a four ounce tin of the Palm Court blend and I added a taster of the East Frisian. I wish it had been the other way around! This tea is excellent. The Assam flavors really come through and I am a fan of Assam, but the teas that are blended with this add a wonderful interesting flavor! I could drink huge pots full of this tea! I'm tempted to try it with rock sugar and cream, but it's hard for me to get away from just pure black tea and this one has no problem standing on its own.

This is the kind of tea I've been searching for. The tea itself has a flowery aroma, it has good old-fashioned tea flavor, astringent, and brisk. Sweet!

I really like this tea, and I enjoy its maltiness and I really like the Assam flavours that are complemented by the Ceylon and dash of Darjeeling (which I'm usually not that fond of.) This tea is also complemented well by milk and high-quality stevia. However, the only time to drink this tea is during cold weather, which I don't get a lot of where I currently live. In short, I recommend this tea if you like Assam and Ceylon, want something with plenty of body and a distinct aftertaste. But if you live in a warm climate, I would recommend getting only a little bit of this tea at a time, since its flavours only come well during cool or cold days.

Not a bad tea by any measure but not one of my favorites. I may have to adjust brewing temperatures based on other reviews, but I found many other teas offed by H&S that I would rather drink.

Very strong and satisfying to drink. Absolutely wonderful on cold days.

I first tried the 4oz tin of East Frisian blend last winter, 2010-11, which was bitterly cold to note, and I often found myself skipping coffee, even good coffee, to have a cup of this stuff. I did prepare it with half-and-half and raw, crystallized sugar, and it was a sure delight. Got the 1 lb bag this time, so I can reuse the 4oz tin.

This tea has a pleasant aroma and a dark color. It has a nice, full-bodied flavor, with just a very slight hint of dryness or bitterness, which I expect would be absent if steeped for under five minutes. I think the flavor opens up with cream and sugar. This is a very good cup of tea.

I've tried three different East Frisian teas recently, the other two blended in Germany. The Harney blend wasn't the looser, but wasn't the winner either. I had to decrease the brew/steep time as the initial attempt was bitter 195 degrees, 4.5 minutes but the flavor of this tea just didn't excite me.