Hmm. Adagio's darjeeling #2 is one of my favorite teas. Admittedly it
has been quite some time since I purchased a sampler of it. The
cannisters that Adagio uses for larger orders are more air-tight than
the ones they use for samplers. I don't know how far in advance either
is packaged.


In article .com>,
"Josh" > wrote:
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> So, it was the darjeeling
> no. 2 and whatever their other formosa oolong is. And let me tell you,
> they weren't just not fresh, they were either very old, stored
> improperly, or both. ...