Breakfast Blend Tea Bags
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Commercial Description
This is a robust, malty leaf tea from pure Assam leaves grown in the prized Brahmaputra Valley in Northeast India. The broken leaves make a strong brew with a malty, full-bodied flavour and are much prized at breakfast time.
Ratings & Reviews
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57 Aroma: 6/10 Flavor: 3/5 Value: 3/5Alex Zorach (1448 reviews) on Oct. 25th, 2013
I found this tea interesting in that it is in the English Breakfast style, but is made from pure Assam. The tea bag looks unimpressive--it's just a simple tea bag filled with very finely broken tea dust or fannings.
The brewed cup is not bad though. It's a little darker in color than a typical English Breakfast, with a very clear liquor, and has a rich, deep, dark quality. Aroma is strongly fruity with only a hint of malt...the dominant tone in the aroma is dried fruit, like raisins or dates. I sense a hint of vanilla too, but overall the aroma is flat and lacks complexity.
I steeped 4 minutes.
Very low astringency; the astringency mainly surfaces on the back of the palate, as I drink more of it. I actually would prefer greater astringency for a tea this dark. I think the combination of the low astringency and flat aroma gives this tea a syrupy feel that I didn't like.
Perhaps a step up from the mainstream brands of tea bags in the U.S, but still nothing terribly exciting. Thank you to my friend Selby for letting me sample this one!
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