Scottish Breakfast (Loose Leaf)
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Commercial Description
Blended to suit softer Scottish waters this lively tea has enough depth, strength and liveliness to start the day and is perfectly balanced with a long, piquant after-taste.
Brewing Instructions: (from Edinburgh Tea and Coffee Company)
1 teaspoon, 3-5 min.
Ratings & Reviews
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67 Aroma: 7/10 Flavor: 3/5 Value: 3/5Alex Zorach (1453 reviews) on Oct. 26th, 2011
Dry leaf is obvious CTC, finely broken. Upon brewing, however, I am more impressed with this tea. Brews an opaque light brown color, light in color for a black tea of this strength and body.
I recommend a 1 minute infusion, as this tea infuses very quickly.
Very full-bodied tea, rich and heavy. Aroma is complex: deep and malty, but with some high-grown character, tones of rice, wintergreen, and citrus. Flavor is not terribly bitter, but unusually sour. I dislike the sourness, but I found the complexity of the aroma pleasing. I'm not familiar enough with the Scottish Breakfast style of tea to say how this compares to others, but I will say it was an interesting change of pace from traditional English Breakfast teas--noticeably different.
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