Breakfast Blend Tea Bags

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Brand:Fortnum & Mason
Style:English Breakfast
Caffeine:Caffeinated
Region:Assam, India
Loose/teabag:Loose
Product page:Breakfast Blend Tea Bags

This tea's info last updated: Oct. 25, 2013

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.

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Reviewer pic57 Aroma: 6/10 Flavor: 3/5 Value: 3/5
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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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