This is one delicious cup of tea!!!! fcmonroe said in her tasting note that when the aliens come down and ask about tea, this would be a good one to give them – and I think that is exactly the right thing to say about this tea!!!!
It doesn’t scream Irish Breakfast to me – this is more how I thought a really special Ceylon would taste, actually, or some of the super golden tippy Assams I’ve enjoyed. It’s smooth, quintessentially TEA-y, slightly sweet…just a lovely cup of tea. I took it all the way to five minutes since I was adding milk and sugar, and I’m not finding any bitterness and just a bare touch of astringency – taking 30 seconds off the brewing time should take care of that.
This is definitely getting the tin treatment! This is the perfect tea to serve to guests and to prepare for yourself when you are looking for the Platonic Ideal of tea-ness :)
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What number of GM tins is this? And yay! So happy that you ordered the sampler. Too much fun to see you review all of them!
Here is my list so far:
White Persian Melon
Madagascar Vanilla
Special Reserve Irish Breakfast
Vanilla Jasmine
Sugar Caramel Oolong
Kashmiri Chai
…and whatever catches my fancy before next week :) March 1 = tea budget $$ available – huzzah!
Haha, keep going! White Persian is on my list to repurchase and chai as well.
What number of GM tins is this? And yay! So happy that you ordered the sampler. Too much fun to see you review all of them!
Here is my list so far:
White Persian Melon
Madagascar Vanilla
Special Reserve Irish Breakfast
Vanilla Jasmine
Sugar Caramel Oolong
Kashmiri Chai
…and whatever catches my fancy before next week :) March 1 = tea budget $$ available – huzzah!
Haha, keep going! White Persian is on my list to repurchase and chai as well.