Gurman

According to my last entry for this tea, I’ve had it for at least 5 years aaaaaaand SIPDOWN! It feels like a slight cheat of a sipdown because I tossed half a serving of the crumbs at the bottom of the tin, but you can’t make a good cup out of that and that’s the story I’m sticking to.

This has been a solid tea to have in my cupboard and I have enjoyed it, but it doesn’t stand out enough in the sea of malty breakfast teas to buy more. I wouldn’t turn down a cup, but I wouldn’t go out of my way to source one either. In the malt I can find notes of light tobacco towards the end of the sip. It holds up well to the addition of cream to tone down tannins. It’s a decent tea.

Holy hell this is brisk! I wanted a kick in the butt this morning and this tea was the right choice for the job! It was so full on that I opted for cream and sugar, which seemed fitting for an Irish breakfast tea. It’s so good. Very malty, the cream takes the edge off the brisk, the sugar brightens it all up a bit. I’m really enjoying this cup. I do enjoy having a good breakfast tea in my cupboard. I long ago finished up my MF French Breakfast, so it’s nice to know I have this to reach for instead. I think this was one of the two teas I double bought in Ireland (remember back when we could travel internationally? :(… ) because the company does two different brand names for it’s teas sold through other retailers vs. what is sold in their tea shops. Glad I like it enough to have it around for a while!