I actually just used this as the base for a custom breakfast blend this morning, but it was so good I wanted to be able to log it! (and didn’t feel like making a custom listing).
I’ve been using this as the base for a lot of things lately, because I have a big bag of it and because it’s a smooth, unprepossessing Assam, mild enough to drink plain but strong enough to give that “black tea” flavor to blends. So, today:
2 parts ML Organic Breakfast (Assam)
1 part LeafSpa Organic Irish breakfast (pure Ceylon!)
1 part Adagio Keemun Encore (…Keemun)
And it’s really, REALLY good. This is the English Breakfast tea that’s been missing from my collection. I’ve been drinking it with a dash of sugar and a good dollop of milk, and I can taste everything I put into the blend. I find Keemun Encore a bit much on it’s own, almost Lapsang smoky, but here it’s just providing that hint of smoky sweet I like in my EBs, and the Ceylon (I have no idea why they market it as an Irish Breakfast, though it is good/strong enough to drink on it’s own) contributes some high notes, and… I’ll stop gushing now. I just wanted to make a note for myself and got a little carried away!
Preparation
People who liked this
Comments
Too bad you didn’t have an organic Keemun on hand:(
Ha, yeah, the two organic teas were kind of a coincidence – there aren’t many in my cupboard :( I console myself that a lot of teas are grown organically but uncertified, and keep waiting for the market to grow.
Too bad you didn’t have an organic Keemun on hand:(
Ha, yeah, the two organic teas were kind of a coincidence – there aren’t many in my cupboard :( I console myself that a lot of teas are grown organically but uncertified, and keep waiting for the market to grow.