These tea leaves are very dark, and small. It brews up a lovely dark, reddish brown and is fantastic with milk and sugar – just as an English Breakfast should be!
I was very happy when I first tasted it. It was very smooth on the tongue. It has a bit of smokiness, but it’s not strong – and it’s almost a sweet smokey, with not astringent taste.
Most English Breakfast teas are a blend of teas, but I had a hard time discerning what might have blended into this tea until I went to the website to read about it. To my great surprise, it is a pure Assam tea!
I like Assam teas very much, but they are often quite smokey, and usually too smokey for my husband’s taste. However, he enjoyed the two cups of tea I brought him this morning!
Here is how Octavia Tea describes their English Breakfast:
Our traditional English Breakfast is a single-estate Assam tea from India with a bold, bright, full-bodied flavor. Rich in protective antioxidants, this classic tea is the perfect companion for early mornings.
English Breakfast yields a rich, reddish-brown infusion and has an assertive, well-balanced flavor with lots of body. If you like a strong, classic black tea, this one’s for you.
It is a very classic tea, strong, bold, but I must again emphasize smooth! I tend to prefer my breakfast tea to have some, or a lot of Ceylon blended in it, but I could drink this English Breakfast every morning!
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