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Cream of Earl Grey (organic) from DAVIDsTEA
70

I… really need to work on how I brew blacks from David’s. It says 4-7 minutes on the package. I brewed it for 6, and, well… the first few sips were nice, but the bottom of the mug in particular was quite bitter. Added milk the second time, and that mellowed the flavour nicely, but I’m still unable to get the bitter flavour out of my mouth.

Hopefully going to brew this again eventually, with a much shorter brewing time. However, as I did follow the directions as written, I’m going to rate it based on my experience anyway. 70 because the flavour was nice to begin with, but I can’t give it higher when the bitterness is what I remmber the most.

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Uniquity
Uniquity 2012-01-20 14:18:58 -0500

I find Davids black teas only need about 3 minutes. I generally throw their recommendations out the window !: )

C-chan
C-chan 2012-01-21 14:38:49 -0500

:) Yeah, I’m beginning to see that. Though, for what I’m doing, I’m steeping it the length they say to see how it tastes the way they’re recommending. And then I can tweak as much as needed!

I tend to stick to the short end of their rec’s these days…..

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A Canadian girl interested in the arts, books, geeky things, and tea. Especially the tea part.

Currently engaged in a challenge to drink 101 flavours of DAVIDsTEA in 101 days (December 1st 2011 – March 11th, 2012).

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