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Leadenhall Street Breakfast Blend TB02 from Upton Tea Imports

gmathis drank Leadenhall Street Breakfast Blend TB02 by Upton Tea Imports

I’ve magnanimously said in the past that there isn’t a black tea that I don’t love, but I may have to recant. This blend, I guess, takes more fine-tuning than I want to devote to a morning tea. Smells just like I want a breakfast tea to smell; it’s fruity and starchy on top; but at the base is a bitterness that stays on the back of your tongue.

But if you like your breakfast blends at monster strength, here you go.

2013-01-05 09:02:35 -0500

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TheTeaFairy 2013-01-05 10:13:37 -0500

I am also a black tea super fan! Find it really hard not to like one :-) But if astringency turns to bitterness, I’m out!

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Somebody asked me once when I became a tea junkie; I think it dates back to college when I needed caffeine for a 7 a.m. class but chose not to do coffee. My favorite teapot is a medium-sized Brown Betty given to me by my Mema; the painted flowers are chipping off, but the size and feel is perfect. I rejoice when I get a morning to brew a pot of loose tea starting with a kettle; not a bag and a hot pot.