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Imperial Breakfast Summer Blend from Verdant Tea

teabird drank Imperial Breakfast Summer Blend by Verdant Tea

That’s the last of this :( I really hope Verdant comes out with a new breakfast blend soon. I love the flavor and the philosophy here: “The sensation of drinking the tea should make you want to start the day.” I am decidedly not a morning person, but this tea always makes them easier.

2012-11-14 10:11:33 -0500

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Amy oh 2012-11-14 12:51:39 -0500

I hate mornings!

Terri HarpLady 2012-12-23 19:15:50 -0500

I still have several cups worth of this that I’ve been hoarding. I kept thinking there would be an imperial winter blend, but I guess not…sigh…

teabird 2012-12-25 23:21:48 -0500

Ooh, jealous that you have some left! Maybe we’ll get a spring breakfast blend?

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Some notes on ratings:

I’d have separate rating scales for tea types if that were possible (probably Black, Flavored Black, Darjeeling/Dark Oolong, White/Green/Light Oolong, and Herbal) because the flavors and quality markers are just too different. A flavored black rated 100 isn’t better than every oolong I’ve ever drunk, just delicious for a flavored black.

Ratings are a combination of my enjoyment and the perceived quality – I do often demote teas a few points for artificial flavorings, small quantity of steeps supported, or weakness of flavor (requiring extra leaf).

I pay less attention to the number than the order of my ratings; I don’t necessarily keep a stock of everything rated 80+, but if two breakfast blends are rated 82 and 84 I consistently enjoy the 84 more.

And in case it’s not obvious? I am not an expert. I don’t even know what I like until I taste it sometimes, but I’m ok with that :) I like learning to like new teas, as well as enjoying the comfort of familiar ones.