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Eric Northman, tb from Adagio Teas

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79/100

Eric Northman, tb

Black Tea by Adagio Teas

Description
Eric Northman is a character from Charline Harris' books and HBO's TV Show True Blood. He is a leader of the Vampires and this is the tea that defines his taste. Also look for the other TruBlood Teas in this series below.

Created by: Robert Pirlot
Contains: strawberry, blackberry, caramel

4 Tasting Notes

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Didn’t like this as much as I had hoped I would. It is Eric Northman, after all. He can stir the cold cockles of my queer butch heart.

My first cup was waaaaaaay oversteeped, at two minutes. It was too bitter to taste like anything in particular. The second cup was correctly steeped, but I still wasn’t too impressed. The black tea base was underwhelming, and the berry tastes weren’t very bold. All in all, it was a mediocre cup of berry black.

aisling of tea
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aisling of tea 3 tasting notes

Man, I over steeped it…that’s what I get for trying to talk and steep tea at the same time. Still, I can see the potential and look forward to a not-so-bitter cup. I’ll rate it next time.

Edited to add: Thanks for letting me try it, brandy3392! I look forward to a cup not ruined by my absentmindedness ;)

I love this tea. It’s creamy and full of berries…it’s what I want Earl’s Garden from DavidsTea to be. I’m beginning to discover how much I love berry black teas. Somehow, they’re just so juicy. This tea always brings a smile to my face. The berry really pops.

Managed to steep this one correctly, yay! It still tastes a bit bitter, but I think that’s due to my being unused to black teas, I’ve been staying in the white/rooibos/herbal area of things. It’s very tasty, though, I can see it becoming a regular wake-up tea for me! Thank you so much, brandy3392!

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