Lestrade Blend

I have to admit that I am a huge Tumblr and Sherlock fan. I’ve been wanting to try some of these blends for a very long time. This was the only Sherlock specific tea I ordered at the moment; but I do plan on more in the future. I have to say the first thing that I thought when I opened this was “mmm manly!”
This first cup will be without milk/sugar as I usually take my tea. This brews up far darker than I would have at first expected. The first sip of this was very interesting! The nut aspects are totally there. It has a certain smokey-ness to it that was pretty enjoyable. I think that this is a pretty nice blend. I think something about it screams “wake up blend.” I think that this tea is much more strong than ones I normally choose for myself, but nevertheless it is excellent. I think that this is a perfect “character tea.”
I must admit that these Adagio teas are very excellent for the price/amount. I am very pleased with the quality of flavor I’m getting from these. I’m going to be trying this tea with milk/sugar tomorrow just for reference.

This was one of my favorite blends from this Adagio fandom series. It has great sturdy flavor and stands up well to multiple brewings. It’s smooth. I can’t detect hazelnut as a separate note.

It smelled stronger than expected and appeared darker than expected. Again a mix of things I’d never tried before, I liked the second cup better. And as always, I added a bit of sugar to it to counteract the kind of smokey, nutty tastes. I may add a little milk next time too. Overall it’s not bad. Not good for my sweet tooth cravings, but good for just a strong tasting, “solid” tea.

This truly is a very manly tea— not to mention the perfect character tea for Greg Lestrade. Hazelnut and pu erh taste wonderful together, deliciously earthy and nutty, and gunpowder green tea rounds out the flavour nicely.

This is the manliest tea of all time. I brewed it way too long this time so I’ll halve the time next time, but with cream and sugar it’s still quite nice. Plain I felt like it was going to make me grow a beard, it was so manly! This tea makes me think of being out all day in the pouring rain, getting soaked to the bone, and then getting back to your log cabin, changing into soft, dry clothes and having a warm, strong cuppa to wake you up and warm you up. Incredibly comforting. Love love love.

First time I drank this tea, I was testing Cara (the one who made this blend) AND SHE PASSED. Lestrade definitely would taste like this if he was turned into tea. Seriously. The second you open the pouch, it’s screaming Lestrade.
Slightly smoky and musky flavour, but oh it was good.

This tea is a very full tea. It’s got a great scent, a lot of flavor, and leaves you feeling like you’ve just had a meal. The gunpowder and the pu erh dante give this tea a really great smoky, rich flavor, while the hazelnut brings it down and lends it a homey scent and taste that makes it comforting as well. It’s very much a BAMF tea, but a BAMF that likes its muffins. I think it would lend itself well to whatever you wanted to try with it, be it honey, lemon, cream, sugar, whatever. But personally I think this makes a smashing cup without any frills.

The only downside, and this is pretty much exclusive to me, is that black tea tends to give me a stomach ache, and I can already tell that this is strong enough to cause some problems if I drank more than one cup in a couple hours. But if you’re not affected by such things, then no worries!

I love how when you add milk and sugar- as I do to black teas- it gets very hazel-nutty, which you can’t taste without them. A very good wintertime, cozy drink :)