Builder's Breakfast Brew [duplicate]

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  • “First day back at work (boo!) and I really, really needed a strong, no-nonsense tea to get me going. Having said that, I’ve been here for 40 minutes now and I’m still not properly awake. Nearly two...” Read full tasting note
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Our lovely customers have been asking for a stronger cuppa suitable for shaking the frost off those northern mornings for a while now. So we have listened and blended some CTC (Cut, Torn, Curled) leaves to create a cup that really packs a strong and flavourful punch. And the best bit? All the profits from this blend go to charity. We choose a different charity, with our customers and team members help, each season.

Ingredients: Assam, Ceylon and Kenyan black tea

To brew the perfect cup: 1 heaped teaspoon per cup, 100° water, 4 mins, with milk.

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First day back at work (boo!) and I really, really needed a strong, no-nonsense tea to get me going. Having said that, I’ve been here for 40 minutes now and I’m still not properly awake. Nearly two weeks of lie-ins have made the early start and the whole work thing in general really rather difficult to re-adapt to. Clearly I need to win the lottery, but until then I have this tea.

It’s a CTC, first off. Those wonderful pellets of pure strength that I often overlook when I’m feeling more normal. It brewed up super quickly to a deep red-brown, so I added a decent splash of milk and crawled back to my desk. Here I discovered that it’s strong (very strong) yet flavourful – a good combination if ever there was one. It’s malty in a very thick-tasting, almost chewable way, with some deeper molasses-like notes lurking in the background. It’s very sweet, smooth, and not as tannic as I feared. There’s a hint of caramel and baked bread towards the end of the sip (particularly as it cools), but this one is mostly all about the malt.

It’s not a tea I’d want all the time. It’s not subtle, and there are characteristics I enjoy in black tea that just aren’t present here. For a day like today, though, it’s perfect. Maybe when I wake up, I can see what else I’ve got in my drawer. Until then, this’ll do nicely.

1 tsp, 2 minutes, boiling water. Milk, lots of.

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Boiling 2 min, 0 sec 1 tsp

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