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Everything But The Kitchen Sink from Custom

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Everything But The Kitchen Sink

Black Tea by Custom

Well… not really.

One perk as a tea purveyor is that larger wholesale companies send me samples… lots of them. They always seem to send me just enough for one pot of tea, and then just thismuch less than enough for a cup of tea. So, I took several of those small bits of tea, and combined them into my smart brewing device to make this blend.

2 Tasting Notes

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LiberTEAS 2 tasting notes

This particular custom blend is a blend of Nilgiri, Assam, and a high grown Ceylon, along with a few spices that I tossed in, just for fun.

The tea is very pleasant. STRONG. Got a lot of “get up and go” to it. Nice malty backdrop. Smooth transition of flavors. The spices I used (ginger and pepper) add a nice, peppery kick that compliments some of the Nilgiri notes quite well.

This morning, I woke up with a slight sore throat (my hubby has a bad case of a headcold so I’m sure that I’m coming down with it too) so to combat the sore throat, I decided to grab my “Kitchen Sink” breakfast tea which is a combination of small bits of black tea blends from all different companies and brew it, and then add some of my ginger/honey crystals to have a spicy hot soothing cuppa that did WONDERS on my throat. And it tasted good too. I’m glad my tastebuds haven’t been affected (yet) by the cold. Hopefully they won’t!

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