Royal English Breakfast

Full disclosure, I’m not normally one for Breakfast teas.

BY THE BEARD OF ZEUS! THIS IS STRONG!
Wow, wow, wow, wow! SO strong. Smooth. and STRONG. Is this Assam? Seems like it might be Assam… DAMN IT’S STRONG. People really steep this for 5 minutes?

OKAY, LET’S ADD SOME MILK! BETTER! Less strong! More creamy!
Milk was a good choice.

Edit: This review is the result of 7 different cups of black tea on an empty stomach. I’m going to leave it as is to warn about the dangers of writing reviews while highly caffeinated. Oh, the shame.

Stay in school, don’t do drugs, moderation in all things – even tea.

This is another of my tagalong purchases, and I decided to try it out because I have one of those rotten headaches which caffeine and a few moments with my eyes closed seem to help. Nice to pop a sachet in a cup when not feeling at my best.

Stout and delicious! I am surprised how smooth it is for being so robust. I am getting that unsweetened chocolate flavor which I absolutely love. It tastes nothing like coffee, but definitely shares its heft. I do think this would be fantastic first thing in the morning, and with food. I also think this will resteep well – and am going to try that out in a few minutes.

I can also feel my headache easing.

I am so constantly and consistently impressed with Harney & Sons teas, year after year after year!

This was the first “good” tea we ever bought. It was purchased at Barnes and Noble because my youngest daughter pleaded with me for hot tea since we hadn’t had any in a long time and we decided to try something better than the grocery store stuff.

Back when I first bought it, I always took tea with milk and sugar. Every tea. No matter what. Now I still add milk and sugar at breakfast, but that is the only time.

Today I decided to see if I could like a breakfast tea taken plain. I did! I did! Note that Royal English Breakfast is not the same as Harney’s English Breakfast at all. They are very different teas, and if I had to compare this one to another of their teas, I would compare it to Supreme Breakfast, which is really good and a bit heartier on the assam. This was a brunch treat with 72% dark chocolate.

A pretty strong breakfast blend which I find leaves a pretty bad aftertaste. I have a tin in the cupboard which I grab every time I run out of my other teas. It’s not bad, just not great. Full credit to them for being 1% For The Planet members.