CBC Radio Blend

Jillian sent this one to me! Because I am in radio I had to try it! :) It’s not to shabby for a bagged tea! I can taste the black tea, the lemon, and a little bit of the jasmine in the background. I agree with Jillian’s comment about picking up a slight sour aftertaste…a little strange, but it isn’t something I cannot deal with…Thanks Jillian! Glad I got to try this one!!!

There weren’t any steeping recs on the box unfortunatly, so I sort of guessed at it. It’s a black/green blend so I didn’t steep it in boiling water. Still, the black tea in the flavour seems to be wanting milk, although I’m afraid that it’ll do horrible things to the green tea in the blend. The jasmine is a nice counterpoint, although I’m not really getting any of the lemon that is supposed to be here too. I’m finding that this tea is a bit astringent for my liking, but I might just need to fiddle with the steeping time a bit.

I’d been eyeballing this tea on the Murchie’s website for ages now but decided a couple of weeks ago to just go for it. Very light and aromatic tea, which I enjoy more in the afternoons rather than the mornings. I’ve noticed that some people have reported a slightly sour aftertaste but haven’t experienced that myself, as I add milk and honey, and tend to steep my green-black blends for a fairly short period of time.

As an aside, I DEFINITELY recommend enjoying this tea with lemon curd on scones. :) The lemon curd really emphasizes the lemon accents in the tea.

Really delicious black tea. The Ceylon and Jasmine come through but the lemon (thankfully) is very slight and does not overpower. Sometimes a touch of bitterness (astringency?) but haven’t experienced this lately. This has become my “default” black tea and my parents have started swapping this in place of their old orange pekoe.