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English Afternoon Tea from New English Teas

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77/100

English Afternoon Tea

Black Tea by New English Teas

A blend of flavour and briskness from Ceylon and Kenya create the ideal afternoon tea traditionally drunk with scones and jam in the middle of an English afternoon.

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adagio breeze
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adagio breeze 2 tasting notes

Admittedly, I bought this tea for the tin – Beatrix Potter characters, plus it was on sale! How could I pass that up?

I’ve made this tea 4 or 5 times now, and it actually stands out from the dozen or so other bagged black teas I have in my pantry. My tea-tasting isn’t very well honed yet, but it tastes… zingier, I guess? Good with or without milk. I won’t be running out of this anytime soon, but when I do, I think I’ll be buying it again.

Made a small pot (2 slightly rounded teaspoons loose tea, ~400 mL boiling water) this afternoon – one cup straight, one steeped ~30 seconds longer with unsweetened soya milk added. I usually take black tea with sugar, but I’m pleased to find out that I like this one just fine without. I had the milky cup with a blueberry brownie, which played nicely off the tea’s citrusy notes.

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CK
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CK 9 tasting notes

This came in a cute London bus tin with a coin slot at the top for re-use as a money box once the tea bags are finished. I like the smell a lot, the bag is smaller than I was expecting so it’s good that I used my small cup. It tastes very good with milk and sugar.

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Stacie Taylor

A nice little afternoon tea—perfect with a touch of honey.