Pride of the Port

I received a sample of this from Serenity, along with her high recommendations for this tea! I have been waiting for the perfect moment to make a cup, and with today’s dreary weather and two unwatched episodes of Downton Abbey on DVR this is that moment! I had to give my little Chihuahua some allergy medicine, and our Greyhound is on pain medicine after her dental cleaning, so they are both sound asleep next to me and the house is nice and quiet at last! :)

This tea is really good! I followed Serenity’s instructions for 2 tablespoons of tea and also added some milk and sweetener. It is a nice, strong black tea with a slightly florally-sweet note. It leaves that black tea aftertaste in my mouth, which is just perfect. I think that after a cup of this tea I will be rejuvenated enough to get some more of my english homework done, yay! This is definitely an ideal tea to start the day with, and so onto the shopping list it goes!

-Dry blend is a mixture of black, brown and green colored leaves.
-Dry blend smells malty and a little floral. Tea liquor aroma is malty and musky-floral.
-Tea liquor is a dark brown color.
-Strong, mouth-filling flavor. Slightly astringent. Delicious malty finish.
-Best with milk and sweetener.
-Very good tea. Rich and robust. Very satisfying as a morning cup.

This tea is such a favorite of mine I can’t even give it a proper review: I just love it. Sweet, malty, and delicious, I’ve even made up a song about this tea. Yeah, I’m that dorky.

The more I drink this blend, the more I like it. And I really liked it a lot with the first sip, so that’s saying something.

It’s a pretty delish tea with some nice complexity to it: a good, smooth flavor but overlaid with a bit of maltiness. None of the flavors in the cup overwhelm the others; they all work together to make a pretty wonderful cup of tea. I can see this becoming a regular in my cupboard, though I have the feeling it will never stay there very long!

A neat reddish brown color with little scent. It’s a Medium strength black tea – pretty even steven – not bad

A chilly day makes me a very sad person. I would much rather have sunshine and blue skies. After a lunch with the family, I came home with the search for the perfect tea to chase my cold weather blues away. Pride of the Port just seemed to be so fitting.

The color of this tea is beautiful. It is somewhere between a cranberry and brown color. Its smell lead me to believe it was going to be a very astringent tea. It has the scent of a very strong black tea from a bag. However, it tastes so much better!

It tastes smooth and rich. I was pleasantly surprised that it was not at all bitter. I enjoy a good cup of unflavored black tea and I think this might be my favorite so far. Would go so well with a shortbread cookie.

Improves with milk. I’m guessing at the steeping time, but it doesn’t seem too sensitive to timing.

I didn’t like this tea. The description sounded good, but it had fruity notes, not fruit flavor, but notes and I just didn’t like it. I think I just prefer darker black teas.

This is one of my favorite teas, introduced to me by a friend who bought me some when I had a tea party. It is close to an assam tea but has flavors that come out very well when drunk with milk, and I love black tea with milk. You should steep it well, and after a couple of months it becomes just a dark black tea.

A very solid, medium-body tea. I came to Pride of the Port with high expectations, and was a bit disappointed at first – not as rich a cup as I thought I might get. Over time, though, my appreciation for Pride has grown, and I find that it is a fine breakfast tea.

Good tea but I have had better breakfast teas that are significantly cheaper too.

My first experimenting tea from Peets, and it definitely did not let down; The flavor was good, but the aftertaste was slightly dry…I think.