Irish Breakfast - Extra Fancy

You are not seeing this post. This post does not exist because I am totally working on writing and totally not posting on Steepster. If you can see this post, you need to get your eyes checked. Cause it ain’t here.

That said, TeaEqualsBliss sent me a sample of this when we swapped earlier and I can’t really remember why I rated it so low, but I gather that I rated it that way in comparison to the Adagio IB which I can’t currently remember what tastes like, so I’m not going to tamper with the rating.

I used 50% more leaf for this pot because I thought I could finish the sample off that way. Turns out the sample was larger than I had expected and now I’ve only got an estimated amount of leaf left for half a pot. By the time I discovered that, though, it was of course too late to do anything about it.

The tea actually carries the extra strength quite nicely. I can’t tell in the flavour that it’s stronger than usual, and reading my previous comment on it, I still completely agree with myself.

So evidently what we’ve got here is a pretty forgiving blend, which kind of surprises me a little considering that it must surely have Assam in it, and in my experience you can call the Indian blacks many things, but ‘forgiving’ generally isn’t one of them. It’s possible that the Assam aspect is a bit more astringent this way, but it’s not something that really mars the flavour on the whole.

I’m looking forward to seeing how the Irish Morning Blend from A C Perch’s hold up to this and to Adagio’s equivalent.

Back to work (HA!) for me, and remember, this post does not exist, it isn’t here and I never wrote it.

I’m so glad it’s finally cool enough to start my mornings with a cuppa, and this has been a longtime favorite. It wakes me up without making me jittery. I really, really love this blend.

So much yum. Another day of work, another big cuppa this. I’m thinking about resteeping the leaves to make a second cup to take to work, I meant to do that yesterday and forgot. I just want to crawl into this tea forever.

I’m finding I’m a huge fan of strong, basic blacks. Not unflavored, but ones like Irish Breakfast or Orange Pekoe or Cranberry Autumn. They just make me happy inside, moreso than most heavily flavored blacks, where the taste is more the flavor of the flavoring, and not the flavor of the tea. Hmm.

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

I really do adore this tea. It wakes me up, it’s strong and smooth, and just plain beautiful.

Took this in to work to prepare for my first teaching session, where I taught someone how to put in and take out contacts. Woo! She did better than I did >.>.

Anyhoo, yes. This tea was definitely worth missing my bus for, and very much helped me wake up before helping someone muck about in their eye!