Pancake Breakfast Black Tea

Tea type
Black Tea
Ingredients
Assam Tea, Calendula Petals, Ceylon Black Tea, Natural Flavours, Yunnan Black Tea
Flavors
Butter, Drying, Maple, Maple Syrup, Pancake Syrup, Honey, Malt, Smoke, Smooth, Bitter, Sweet, Tobacco, Astringent, Raisins, Artificial, Dried Fruit, Cake, Tannic, Tannin, Bread, Nuts
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Loose Leaf
Caffeine
High
Certification
Organic, Vegan
Edit tea info Last updated by Lupiressmoon
Average preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 3 min, 45 sec 7 g 38 oz / 1120 ml

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  • “Tea of breakfast yesterday, with some creamer. I wanted pancakes but was all out of maple syrup. Luckily I had this on hand – got all the buttery maple syrup flavors I needed without having to...” Read full tasting note
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  • “Something really important happened this weekend… Something important enough to keep me away from tea and Steepster for a weekend! … It was my 27 birthday!!! 27… Wow… I feel like I was just...” Read full tasting note
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  • “This one is easily my fave of 52Teas. I love the combo of maple syrup and butter – pancakes without the calories! Since I let this steep for the length of the cup, second infusions don’t go too...” Read full tasting note
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  • “I just downed a gigantic plate of tofu nuggets like nobodies business whilst drinking this and Prairie Berry. It seems like a totally strange combination of flavours, but somehow it really worked?...” Read full tasting note
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From 52teas

Part of our Permanent Collection!

This tea is one of our very best sellers & it’s a tea I never grow tired of sipping. A robust yet round base of black teas (Assam, Ceylon & Yunnan) flavored with our exclusive recipe to create a profile that evokes thoughts of a tall stack of lightly buttered pancakes dripping in maple syrup.

A delightful way to start your day.

VEGAN, gluten-free, allergen-friendly, organic & all natural!

organic ingredients: black teas, calendula petals & natural flavors

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I love the idea of pancake tea and I love the execution of the idea even more. I love that this tastes like pancakes and not just like a maple teas. I also love that the flavor doesn’t overwhelm the cup. Some flavors were meant to be in your face and others were meant to be subtle and in my opinion maple is one of those flavors.

I vote for more pancake teas (chocolate, blueberry, etc)! Anyone else with me on this one?

Longer review here: http://apurpledress.wordpress.com/2011/04/12/52-teas-a-six-part-series-5/

Preparation
Boiling 5 min, 0 sec
KeenTeaThyme

I vote for BOTH – this tea is amazing! How about a strawberry pancake tea?

Now I’m just making myself hungry!

Caitlin

Yum! Strawberry Pancake tea sounds awesome too!

CHAroma

Heck yeah! Blueberry pancakes all the way!

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Thank you again Amanda for including this in your tea sample sale! I’m so excited I get to try so many 52Teas since I know they are sold fast! I LOVE pancakes. Pancakes are my favorite breakfasty food. I especially love putting yogurt and fruit on top. But this tea is of the syrupy variety! I like the black tea that 52Teas uses, since it isn’t so strong of a black tea that you can’t taste the amazing flavors that is the specialty of 52Teas. I usually like super flavored black teas, but I can go without the strong black tea for 52Teas! I was wishing for more flavor here than there is, but there is definitely a buttery bakey syrupy flavor. Also, it tasted better after drinking it with the sugary oatmeal I was eating for breakfast. I think I’ll have to start putting in just a tiny bit of sugar in each cup because it really brings out the flavor. But I feel like I already eat so much sugar. I don’t know. The flavor reminded me of the Zoomdweebie’s Maple Blueberry black tea which somehow I’m the ONLY person to write a tasting note for that one? How is that possible? That one is my favorite Zoomdweebies (of the few I’ve tried)! But the flavor here is delicious, I just wish there was more.

Preparation
5 min, 0 sec
MsWhatsit

I could see how a buttery bakey syrupy flavor would demand some sweetness to back it up.

Josie Jade

Oh, I didn’t know they made a Maple Blueberry tea, I bet it’s wonderful! Angelina’s Tea Shop makes a Maple Blueberry that is very good also!

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From 52 Teas’ 2011 Xmas sampler, the first time I had this tea I remember getting a general sweet that I could think about and maybe get maple. I didn’t see what all the fuss was and didn’t think it tasted like pancake breakfast.

Last night, I decided that I wanted to have this tea again in the morning when I was looking through what I had left still from the Xmas sampler. I woke up this morning and steeped up a cup. Both the dry leaf and the steeped tea smelled of maple syrup, the dry leaf smelling more so. Sipping, I got the maple right away but I had to hunt for any hint of pancake and I’m still not sure I found it. As the tea cool, it hit its sweet spot and I started to enjoy the cup quite a bit. I think I’ll want to drink this one again instead of putting the rest away thinking of it as something I have to finish off at some time. I think I have about 2 servings left.

I had the second steep a few hours later and it was lightly maple and lightly tea but still drinkable.

2nd steep: 6 min 30 sec.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 3 min, 15 sec

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Today has been very good to me for these reasons:
1.) It marks the end of one of the most stressful weeks in my whole schooling career
2.) My winter vacation is now officially starting
3.) I got home from [another] very long day and I checked my mailbox to find that my samples from the wonderful Bonnie and my big box o’ samples from LiberTEAS were in there! Hooray! I now have enough tea to last me a lifetime (I counted and I received 65 samples!)

I was at a loss for which tea to try and I’ve been eyeing this tea for quite a while (Bonnie so graciously included it), so I decided to dig in and make myself a cup.

Side note, not only is this my first taste of THIS tea, it’s also my first tea EVER from 52teas…. Needless to say I’m excited!

The dry leaf smells a lot like (who would have guessed) maple syrup….. That is nice, but I’m hoping that I can tell that this is a pancake tea, not a maple tea. Anywho, I steeped with boiling water for 5 minutes and 30 seconds. The liquor/wet leaf smell is (again) maple syrup-y, and the liquor itself looks like (wait for it)…… maple syrup.

I read some reviews, and after trying the first few sips plain (more black tea than flavored black tea), I decided to add some brown sugar.

HOLY HUNK OF BURNING HEAVEN THIS IS GOOD! It does taste more like pancakes than maple syrup! Like when you have the perfect ratio of pancake to syrup and the pancake absorbs some! There’s a somewhat grainy note and a slight astringency towards the swallow that makes it taste like a pancake! It also has a nice little shock of sweetness that cuts through.

Yes yes yes yes yes. I definitely have to try more teas from Frank (there’s some in my other samples!) and this is going on my “Buy ASAP Or I Might Die” list (unfortunately it’s a pretty big list…..). Thank GOODNESS this is in the permanent collection now, because next time I order my cupboard will never be without some of this!

Preparation
Boiling 5 min, 30 sec
SimplyJenW

You had me at “HOLY HUNK OF BURNING HEAVEN”…. Very fun review!

Bonnie

U made me laugh…roll over! Happy vacation pancake man! Have the rest for breakfast with some bacon and eggs! Glad u finally have some fun and happy tea!

TeaBrat

lol. my must have list is getting long too! I need to try this one!

Kittenna

Haha, good review :) Enjoyed reading it as well! Makes me excited for when I finally allow myself to delve into 52teas’ collection.

Daniel Scott

Okay, now I’m REALLY excited to get my 52teas order, since I included this one. (Should be here within a few more days.) I too seriously hoped that it would be a pancake maple, not just a maple. I mean, I’ve had maple syrup so fresh from the maple farms that you would swear they could actually pull that stuff pure from the tree. After growing up getting sometime tastes of that in the Canuck backwoods, “maple” teas just don’t do it for me. Glad to hear it really delivers!

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My morning pot….

I am so far backlogged, and have been just a little more frazzled than usual. On the plus side, my kids got out of school, we had birthdays to celebrate, and we had a house full of guests for several days. I also got bit by a dog, and have to get a new roof. Yes, it all is pretty minor in the grand scale of things, but sadly, one of the first things to go was keeping up so well, here. I will backlog the notables…..

On to this tea… It is a really good, fun tea. I love the maple notes and really, that was about all I had time to look for today. The cakey notes are subtle, but I recall them being there in my previous pot. The base is a little more bold than some flavored teas, so I am guessing it is some kind of breakfast blend. I do have to say, it is the most fun breakfast tea in my cupboard at this time. And teas like this almost make me ready to try that Assam sample I have sitting in my cupboard. Almost………

Preparation
Boiling 4 min, 0 sec
JacquelineM

Oh gosh! I hope you are ok re: the dog bite, and that the new roof isn’t too much of an ordeal!!

SimplyJenW

I am fine now. It was really a pain in more ways than one to get a tetanus shot…. I had not had one since ’92….

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I’ve found this is my perfect ugh-I-have-to-work-early-Saturday breakfast tea. I make a cup to have at home plus enough to fill my travel mug. It helps me get myself together enough to get dressed and out the door and then once I’m here its sweet-bakey-buttery goodness consoles me while I mourn that I have to wake up on a Saturday to come sit in an office no one will call for the first three hours, anyway.

Last Saturday I left my travel mug full at home and it well ruined my morning. But the Bodum stainless steel travel press kept it hot enough on the counter for hours until the boyfriend woke up and enjoyed it on my behalf. He liked it. Review: “So pancakey.” Yep.

Anyway, I think my point in this note is that this should be permanent. it’s my favourite 52Teas tea.

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Thanks so much BrewTEAlly Sweet for sending me a sample of this one :)

I steeped at 200 degrees for 3.5 minutes. I can see why everyone is so fond of this one! This is very enjoyable with a natural maple flavor. I can’t stand artificial maple so you know if I like this tea it has got it going on! I drank it unsweetened, but it was still a treat! Very buttery. Perfect with pumpkin coffee cake for breakfast this morning :)

BrewTEAlly Sweet

Mmmmm sounds delicious! I should have sent you a slice of the pumpkin bread from work as well:)

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Azzrian Thanks so much for sending me a cups-worth of this one! I’m so grateful!

I don’t know if it’s tricks of the mind or the actual flavoring but I can taste bready-pancake, sweet notes of maple syrup, and the lovely buttery goodness that goes with it.

Now…if I could just find a solid Vegan EZ Pancake Recipe that doesn’t suck.

YUMS to this tea!

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About falling asleep in my chair ATM. Another great tea from the 12 days of Christmas swap! Tanks to tattooed tea as I’ve been interested in trying this for a while now. It’s maple….it’s batter…it’s pancake….even cold this reminds me of breakfast… So fait accomplis!

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Finally trying the second scariest tea from last year’s 12 Teas of Christmas – Pancake Black. (That leaves me with Buttered Popcorn. Shudder). The dry aroma has something sweet about it, but it’s more brown sugar than maple. I know it’ll be bitter because that’s how the old tea base was and I swear I can smell that in the dry leaf. I’m not picking up on much more than those two notes, at the mo.

After a 2.5 minute steep, I have a bitter smelling brew. I still get a sense of that sweetness but the bitterness is dominating the aroma. I am willing to sweeten this if necessary, but I don’t like to sweeten my tea if I can help it. The tea should stand on it’s own, ideally. Nothing saying pancake in the aroma, but this IS an old sample and there is properly a lack of quality from the time and storage.

First sips are not bad. There is a sweetness right off the bat that is more like Aunt Jemima’s butter syrup than maple syrup but it’s actually pretty nice. I am not picking up on the bitterness like I expected and that sweetness is really lingering. Still no pancake, but I’m digging the ‘butter flavoured syrup’ vibe. My grandmother’s table always has that stuff and real maple syrup so I’ve become pretty clear on the difference. When I want syrup, I want the real stuff but there is a fond place in my heart for the fake. Especially if you pair it with boxed pancake mix – pancakes from scratch need strawberry jam or real syrup but I love the lazy stuff too!

Basically, this tea makes me want pancakes now… Thumbs up for sweetness, down for lack of pancake flavour. I’ll give this a solid middle of the road rating – it wasn’t nearly as scary as it seemed! I’m not sweetening it, but if I had steeped it any longer I would have had to. Whew!

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