Tea: French Breakfast
Type: Black Tea
Packaging: Loose Leaf
Company: Premium Steap
Purchase: Here
Description: Very popular blended tea we produce for local French Bistro, Parc. Ceylon black tea with a touch of vanilla.
Ingredients: ?
Steep Information:
Amount: 1 tsp
Additives: none
Water: 6 ounces filtered boiling
Tool: Mesh basket strainer in cup
Steep Time: a little over 4 minutes
Served: Hot
Tasting Notes:
Dry Leaf Smell: Chocolate, vanilla - where did that chocolate come from?
Steeped Tea Smell: black tea, chocolate, vanilla
Flavor: black tea, astringent
Body: Medium
Aftertaste: bitter
Liquor: nice dark brown that I forgot to take a picture of
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The leaves were very pretty with their golden colors mixed with brown.
I am not sure if the chocolate was a cross contaminate or if it was supposed to smell chocolaty?
Too bitter for my tastes, maybe I should have done less time? I brewed it at the lower end of the suggested range.
The vanilla is too subtle in this tea for me.
Post-Steep Additives: +1 tsp German rock sugar, made no impact
+ splash of almond milk, no change
Resteep: 4 min, not bitter (1 tsp German rock and splash almond milk) I liked this steep much more than the first, but it was a little on the weaker side, and no vanilla.
I am giving it a 3/4 for the resteep, the first steep would have been 2/4. If I bought this I would plan to steep it shorter, and immediately add sugar and milk.
Rating: 3/4 leaves
Leaf system:
1=Bleh! not again if it were free
2=Acceptable, if it were free or there were limited other tea options
3=I might purchase this tea from time to time, or select it while out
4=A staple in our cupboard from now on, I will purchase and keep purchasing
