Day 8 of the Lupicia advent calendar. There’s one sachet of this, which I’m actually totally fine with. When I realized that this is a classic-style black tea blend that includes Darjeeling and therefore has a high likelihood of pain, I decided to give it to my iron-stomached black-tea-drinking partner instead. He asked for it as a cold brew, so it brewed overnight in the fridge. I had a few sips for science and the rest was his. This was very low on the astringency, perhaps because we cold brewed it. The best way I can describe it is “like Lipton but better.” It tastes like a standard black tea but smoother and a little fruity. Report from partner: “I added some agave, it was fine, it just tasted like black tea.”
It has such an elaborate name for being a classic black tea!