Sipdown! Many thanks to Indigobloom for giving me a sample of this to try.
It’s a Monday, and I’m going to do my bookkeeping for tax season. I haven’t started yet, but I figured that something dark like this would give me the fortitude to buckle down and try. I think I oversteeped/overleafed this a bit in an attempt to get the sipdown, but it’s not incredibly bitter. The tea smells dark – like smoke, or pepper, or dark chocolate – and this is carried over, albeit not as strongly, in the taste.
Not sure if I’d want to keep this in stock, but at least I’m getting an impression of what black teas I like. So far, I think I’m still going to stick with flavoured blends over straight ones.
Flavors: Dark Bittersweet, Peppercorn
Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C
4 min, 15 sec
2 tsp
10 OZ / 295 ML
