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I love this tea. Let me say again. I LOVE THIS TEA.
It is gorgeous.
It is sweet, quiet, mature, refined, beautifully blended, harmonious.
To me, this should not be called breakfast tea. It would be ruined and wasted if I had this tea with breakfast food.
I prefer my breakfast tea a punch in the face / kick in the teeth kind of CTC blend.
To fully appreciate Canton English Breakfast Tea, I would wait until I had finished my cuppa builder’s brew and breakfast, and then make a pot of this beautiful tea.
I managed 3 flavorful steeps from 3grams of tea leaves. Each steep 3 minutes with boiling water.

This tea bites.
I struggled to finish my cup.
Maybe I should blend this with some other tea?

Mom cooked quite a salty dinner. I needed something tasting more “hydrating” than water (sorry I am not making sense). So I broke out this tea.
It is my first time tasting this tea. On the package it said I should steep with boiling water for longer than most black tea.

First steep: It smelled fishy, tasted sweet, wheat-y and smoky. Left a bit of bamboo flavor at the back of my throat after I swallowed.

Second steep: No more fishy smell. Still tasted sweet, but not as sweet as the first steep. However, the second steep is giving me a dry throat. Should I experiment with a third steep?

Third steep: This is getting very interesting. Third steep tasted super sweet, like a good sencha. The fishy smell had completely disappeared.

Sadly, this tea has given me a sore throat. Not recommended.

This is a beautiful Earl Grey tea.
Maybe it’s the Chinese Yunnan black tea, the Ceylon tea blended very well with the bergamot flavour.
Or maybe it’s because Tea Studio used good, high grade Yunnan and Ceylon teas. Also using natural bergamot oil helped a good deal, I would say.
With Ceylon tea in the base, there was its signature astringency I tasted in this Earl Grey, it wasn’t biting at all. It was rather refreshing.

Dad replaced the water filter yesterday.
My morning cuppa builder’s tasted weird and weak today :(

I better run the tap for a few minutes before I use it for my tea.

Paid HK$130 (roughly GBP11, USD17) for 125g.
It is a good, tasty Earl Grey tea.
A subtle but noticeable bergamot flavor from natural oil, and a quiet but strong black tea base.
However, as it is rather expensive, I say bring this tea out when you have company.

I have been drinking this tea every morning. I am liking it more and more.
I imagine a good traditional English breakfast tea tasted exactly like this.
Strong, bold, with a good kick of caffeine.

Paid HKD30 (roughly GBP2.50, USD3.90) for 100g. Very reasonable price.
It is a Ceylon base Earl Grey.

This is my second time buying and tasting a ceylon base Earl Grey tea, after the Lipton one.
I liked Ahmad’s better than Lipton’s. The bergamot flavour was more subtle and less artificial. The ceylon base was smoother and less astringent.

I just don’t think ceylon tea pairs well with bergamot flavour. Can’t say I like it.

The bergamot flavor in this tea tasted artificial, 5 minutes after the brew was ready the flavor was almost gone.
The Ceylon tea was also working against the bergamot flavoring.
I can drink this tea, but only after the bergamot flavor has disappeared.

This is a light floral Earl Grey, it tasted more like a Lady Grey.
I like it for late afternoon or early evening.
Perfect for a relaxing cuppa after work.