French Breakfast

Tea type
Black Tea
Ingredients
Not available
Flavors
Bright, Brisk, Caramel, Floral, Malt, Raisins, Red Fruits, Round, Tannic, Vanilla, Woody, Smoke, Tannin, Tobacco, Wood, Chocolate
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Loose Leaf, Sachet
Caffeine
Not available
Certification
Not available
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Average preparation
Boiling 3 min, 15 sec 9 oz / 275 ml

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  • “Another breakfast tea from this morning. While this one is malty and has a slight chocolate note to it, it’s not as sweet as american breakfast and comes across as a little bolder and stronger. ...” Read full tasting note
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  • “Time for French Breakfast! I’m not really good at actual breakfast – I had a danish, and a medium double-double from Tim Hortons. Sugar, yes? So I don’t need any additives to this. Just pure...” Read full tasting note
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  • “I’ve been drinking this at breakfast the last few mornings, as I’m off work and able to relax and enjoy myself a bit. The scent of the dry leaves is just amazing — if I didn’t know better, I’d have...” Read full tasting note
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  • “Oh my goodness, this tea is delicious. I regularly drink Irish Breakfast tea, and this is a match for that tea in terms of strength, but has a sort of chocolately taste to it underneath that is...” Read full tasting note
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From Mariage Frères

This perfect marriage of great and elegant black teas produces a rounded taste of malt and chocolate.
Its highly developed flavour is both powerful and refined.
A felicitous blend in the best tradition of the French art of Tea.
With or without milk, perfect with a continental breakfast.

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So I had to pack my bags, get on a plane and travel out of state very unexpectedly for work yesterday which just tires me out entirely these days… I was very happy this morning when rifling through my belongings I realized I’d placed a small bag of this in my suitcase in the chaos that was me leaving yesterday… and so this morning, I’m sitting in a strange hotel, in a foreign city, sipping on soul warming tea!!!

This has the perfect balance of maltiness and smokiness with a (very) slight hint of chocolate… with a touch of milk, that I managed to sneak out of the breakfast room, its simply perfection this morning and makes me feel a touch better about being where I am.

Fjellrev

That’s so crazy how your work calls you away so abruptly!

sren

I want to know what foreign city—- gosh I miss traveling for fun— I imagine work is another story

beelicious

Its a little stressful! Much rather be traveling for fun!

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89 tasting notes

First time at Balzac’s coffee, and I wanted to order tea…:P Out of the menu I thought French Breakfast sounded the most appealing with vanilla notes. It comes in a lovely cheesecloth like tea bag, and steeps up on the darker side. Some chocolate notes and caramel notes on this one. Definitely astringent once you get to Infusion #2 and more, even on Infusion #1 I felt this was a milk that calls for milk and sugar from the get-go. I don’t know why I ordered a medium size when all it does it have more water to 1 teabag, so would recommend just ordering the small next time.

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It looks like there are 2 listings for this tea, one as French Breakfast, & one as French Breakfast Tea. Se la Vie… (I don’t speak french, so I probably spelled that wrong).

This is an offering from Sil in the BBBB. I feel as if I’m drinking a croissant glazed with dark chocolate, & there is even a slight coffee bitterness to it, & it is wonderful with breakfast: Asparagus, poached eggs, & crispy lardons, sprinkled with dill, chives, dried shallots, white pepper, & pink Himalayan salt). There is just enough of this for one more cup, so it goes into the sipdown box, for some future extravaganza. Unless somebody would like to sample it?

I was going to head out into the garden for an hour, but suddenly we’re having a spring storm, which is fine with me. I love storms & I can garden tomorrow!

caile

Sounds like a delicious breakfast!

Sil

sooo nommy

Stephanie

I love asparagus and eggs!

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As others have stated- aroma is rich and amazing – reminiscent of cocoa and yet this tea is not flavored. It is excellent with or without milk. I steep for 4 minutes.

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