Name: Irish Breakfast
Brand: Adagio Teas
Type: Black tea
Form: Loose leaf
Cost: $2.00 for a sample, $8.00 for 4 ounces, quantity discounts available
Review: Adagio’s Irish Breakfast tea is a decidedly pleasant surprise. It is admittedly a simple black tea blend (Assam and Ceylon), but Adagio did a good job of it, and the result is a most palatable breakfast tea that, despite Adagio’s ad copy to the contrary, does not require the addition of any milk.
The dry leaf looks unremarkable, though not as broken as one might expect. There is a faint lemony nose, however, which is not surprising in a blend that contains Ceylon.
After infusion, the maltiness of the Assam shows itself more in the nose, and on the palate, but the lemony backnote makes the tea quite refreshing at the same time. Medium body, medium astringency at the finish: Great for cleaning up my palate after breakfast.
This tea has a fresh, sprightly character that I like very much, and while the Assam gives the tea some ooph and structure, it isn’t overpowering and I don’t need to add any milk or sugar to cut it.
Recommended.
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