Oh, finally I am here. Only now I finished cutting the
b&%$Ły green grass. I hate it hate it hate it!
I am soooooo glad it is over, done and in the past
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Started this post 3 hours ago and got distracted.
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I have finished
Fortnum and Mason batch I purchased in February in paper bags from Black
Stronger Tea series.
Queen Anne Blend Tea [blend of TGFOP Assam and Ceylon FBOP] 9/10
Regent's Blend [blend honours centuries of dealings with China, India and Ceylon] 8/10
Breakfast Blend Tea [unblended Assam] 6+/10.
I have two more blends from Black
Stronger Tea series but in caddies.
Royal Blend [low-grown Flowery Pekoe from Ceylon lends an uplifting note to the maltier Assam]
Irish Breakfast Tea [Assam and Kenyan]
And two from
The East India Company
The East India House Directors Blend
Royal Breakfast
Accordingly to our Black Tea guru, Mr
Opsimath, Royal Blend & Royal Breakfast are supposed to be very good, so I prolong and postpone the ultimate pleasure
In between the three blends Breakfast Blend Tea was most boring. It was very good (literally) breakfast tea (having it with food) but on its own it missed something. Probably because it was a blend of the same type of tea vs. other blends.
Meanwhile I opened English Breakfast from Tea House Emporium from Bath. It was the first black tea blend I tried and loved when I dived into tea sea one year ago. I was very curious whether I was going to like it as much after I tried many others.
Not bad. Probably close to Ahmad English Breakfast but not a match to the first three Fortnum and Mason blends I finished.
Stitchawl. You guided me to the land of good black teas
Before I hit on caddies, I am going to try Yorkshire and Yorkshire Gold tea. I am looking forward to try them but Gold one will be an interesting one because I used to drink it in tea bags for a few years and thought it was the best tea in tea bags.
Along with Black Stronger Tea series I bought two from Black Lighter Tea.
Afternoon Blend Tea [blend of teas of Ceylon]
Piccadilly Blend Tea [Ceylon blend]
One year ago Taylors of Harrogate's Pure Ceylon tea impressed me. It was something new, I could actually taste tea flavour!? WOW! Since then, I tried many others and drank Ceylon less and less. So, as I expected Piccadilly Blend Tea was a disappointment. I think Ceylon is not my cuppa. Something is not right with it for my palate.
Anyway, I just finished post dinner cooked Pu-Erh and planning on suffering jogging a mile, but not sure I have got the willpower....