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Originally Posted by CRussel
Next up, the "O'Reilly" blend. And the Russian Caravan, which I'm hoping is a bit better than the Scottish Breakfast blend I've tended towards on rainy blustery days.
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Not bad! The O'Reilly has a bit more bite than the Prince Charles blend, but still quite smooth and certainly acceptable without milk. And it's held up well to a second steeping, no significant drop off at all. There's a bit of something in the nose that makes me think that the description of "Ceylon and China Blacks" includes a significant amount of Yunnan in that China Black part. I'm not a huge fan of Yunnan on its own, but it does well in a blend.
So far I have two possibles for a primary breakfast blend. I bought 2 ozs of each, so now I'll live with them a bit and see what I think after a couple of weeks of drinking them. I'll also be trying them out at different temperatures and steep times to see what difference that makes.