Black Tea Number One

I guess it’s official that one of my favorite tea pots is somehow leaking when I pour. It’s a triangle small brown one and I had assumed last night was a coincidence spill, but today some tea ends on the counter with both cup pours. Oh no. :(

With work tea break today chopped up a roma tomato with some seasoning and some more Havarti cheese. All I ate before sipping the tea while it brewed.

This tea is perfectly servicable but not memorable. I would think, considering Brutalitea’s usual strength and that I went a bit over five minutes, and with the espresso beans, that it would have more oomph. It does not. It is fine and not bad but not a favorite. I have a tin to drink so will see on future thoughts with future steepings.

There are more beans and I only grabbed one in this particular tea bag, so that could have made the coffee more of a backround. I will try to steep longer later.

I enjoyed the rich, strong taste of this and if I am able to get this again I will be trying it with chocolate oat milk. But a decent wake up in the morning tea

I was happy to see more Brutaliteas in the TTB! This tea is pretty expertly blended so you can taste the coffee beans, black tea, and mate individually, and they all work really well together. This has more of a straight coffee flavor than DavidsTea’s coffee puerh, which I had recently and found pleasantly desserty. The coffee here could almost become too strong for me, but it’s just right. I don’t usually love mate, but it adds the perfect roasted flavor here to give this tea depth. This is definitely one of the better Brutaliteas blends I’ve tried. It’s really satisfying with sugar and milk. I don’t necessarily notice the added chocolate and vanilla flavorings, but I don’t mind.