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“I am still not tired of this tea. It’s even good to dunk chocolate chip cookies in! (I just used the last of my maple syrup to sweeten it though. Time to buy more!)” Read full tasting note
“Surprise sipdown!! (154) I thought I had more than one serving of this but apparently not so good bye maple bacon tea. It seems as though you are more bacony today and there is a nice amount of...” Read full tasting note
“Thank you Kristaleyn for this sample!! and Azzrian? I think I got some from both of you :) Unfortunately though, this tea is not for me. I could barely finish a few sips, let alone the cup. Forget...” Read full tasting note
“I have Paul Tracy to thank for sending me some of this tea. I had tried it when it was released as a 52Teas tea of the week. But I really liked it so I didn’t mind receiving it again. Paul had...” Read full tasting note
Do not attempt to adjust your browser. This is not a misprint. Yes, we have REALLY created a maple bacon tea.
At 52teas, we are never shy about pushing the envelope with our unique blends. We’ve brought you plenty of one-of-a-kind creations that our competition would never even dream of. Needless to say, this is one of those blends.
Some of you are going to turn your nose up at this blend. I’m personally of the opinion that bacon is like black; it goes with everything. Think of it this way: maybe you are suffering from some dietary restriction that replaced your sizzling bacon at the breakfast table with some tasteless bran flakes. Here’s your chance to take back the morning with a hot cup of virtually guilt-free maple bacon tea!
This is DEFINITELY a limited edition blend. When it’s gone, it’s gone. So don’t miss out!
We here at Zoomdweebie’s (where we are “Nerdy About Tea”) have started this website to showcase only the manliest of teas. You won’t find any rose petal teas here, or any teas that smell like your grandmother’s air freshener. This is man tea country.
Just sipped down the rest of my sample of this from Janelle ‘s mystery box sale a while back. I thought it was a sipdown, but after consulting my spreadsheet it looks like I have some more of this somewhere courtesy of Miss B! I’m glad, because I’d really like to try this with maple syrup as a sweetener. I was distracted when I drank this, but I don’t remember getting much bacon flavour. It was mainly a plain daytime black tea, with a faint bacon aftertaste like I’d eaten a packet of bacon rashers a while ago and they were lingering. Part of me is disappointed that the bacon wasn’t stronger, but part of me is really glad. Maple syrup and bacon is still such a weird combination to me, I’m not sure I’m ready to add tea to the mix!
My 52 Teas order came today, so my sweetie and I made this one up as our evening tea.
I don’t know if this batch was different from the sample I got from Dexter or just fresher or if my sweetie prepared it quite differently from the way I made it before, but wow. The maple and bacon flavours were bold today! Awesome. Such a unique tea.
Flavors: Maple, Meat, Sweet
This tea honestly smells like breakfast to me. Maple syrup, smoky bacon, and black tea :) I haven’t had this tea in a while so I added a pinch of salt to help the bacon. This is definitely a delicious cup! Maple and bacon are both present! Although I do wish there was a bit more bacon to it ;)
Damn, I can’t get over how they managed to capture the pork-y element in the dry leaf aroma—not just smoke and salt, which are pretty easy to do, but actual hammy flavor, to the point I can taste it in my mouth (and it’s making my mouth water!) just from smelling the leaves.
Brews up quite dark, and the smokiness intensifies. It’s almost a savory tea, but then sweetness comes back at the end and lingers in the mouth after the swallow. You do have to be on board with smoke, meat/umami, and salt elements. I’m not sure how regularly I’d be in the mood to drink this tea, but uniqueness aside it’s really well done and exactly the elements listed in the name. I especially appreciate that the maple aroma and flavor is actual, real maple syrup, not the sad stuff at the supermarket—smelling this tea transports me to being a kid and touring the big cabins in the snow where they’d make maple syrup, the overwhelming smoky maple steam. Pretty awesome.
It may be a gimmick, but “man”…it’s an awesome gimmick.
Would’ve worked better with a Lapsang base instead of an Assam/Nilgiri one, though.
Full Review:
http://www.teaviews.com/2010/03/12/review-52-teas-maple-bacon-black-tea-2/
My Recipe for a Maple Bacon Tea Latte: http://www.lazyliteratus.com/974
I loved this with a tiny pinch of salt too.
Nattie, are you drinking your breakfast again? ;)
I will have to try it with salt next time!
Cwyn hehe, you caught me :’) I had pancake breakfast tea this morning too!