Decaf tea…. a blasphemous term. It is harder to find a good decaf tea than it is to light a fire with a snail. Having been recently told by a doctor to cut down on the blessed caffeine, I’ve had no choice but to explore decaf teas. This tea was a bright surprise in the sea of powdery blandness that can be decaf black teas. The muscat grape flavor isn’t sweet, but adds a rather pleasant extra dimension with the fruitiness and the astringent taste. Not a bad astringent….just like the skins of grapes…which balances the “meh” of decaf really well. If you’re doomed to decaf, try this tea. It will give you a welcome alternative to the “usual”.
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Spot or pot, I love a cup!
I learned to drink tea while living in Dublin in the early 80’s, so as you can imagine, I am a hearty brew lover, and take tea with milk and honey. I am trying to expand my horizons with tea….that is why I’m now on Steepster! Joined in January 2014.
Currently loving strong black teas that hold up to milk and honey well. I have a curiosity about keemuns and yunnans, but smoky ones are out. Green and white teas are off my radar, but making little forays into oolong and darjeeling tea. Herbal? So far only cacao tea has gone into regular rotation in my tea routine.
I do like some naturally flavoured teas…almond, vanilla, cardamom, ginger. This seems to be mostly in the cooler months…but mostly I’m an unflavoured tea drinker.
Life is too short for bad tea and bad bread.
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