Sipdown
January Sipdown Prompt – a tea you put off drinking
Here we have the final Fortnum & Mason advent sipdown! I put off drinking it because it is one of Ashman’s favorite tea types and one of his favorites from Fortnum & Mason. We had it with a very simple breakfast of home made whole wheat bread, toasted, and derk’s plum and cinnamon jam. (Yuuuuuuuuuuum!) Then we had a little more for a tea and cookie time outside on a blanket in the sun in celebration of a high temp over 50F and sunny weather instead of the freezing gray we have been having lately.
Ashman used to drink Ceylon tea with milk and sugar but he likes it plain now. This one is a pretty typical smooth and mild tea that resteeps nicely to blend the two steeps together for a nice big pot that has plenty of flavor. I find it milder than Harney & Sons Ceylon & India blend, which is also very nice and might be the better choice if you really want to add milk and sugar and still feel some heft from the tea.
