Description
Irish Breakfast Black Tea is a stout robust blend of February Kenya BP1 and 2nd flush Assam. Superb color and very full bodied. Excellent in the early morning or afternoon.
Per capita, Irish consumption of tea is amongst the highest in the world. The Irish prefer a full bodied cup of tea that if brewed long enough one could almost stand their spoon upright. The strength is achieved by buying the best teas available from seasonal production periods in Kenya and Assam.
Furthermore, the grade is CTC – cut, torn curled. The leaf whilst it is being processed passes through a machine the cuts, tears and then curls the leaves into tiny balls. This ‘mash’ ferments very quickly after which firing takes place to ‘lock-in’ the flavor. These tiny tea balls when infused release their full flavor, more so than whole leaf tea. The reason is that there is more surface area on the tiny balls which can infuse as compared to the whole leaf tea.
Caffeine Level: Medium / Antioxidant Level: High
Ingredients: Black Tea
GRADE(S): BOP (Broken Orange Pekoe) / BP1 (Broken Pekoe #1)
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