tea review: blend no. 1851: portland breakfast
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spiraliciousTea Month 2025: Tea 10
Tea Review
Name: Blend No. 1851: Portland Breakfast
Brand: Smith Tea/Steven Smith Teamaker
Type: black
Tea bag
Notes:
This is a blend of black teas: Pu-erh, Keemun, and Assam. It has a bold flavor very similar to other breakfast blends, such as Celestial Seasonings' Morning Thunder, but it's a lot smoother. It would go very well with pastry. (It made me crave something buttery, at any rate.)
The description of the flavor on the package is as follows: A big, strong, full-flavored, no-no sense cup of tea with notes of malt, leather, spice, and just a touch of peat. Perhaps not quite as astringent as your typical breakfast tea. Rich, dark, and perfect for a rainy Portland morning-or evening for that matter. [I Sachet]
Yes, it oversells the tea a bit, as expected, but it accurately describes the flavor notes.
The brewing instructions are also worth noting: Bring spring or freshly drawn filtered water to a rolling boil. Steep 5 minutes under a postcard of Mount Hood.
Despite my enjoyment of the tea, I am deducting a star for not only the plastic net bag, but having a plastic net bag while having two different organic certifications and bragging about not having micro plastics on their website.
(There was also a joke hidden under the fold in the packaging I didn't find until I had finished up with the rest of this.)
Rate
Appearance: 9
Aroma: 7 1/2
Flavor: 8 1/2
Overall Rating: 3 1/2 stars
Tea Review
Name: Blend No. 1851: Portland Breakfast
Brand: Smith Tea/Steven Smith Teamaker
Type: black
Tea bag
Notes:
This is a blend of black teas: Pu-erh, Keemun, and Assam. It has a bold flavor very similar to other breakfast blends, such as Celestial Seasonings' Morning Thunder, but it's a lot smoother. It would go very well with pastry. (It made me crave something buttery, at any rate.)
The description of the flavor on the package is as follows: A big, strong, full-flavored, no-no sense cup of tea with notes of malt, leather, spice, and just a touch of peat. Perhaps not quite as astringent as your typical breakfast tea. Rich, dark, and perfect for a rainy Portland morning-or evening for that matter. [I Sachet]
Yes, it oversells the tea a bit, as expected, but it accurately describes the flavor notes.
The brewing instructions are also worth noting: Bring spring or freshly drawn filtered water to a rolling boil. Steep 5 minutes under a postcard of Mount Hood.
Despite my enjoyment of the tea, I am deducting a star for not only the plastic net bag, but having a plastic net bag while having two different organic certifications and bragging about not having micro plastics on their website.
(There was also a joke hidden under the fold in the packaging I didn't find until I had finished up with the rest of this.)
Rate
Appearance: 9
Aroma: 7 1/2
Flavor: 8 1/2
Overall Rating: 3 1/2 stars
