Clipper Ship Tea Company

Classic Black

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$5.67 $9 In stock

Category: Unflavored Black Tea

Tasting Notes: strong + brisk

Description:  Our signature house breakfast tea is a blend of premium black estate teas. A blend of malty black tea enveloped between layers of brisk black tea. This blend has the balance of everything we love in a breakfast tea: hearty, rich, brisk, and bright all in one sip. 

This breakfast tea is works well on its own, with milk & sugar, or with honey.

Ingredients: blend of OP (orange pekoe) and BOP (broken orange pekoe) black teas from India and Kenya

Steep Directions: steep 1 heaping teaspoon of tea per 8 oz boiling water, 205-212°F, for 3-5 minutes

Customer Reviews (4.8 / 5 · 5 reviews)

Alexander ★★★★★

I usually take my tea with milk, and this one holds up to it without going flat and watery like some breakfast blends do. It's got that malty backbone but still finishes brisk enough to wake you up. Already halfway through my second tin.

Chloe V. ★★★★★

Steeped this for exactly four minutes and got that proper brisk morning kick without any bitterness creeping in. The malty layers hold up beautifully even after the cup cools, which isn't something I can say for most breakfast blends.

Olivia N. ★★★★★

The briskness is exactly what I want first thing in the morning—it cuts right through and wakes me up without any bitterness. I've been brewing it strong in a mug with a splash of milk and it holds its own perfectly.

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