Clipper Ship Tea Company

Classic Black

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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)

Ruby J. ★★★★★

The malty body hits first, then that brisk finish cleans things up nicely—exactly what I want from a breakfast tea. Steeped it for four minutes with a splash of milk and it cut through my morning fog without turning bitter.

Adam C. ★★★★★

I've been brewing this every morning for a week and it holds up strong even after a three-minute steep, no bitterness creeping in. That brisk finish keeps me going through the whole afternoon, and the malty depth makes it feel like a proper English breakfast without needing milk. This is my new dail

Sebastian U. ★★★★★

The malty base hits first, then that brisk edge cuts through the finish—it’s exactly the wake-up call I need with breakfast. Steeps a deep, dark cup that holds up to milk without going weak, and the layers keep it from tasting flat.

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