Tea Information:
Leaf Type: Black
Where to Buy: Adagio Teas
Tea Description:
Capricorn people like gifts, not gaudy and expensive ones, but practical and useful. Why not buy a delicious blend of Irish Breakfast, coconut and vanilla.
Capricorn people like to take charge and give practical advice. They often hold executive positions in business, or have leadership roles in their communities. They are typically loyal, stable and dignified, and have a natural ability to provide rules and guidelines by which others can achieve and grow.
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Taster’s Review:
This custom blend was created by Adagio Teas customer Inguna Trepsa combining Adagio’s Irish Breakfast, Coconut Black, and Vanilla Black teas. I am very grateful to my tea drinking friend that sent me a sampling of it (thank you!) – I am happy to have this opportunity to try it.
The aroma of the brewed tea is very inviting with its notes of coconut and vanilla. Irish Breakfast blends are traditionally very stout, strong black teas with a vigorous flavor to get you going in the morning. This blend maintains that vigor, while incorporating the flavors of coconut and vanilla to give the bold Irish Breakfast an interesting and flavorful twist.
Of the two flavors, I find the coconut to be the most pronounced. I tasted the coconut right away, but it took a few sips before the vanilla tones could be fully tasted. The overall flavor is creamy and sweet with a strong, bracing taste of black tea in the background.
I have found that some of Adagio’s teas are a bit “too much” for me, that is to say, the black tea base that they use can sometimes be too harsh and brassy. However, I am not experiencing those harsh tones that I’ve come to associate with Adagio’s teas. Rather, this is a quite delicious! It does have a fair amount of dry astringency, something that can be curbed a bit with the addition of milk, which also enhances the creaminess of the flavors very nicely.
A very pleasant Adagio custom blend – I’m glad I got to try it!
