If you’re like me, you need a good kick-start in the morning to start the day. A Scottish Breakfast blend is a great way to help open your eyes in the morning. This particular tea is from Upton Tea Imports. I’ll be honest, I don’t like to put anything in my tea – milk, sugar, honey…I only follow the standards set forth by my taste preferences. That said, this is one of the first teas I enjoy with milk. Unlike English breakfast blends, the Scottish blend has more of a smoky flavor. My first sip of the Scottish breakfast blend threw me for a loop. I wasn’t expecting the smoky flavor that set this tea apart from other breakfast teas. If you are a regular to English Breakfast teas, and you want to try something with a bit more bite, a Scottish breakfast blend will be sure to delight your palette.

The dried tea leaves look more like ground coffee than traditional black tea leaves. That fact alone might encourage a coffee drinker to give this tea a try. I’ve tried other breakfast teas that had more of a traditional black tea leave. This tea is certainly not my favorite, however, it has character and that’s what I like about this tea.

marTEA

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