SpecialTeas Assam Malty FBOP

Description (from SpecialTeas.com): Are you looking for a full-bodied malty Assam with lots of flavor? This is your tea. Its broken leaves infuse to a dark, hearty liquor with a pronounced malty flavor. Add just a touch of milk to bring out a slight honey note. A wonderful, satisfying Assam.

Review: This tea tastes like warm beer. And not good warm beer. I am talking like...Miller High Life or something. It is wayyyy too malty, way too dark and syrupy with very high astringency and very little pleasant flavor at all.

With a lot of Assams that are too malty or astringent, you can add milk and sugar for a better taste. It does not save this particular blend. The FBOP gives even small amounts an incredibly strong flavor, and there is no smoothness or subtlety in this tea at all. It either needs to be paired with something that adds a more pleasant flavor (coconut or some round nutty flavor) or...I don't even know. It's almost like drinking coffee, but more unpleasant.

That's really all I have to say about this tea. I don't often receive teas that are downright bad (though I have received a few), but this one is. Maybe for Assam fans this may be something to try at least, but I have already mailed the rest of my sample to another reviewer; I am not a fan.

The Good: sad to say, not very much. If you want tea that tastes like stale coffee, this is it.
The Bad: see above.
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