kick in the FACE black teas!

As finals creep upon us college kids, I found myself turning to tea bags more and more than creating loose leaf brews as I'm running out the door to the last minute study group or whatever.

My fellow blogger highly recommended this blend:

She's in love with the currant flowers, but I'll let her write her own review of this.

I tend to like my black tea strait up, no additional flavors. Black tea represents the beverage of choice just below coffee, and I like my coffee strong. I stumbled upon this little beauty sitting next to the Black Currant on the shelf: 

Both blends offer a hell of a good wake up call, whether you need it first thing in the morning or during the witching hour of paper writing- 3am. Brew with boiling water for about 2-3 minutes. These suckers are strong, and don't need a lot of time to steep unless you want your world to start shaking from caffeine... I like mine with a pinch of sugar or honey, but they are also good with lotsa milk and sugar ;)

They're sold at places like Barns and Nobles for upwards of $10, on their website for $7, and at certain grocery chains on the east coast, $6.

Go for the pyramid tea bags here, don't spend almost just as much for regular tea bags. 

FYI: Pyramid teabags are infinitely better for the following reasons:

1. They allow room for the leaves to expand, bringing a stronger, more complex flavor

2. Because the leaves are expected to expand, by default higher quality leaves are used then simply 'dust'

Not there are not ANY good regular teabags, but...I'll let you know when I find some good ones.

In the meantime, stay warm. Wintertime is the best tea time!

Forever Faithful,

The Tea Mistress