(Tea Times Blog) – This morning was the first in a long while that I actually had breakfast at home.
Let me say that I most definitely eat breakfast most mornings; I believe that is the reason that I have managed to lose 20 pounds since the beginning of 2009. But I usually eat at my desk at work.
Today, though, I was able to have a rather leisurely meal at my kitchen table. It consisted of whole wheat english muffin with almond butter and homemade marionberry jam. With it I decided to have a cup of Numi Aged Earl Grey Italian Bergamot Black Tea. I usually enjoy most earl grey teas, but for some reason this morning’s was disappointing. Although I could smell the bergamot oil, I couldn’t taste it at all.
So I was wondering if the food that accompanied my “cuppa” affected my ability to taste the tea properly. I ruled out the english muffin and the almond butter. The marionberry jam seems to be the obvious culprit. This means I need to find a more appropriate tea to pair with the jam. Does anyone have any suggestions?
My sentiment is that you’d have to cut out the jam entirely if you want to drink a tea like the Early Grey that it’ll compete with. Put the tea first. However, some of the fruity and floral Oolongs could work with the fruit jam instead of be defeated by it. Maybe switching tea is in your best interest.
Thanks for the suggestion of the Oolong. I will be trying it, since I have lots of marionberry jam in the freezer.