irish breakfast
by adagio teas
(43 reviews)
Our Irish Breakfast combines hearty black teas from Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and Assam (India) to get your morning off to a bright start. As its name implies, Irish Breakfast black tea blend is an ideal accompaniment to a morning meal. It seamlessly blends the citrusy notes of a high-grown Ceylon with the malty underscore of a pungent Assam. Spicy and jammy aroma on the leaf, malty and deep flavor with a brisk and 'buzzy' mouthfeel. Rounded sweetness in the finish. May be enjoyed plain or with a drop of milk. Irish Breakfast is one of Adagio's most popular teas. Steep at 212°F for 3-5 minutes
Recent reviews
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shesallthat
What’s their expression - strong enough for a mouse to stand on? A great pick me up morning tea but like most blacks watch the temps and don’t over brew.
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Holly Akins
As much as I love flavored teas, it's refreshing to have a pure black tea. It has a good depth of flavor and slight astringency with enough caffeine to get you through the morning. No cream or sugar needed!
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E S
Solid black tea. Good for breakfast, yes! Perhaps a little one dimensional. I tend to prefer the Scottish breakfast over the Irish breakfast tea. This would be a good tea to cook with a la TeaChef since it's a little more on the economical side.
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Wally Fowler
Solid. Par for the course for an Irish blend. Nothing special about Adagio's in particular, but still worth buying.
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Kaitlyn Elvin
Yum! If English breakfast is too weak but Scottish breakfast puts too much hair on your chest, this is a happy medium.
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Marti Paulson
I love this tea in the morning. I have two large cups in the morning - I don't let it steep longer than a minute or so, stirring before removing the tea bag. Longer steeping makes it too strong.
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Kaitlin Shanks
I actually wasn't a fan of this one. It's not bad, but a little too bitter for my tastes.
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Cindy Yang
This is a great go-to black to for us. I don't think it's easy to over-steep this tea if we leave it in for several minutes. It's strong and goes well with any added ingredients or just by itself.
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Beth Hays
Almost as good as their Scottish breakfast. This one is so strong it can brew bitter if you’re not careful.
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Mark Vernier
My mom loves this tea. She’s probably a little biased though as she was raised in County Cork
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Cristian Bravo Plancarte
legit one of the best black teas ive had cant go back to tea bags
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Han lastname
Caffeinated like whoa! This is perfect for coffee lovers because it's so wildly strong.
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Kimberly Hnatko
Smooth and rich and delicious. Great cup with milk and sugar or all by itself.
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Cassandra Guild
It tastes like irish breakfast. I don't think it tastes particularly different than any other irish breakfast tea, but it seems like it is good quality. I drunk it with milk and sugar.
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Red Wolfe
It may just be because I'm Irish, but this is best breakfast tea. I enjoy it both plain and with blasphemous amounts of milk and sugar. Got 2 good steeps out of it.
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Sky Kutil
I personally disliked this. Too much of an astringent aftertaste for me. Maybe I need to play around with steeping temps though?
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brianna lee
my go-to black tea. it's strong and smooth and just the perfect thing in the morning!
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Rebecca Haley
think this is a great standard breakfast tea. It is nice and strong without being overwhelming.
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Karie B.
This was an ok cut of tea. Very regular without any fanfare. Great if you are looking for a basic black tea.
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Alexis Wolf
You'll enjoy this if you enjoy stout/malty teas! I found it was not for me, personally.
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Joy Gowan
A good, stout cuppa - true to its name! A great morning tea with cream and sugar!
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Mikayla Jenkins
Love Irish breakfast, a hearty black tea, and will wake you up in the morning!
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Calexya
Strong, warm and just malty enough! I'm definitely a big fan and love to mix a little bit of vanilla black+a sprinkle of lapsang souchong and some cinnamon to make a personalize christmas-in-a-cup. ♥
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Michael Jacobson
Strong tea. Had a nice bitter taste. Good go-between when compared to english and scottish breakfast tea! Has a nice combo of the mineral taste that comes with english and the bitterness that comes with scottish.
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Shana-Lee Nguyen
Irish Breakfast is my all time favorite tea and I will definitely be reordering this one again!
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Katherine Fowee
My favorite Irish breakfast tea, but be careful, don't steep it too long or it gets bitter. I always add milk when I have it with breakfast.
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Lydia Getgen
This is easily one of my favorite irish breakfast teas - simple and fits the profile exactly
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Bridget Smith
I've tried a lot of black teas, but I keep coming back to the Adagio Irish Breakfast tea. It's perfect in every way. I love the malty notes in it (which I wouldn't have been able to describe on my own without reading the description and thinking "Right! Malty is the word I'm looking for!")
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Lexus Blackmon
I may have consumed a pot of Irish Breakfast tea the first morning after it came in. And I may have made more later. (Note I am being sarcastic I definitely consumed half the sample-sized bag in a day. I added honey but I totally could have added a touch of citrus as well.
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Michael Lewis
My favorite black tea to start the morning with. Dry leaf has a nice "jammy" scent (makes me think of strawberry jam on toast), and goes best, in my opinion, with a slash of milk and sugar. 5 minutes at 205 degrees is my usual brew routine.
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improbableZero
Just delightful. A nice full taste, very rich, not too heavy on the tannins.
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Jess Stark
I really nice, bold cup of tea. I love it with honey and milk. great for making blends