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Tea Tasting Guide: Tea Profiles Inspired by Coffee Roasts
Teas can be all over the map when it comes to taste, so if you're interested in discovering new teas, sometimes it helps to start with flavors you know you already enjoy. Love lattes or a dark roast espresso, either way there's a tea for you. Check out this tea guide inspired by different foods.
| If You Like... | Try... |
| Sumatran coffee | Assam or Ceylon black tea. |
| French-press coffee | puer, Assam, yerba maté or "breakfast blends." |
| Ethiopian coffee | a black tea blended with berries, like raspberries. |
| dark-roast espressos and coffees | Gunpowder green tea, Houjicha green tea, Lapsang Souchong black tea or Russian Caravan black tea. |
| drip coffee | Ceylon black tea. |
| espresso | Assam black tea or Wuyi oolong. |
| lattes | masala chai tea, Assam, "breakfast blends" or Ceylon black tea with milk. |
| flavored coffees | similarly flavored teas. For example, if you like citrusy coffees, try Earl Grey. If you like minty coffee, try a blend with mint. |
| exploring terroir | teas from individual origins, like Sri Lanka (Sri Lankan teas are often called "Ceylons"), India (including the regions of Darjeeling, Assam and Nilgiri), China (including regions like Yunnan, Wuyi, Fujian and Anhui), Taiwan, Bangladesh and Japan. |
Related Producers
Chad's Chai & Tea CompanyWinston Salem, North Carolina |
Tavalon TeaWood-Ridge, New Jersey |
Related Products
Lapsang SouchongTavalon Tea$10.00
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Pure Assam BlackPartners Tea Company$11.00
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Dragonwell TeaZhi Tea$12.50
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