Organic Ingredients
102 Breakfast
Black Tea Blend
HIGH CAFFEINEEnergy
Top Notes
Cocoa Malt
Middle Notes
Black Tea Depth
Base Notes
Heavy Malt
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A strong, no-nonsense black tea blend with notes of toasted grain, cocoa, and a hint of browned sugar. It’s full-bodied and brisk — exactly what you want when the day’s already moving, and you need to keep up.
From Our Tea Sommelier
The Four Steps to Tasting Like a Sommelier
Behind the Blend
Every Forgrave blend is designed to be read the same way: aroma, color, body, and finish. It is the sequence Catherine uses to taste each blend she composes, a multisensory way of experiencing the tea that moves from first breath to last trace. Flavor lives inside body and finish, arriving on the palate at first sip and lingering long after.
Step One
Aroma
Breathe it in before the first sip. Aroma sets the expectation for what the palate is about to meet and often carries more of the tea than the tongue alone will register.
Rich cocoa maltiness, drawn from a base of three distinct black teas.
Step Two
Color
Tilt the cup toward the light and study the liquor, the color of the brewed tea. Each tea has a distinct and expected hue, and its clarity is the first signal of a leaf steeped properly.
A deep, dark brown, the darkest pour in the collection.
Step Three
Body
Take a slow sip and let it rest across the whole palate. This is where flavor first arrives, alongside the weight and texture of the tea on the tongue.
Full-bodied and brisk, a deep cocoa maltiness sitting heavy and even across the palate.
Step Four
Finish
Breathe out gently after you swallow and notice what lingers. Much of flavor is carried on the exhale as aroma returns through the nose, so the finish is where a tea reveals its final notes.
A lingering cocoa maltiness, the longest and deepest close in the collection.
A Walkthrough of This BlendWith Catherine — our founder & certified tea sommelier.
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102 Breakfast
Medium Caddy · $48