{"product_id":"organic-irish-breakfast-black-tea","title":"Irish Breakfast","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe bold morning cup that stands up to milk.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIrish Breakfast is an organic black tea blend built on two components: Assam from northeast India, which delivers malt and muscle, and Ceylon from Sri Lanka, which adds a clean, citrusy lift. The result is a high-caffeine cup with a full-bodied, roasted-grain character that holds its own under whole milk and sugar. Brisk, bold, unapologetically strong.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy the blend matters.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAssam grows in the Brahmaputra River valley, where the humid, low-elevation climate produces a tea varietal (\u003cem\u003eCamellia sinensis var. assamica\u003c\/em\u003e) with naturally high caffeine and a malty, toasted-grain flavor. Ceylon grows at higher elevations in Sri Lanka's central highlands, where cooler air and mineral-rich soil produce a tea with bright, citrus-edged astringency. Irish Breakfast uses a higher proportion of Assam than English Breakfast does, which is why the cup reads bolder and the caffeine hits harder. The Ceylon rounds the edges and keeps the whole thing from going flat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Irish tea tradition.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIreland drinks more tea per capita than almost any country on earth, roughly 4 to 6 cups per person per day. The tradition traces to British colonial trade routes, but the Irish took the strong-tea-with-milk ritual and made it their own. The blend style emerged in the 19th century as a way to maximize caffeine and flavor in a single cup, brewed strong enough to stand up to whole milk and often sweetened with sugar. This is that cup. Blended in our Salem, Oregon kitchen.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yerba Buena Tea Co.","offers":[{"title":"Signature Tin","offer_id":52249380094274,"sku":"YBTCO-irish-breakfast-TIN","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Refill Bag","offer_id":52250365690178,"sku":"YBTCO-irish-breakfast-REFILL","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0806\/0862\/4962\/files\/irish-breakfast-loose-leaf-tea-ybtco.webp?v=1779851319","url":"https:\/\/ybtco.mom\/products\/organic-irish-breakfast-black-tea","provider":"Yerba Buena Tea Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}